Learning Outcome #9:
Demonstrate appropriate professional dispositions to help all students learn
In order to ensure an effective classroom, teachers must have a professional disposition at all times. One way teachers can showcase this type of disposition is by treating students fairly and appropriately at all times.
In an attempt to level the playing field, I create lessons keeping multiple intelligences in mind. The theory of multiple intelligences, first introduced by Howard Gardner, acknowledges that students may have abilities in several different areas that do not necessarily correlate. The multiple intelligences are spatial, linguistic, mathematical, kinesthetic, musical, natural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. In a lesson for my eighth grade class on The Contender, I addressed three different types of learners: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. I used various activities within the lesson to appeal to each of these learners. I always use different teaching strategies in my classroom in an effort to engage each learning style and each learner, including those with multiple intelligences.
Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) need teachers with professional dispositions in order for them to reach their greatest potential. Using the multiple intelligences strategy discussed above, I am also better able to reach my students who have special learning needs. Balancing styles, and not too heavily focusing on one particular type of teaching style, will allow all students, regardless of achievement level, the best opportunity to succeed in my classroom.
Rubrics also help me treat students fairly when assessing their work. Rubrics help keep teachers honest. Issuing grades objectively is critical to students’ progress, development, and confidence. The teacher must create rubrics specific to each assignment; they must be presented to the students prior to completion of the assignment. Rubrics help keep grading black and white. It is simple for the students to understand what the teacher’s expectations are, and it is clear why they are issued a particular grade at the end of the assignment. When there is confusion about a grade, rubrics also make it simpler to explain that grade to a parent or student.
Adhering to these guidelines helps me maintain an honest, fair environment in my classroom. Leveling the playing field and treating students appropriately are two very important responsibilities I have as an educator.
Lesson Plan:
Multiple Intelligences (Accommodations Section)
Rubrics:
Persuasive Essay Rubric
Career Brochure Rubric
Image from http://brainberg.blogspot.com/2011/01/multiple-intelligence-theory-and-child.html
In an attempt to level the playing field, I create lessons keeping multiple intelligences in mind. The theory of multiple intelligences, first introduced by Howard Gardner, acknowledges that students may have abilities in several different areas that do not necessarily correlate. The multiple intelligences are spatial, linguistic, mathematical, kinesthetic, musical, natural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. In a lesson for my eighth grade class on The Contender, I addressed three different types of learners: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. I used various activities within the lesson to appeal to each of these learners. I always use different teaching strategies in my classroom in an effort to engage each learning style and each learner, including those with multiple intelligences.
Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) need teachers with professional dispositions in order for them to reach their greatest potential. Using the multiple intelligences strategy discussed above, I am also better able to reach my students who have special learning needs. Balancing styles, and not too heavily focusing on one particular type of teaching style, will allow all students, regardless of achievement level, the best opportunity to succeed in my classroom.
Rubrics also help me treat students fairly when assessing their work. Rubrics help keep teachers honest. Issuing grades objectively is critical to students’ progress, development, and confidence. The teacher must create rubrics specific to each assignment; they must be presented to the students prior to completion of the assignment. Rubrics help keep grading black and white. It is simple for the students to understand what the teacher’s expectations are, and it is clear why they are issued a particular grade at the end of the assignment. When there is confusion about a grade, rubrics also make it simpler to explain that grade to a parent or student.
Adhering to these guidelines helps me maintain an honest, fair environment in my classroom. Leveling the playing field and treating students appropriately are two very important responsibilities I have as an educator.
Lesson Plan:
Multiple Intelligences (Accommodations Section)
Rubrics:
Persuasive Essay Rubric
Career Brochure Rubric
Image from http://brainberg.blogspot.com/2011/01/multiple-intelligence-theory-and-child.html