INTASC

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium

Portfolio Evaluation

____The teacher intern understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

• Understanding students learn in different ways:
  Students learn but in different ways. It was interesting to figure out ways to facilitate student learning by implementing various ways to mediate learning through visual means (movies and pictures), auditory (lecture and discussion), and kinesthetic (jigsaw activities).

• Shadow Study:
  During my field study last fall I had the opportunity of conducting a shadow study. I shadowed a student in other classes other than social studies to get an understanding of how a particular student conducts him or herself in other classroom settings. In any case, I was astonished by my experience as the day progressed. The used a different name for the shadow study.

• Exceptional Learners within the Classroom:
  I took a class on exceptional learners before conducting my fall and spring internships. It was a great class in which I was somewhat prepared for the classroom. I had the distinct chance to sit through some IEP and 504 meeting during my fall observation. Nevertheless, it was an eye-opening experience. Furthermore, I had multiple students with IEP's in my classes within my internship period and other exceptional learners with more mild learning disabilities. I learned to establish a good relationship with aides in order to establish an effective rapport with the students.