Lyndsey's Teaching Showcase

Week 2: Unit Lesson Plan (5 Days)

TPE's Addressed in this assignment: TPE 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning              5. Promote students' critical and creative thinking and analysis through activities that provide opportunities for inquiry, problem solving, responding to and framing meaningful questions, and reflection.                8. Monitor student learning and adjust instruction while teaching so that students continue to be actively engaged in learning.   These TPE's reflect the focus of my teaching goals in my learning map, which is to provide an inclusive learning environment that is flexible for all students with a variety of needs and individualized attention, while providing a creative outlet related to literature.  In order to continue this growth, I will need to address the attention to students who require particular environments to learn at their ...

Dear Parents and Students, In this class, I take a Humanist approach to learning.  Your student is not an empty vessel for me to fill with information.  You have a human, who I see as a whole person, needing often more than just literary information.  It is within this approach that I want students to engage in student-centered learning, participate in the governance of the class, and feel like they can participate in all aspects of the course learning framework.  It is with this approach in the classroom that I can tailor my efforts to students based on needs, in particular if they have an IEP or 504 Plan that requires differentiation. In my classroom, students come from all fabrics and require respect in order to learn.  It is with this approach that I will foster a learning environment that is accepting and cordial for all students and educators. ASK! - Questions are encouraged - but will only be addressed by raised hands - shouting out and talking o...