Student Teaching
Fall 2023- 8 weeks High School Level, 8 weeks Elementary School Level
Felted Wool Buddy-Needle-Felting Unit
High School Placement Lesson
SELF-CREATED UNIT PLANS WITH LESSON PLANS & TEACHING MATERIALS -
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 2 - Content Area and Pedagogical Knowledge - The competent teacher has in-depth understanding of content area knowledge that includes central concepts, methods of inquiry, structures of disciplines, and content area literacy. The teacher creates meaningful learning experiences for each student based upon interactions among content area and pedagogical knowledge, and evidence-based practice.
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 5 - Instructional Delivery - The competent teacher differentiates instruction by using a variety of strategies that support critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and continuous growth and learning. The teacher understands that the classroom is a dynamic environment requiring ongoing modification of instruction to enhance learning for each student.
Student's Final Project Examples
Description: Students created sculptural works using the needle felting method to create a "buddy with personality" out of wool. Students first learn what needle felting is, practice, and learn how to needle-felt 3D sculptural work creating a 3D shape out of wool. Before students got started, we looked at needle-felt artists who focused on creating creatures, to introduce students to some contemporary Students developed a plan and created sketches showing the front, side, and back view of their buddy and labeling the colors and parts of their buddy. Students worked for about a week to create their buddies out of wool. After finishing their project, students evaluated their skills and their final project during a project survey.
Rationale: This lesson allows students to freely create something that want while teaching them new skills and introducing new materials. Needle-felting is not a very popular medium so it allows students to learn about a new medium and provide an understanding of the process. Needle-felting can take time but can be very therapeutic and rewarding in creating a 3D project. The sketch portion of the unit helps students to organize their ideas and plan out their projects using sketches and developing multiple-view sketches for the 3D project. The survey portion of the project has students evaluate their skills and efforts during the projects and helps to develop student's abilities to write about their art.
Evidence: Students' Artworks, and Unit Plan Materials- Felted Wool Buddy Unit
Scarecrow Pattern Unit
Elementary Placement Unit Plan
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 2 - Content Area and Pedagogical Knowledge - The competent teacher has in-depth understanding of content area knowledge that includes central concepts, methods of inquiry, structures of disciplines, and content area literacy. The teacher creates meaningful learning experiences for each student based upon interactions among content area and pedagogical knowledge, and evidence-based practice.
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 5 - Instructional Delivery - The competent teacher differentiates instruction by using a variety of strategies that support critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and continuous growth and learning. The teacher understands that the classroom is a dynamic environment requiring ongoing modification of instruction to enhance learning for each student.
Description: I created a lesson plan that focuses on creating a scarecrow out of paper that has students get the chance to adding hay and patches to like real scarecrows. Students will learn about patterns and create their patterns for the patches.
Rationale: This project is to have students work on multiple different skills like color, size, and shape recognition, cutting ability, and creating and recognizing patterns. By using a scarecrow for the main format, students were able to have creative freedom in accessories and a way to have patterns interestingly incorporated into the project like patches for the scarecrow. The project also has students learn about an interesting topic what a scarecrow is, and what it's for, this project was completed during the fall making it seasonal and topical
Evidence- Link to Unit Plan and Student examples- Scarecrow Unit plan
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 7 - Assessment - The competent teacher understands and uses appropriate formative and summative assessments for determining student needs, monitoring student progress, measuring student growth, and evaluating student outcomes. The teacher makes decisions driven by data about curricular and instructional effectiveness and adjusts practices to meet the needs of each student.
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Evidence: Link to Unit Plans Assessment Folder
ASSESSMENT METHODS PORTFOLIO
Professionalism, Advocacy, & Leadership: PAL 1
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 9 - Professionalism, Leadership, and Advocacy - The competent teacher is an ethical and reflective practitioner who exhibits professionalism; provides leadership in the learning community; and advocates for students, parents or guardians, and the profession.
Art Show at Illinois State Fair
Description: At the Illinois State Fair, kids, amateur, and professional artists get to showcase their artwork during the entire time of the fair.
Rationale: Even though I did not submit any artwork for the show, its something that I always stop by to see or go to see all the talents that kids in the area of. It's a great opportunity for the community and I hope to have my work displayed one day and hopefully, students of mine will too!
Evidence: Some of my favorite works at the show
Professionalism, Advocacy, & Leadership: PAL 2
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 9 - Professionalism, Leadership, and Advocacy - The competent teacher is an ethical and reflective practitioner who exhibits professionalism; provides leadership in the learning community; and advocates for students, parents or guardians, and the profession.
Graymont Fine Arts Day
Description: Volunteer to work one of the stations at the Graymont Grade School Fine art day event. The event was a collection of five stations where students were able to participate in visual art-themed activities for 30 minutes for the day. Students got the opportunity to participate in art-themed games, rock painting, squeegee art, marker art, and origami.
Rationale: I got the chance to teach groups of five to 12 students the art of origami ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade. I'm comfortable with making origami pieces, but teaching students how to make origami items is a very different task. Compared to the Boys and Girls Club program I help with, this time I had more of a leading role and teaching. The event was really fun and I got to work and see how important organizing and planning is in the art room and in an event like this. I realized that allowing student choice is great but making sure I'm prepared and have the skills to best support the students' choices makes everything goes a lot smoother and less frustrating. I am really happy that I went to help out at the event because it was organized by the art teacher at Graymont who is also a fellow art education student.
Evidence: Photos from the event
