reflective statement for pts #2
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8/8/2019 Reflective Statement for PTS #2
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Most importantly, this standard wants me to recognize the importance behind developing
a comfortable and positive school environment for students to learn. Not only can this be done
by establishing a supportive physical environment, but also by providing students with a place to
emotionally and socially develop without being judged. Students physical, emotional, and social
development have a significant influence on their intellectual development. As a teacher, it is
important to understand that it is our job to find the best practices that fit our needs as a teacher
as well as our students needs as learners. This describes the standards emphasis on explicitly
tailoring instruction to meet students diverse needs, thus helping to make learning more
engaging and meaningful.
I chose a paper discussing how to address the diverse needs of the early adolescent as the
artifact to demonstrate how to apply this particular standard. While researching sources for this
paper, I considered possible strategies middle school teachers can use as tools to help engage
their students in the learning process as well as simultaneously address their individual needs.
This helped me realize how to analyze individual and group performance in order to design
instruction that meets learners current needs in the cognitive, social, emotional, ethical, and
physical domains at the appropriate level of development. In the paper, I present five practices
intended to create a caring and supportive learning environment for the students. For example,
integrating technology into the classroom and making connections across all content areas are
two practices that specifically address individual students learning needs through their personal
interests. By understanding how to incorporate a variety of teaching strategies into the
classroom, instruction will introduce concepts and principles at different levels of complexity so
that they are meaningful to students at varying levels of development and to students with
diverse learning needs.
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Simply as a student teacher, I have not yet had the opportunity to use the strategies
presented in the paper in my teaching practice. However, this paper and its resources will impact
my teaching in the future by providing prime examples of how to create an effective classroom.
For example, I fully intend on developing a classroom constitution with students. Classroom
constitutions help students develop a feeling of ownership and present opportunities for self-
discipline. This hands a greater amount of responsibility to the students, making them an active
participant in their own education. There are a variety of ways to accommodate students needs
in our classroom environment and through our instruction. Therefore, this assignment will
significantly impact the structure of my future classroom and instruction.
By considering how to address the variety of needs of the early adolescent, I feel more
prepared to teach and learn in a diverse society. Diverse can be defined in multiple ways. For
one, it can be interpreted as an ethnically and racially diverse environment. However, it can also
be interpreted as an intellectually and socially diverse environment. Considering how to establish
a sense of community as well as how to tailor the instruction to meet individual students needs
provided me with an opportunity to reflect on the variety of students possibly found in
classrooms. I now understand how to integrate technology into the classroom and make
connections across all content areas to appeal to student interests. This will prepare me as a
prospective teacher to provide the best education for an emotionally, intellectually, and socially
diverse group of students. I look forward to using this knowledge in my future and am confident
that my future experiences will furthermore build upon these understandings as well.