INTASC STANDARDS 1-4

Cohort 6

Rachel Skweres

Ashley Setzekorn Sidney Stewart

Courtney Wagner

STANDARD 1

• Collaboration

Families

Communities

Colleagues

Other professionals

• Ultimate goal: promote learner development

QUESTION:

• How can teachers collaborate with families, communities, colleagues and other professionals? Provide examples.

Standard #1

FAMILY• Send out letters

• Conference times

Standard #1

COMMUNITY

• Post Assignments Online

Standard #1

Standard #1

Standard #1

COLLEAGUES AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS

• Schedule meetings

• Ask for advice

Standard #1

The teacher understands the differences of individuals and diverse cultures or communities so each student can learn to the best of their abilities.

Standard 2

To reach this goal, teachers incorporate language development into their classroom, which will include access for English language learners and support of becoming better english speakers.

Standard #2

QUESTION

How can teachers meet the needs of English language learners?

Standard #2

• Visuals

• Gestures

• Adjust your speech: Speak slowly; enunciate; pauses; repeat words or phrases; include shorter sentences, fewer pronouns, and simpler syntax.

• Exaggerate intonations at times.

Meeting the needs of English language learners:

Standard #2

• Stress high-frequency vocabulary words.

• Use fewer idioms and clarify the meaning of words or phrases in context.

• Stress participation

•Maintain a low anxiety level and be enthusiastic!!

Meeting the needs of English language learners:(Continued)

Standard #2

EXAMPLES

A high school history teacher from Sacramento, California was teaching his students about the Civil War. He has several ELL, ESL and EFL students. To help the students understand the civil war on a deeper level, he had his students talk about civil wars in their home countries.

http://sacschoolblogs.org/ushistory/2011/12/12/civil-war-question/#comments

Standard #2

STANDARD #3 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation.

Standard #3 The Learning Environment

Definition of Collaborative Learning:

“Collaborative learning is an educational approach to teaching and learning that involves groups of students working together to solve a problem, complete a task, or create a product”

(http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/cl/moreinfo/mi2a.htm).

Standard #3 The Learning Environment

QUESTION:Why is collaboration important?

Standard #3 The Learning Environment

• Teaches the bigger pictureSocial interaction with their

peers/working together in a positive way• They get to explore their

resources/deep thinking

“Collaboration is learned in the classroom and then it is expanded to the rest of the world.”

Standard #3 The Learning Environment

Video 1:

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/collaborative-learning-strategy

Video 2:

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/choosing-collaborative-groups

Standard #3 The Learning Environment

STANDARD 4

• Content Knowledge

• Using multiple examples and resources

• Reaching every type of learner: visual, audial, and kinesthetic

• Effective learning progressions

• Providing different stations for different levels of learners

How can teachers assess these levels of development (cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical)?

QUESTION

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

EXAMPLE

This is a sample lesson that employs Standard 4, that will teach about the planets in space.

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

Visual RepresentationStandard #4 Content Knowledge

FOR MORE ADVANCED STUDENTS

If any students already know the names and order of the planets, I would put them in a separate station. If they have internet permission from their parents, I would give them something else to learn and explore.

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mars-article.html

Visual/Kinesthetic RepresentationStandard #4 Content Knowledge

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_songs/educational_videos_planets_song.html

Visual/Audial Representation

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

Music and songs like in this video are a great way to get students engaged. Music is scientifically proven to increase cognition. Having students learn songs or listen to them can help them learn and remember more quickly.

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

The teacher must assess if her resources were effective in teaching the students.

Standard #4 Content Knowledge