Specialization Outcomes

1. You must address all 10 outcomes ( the 5 that you selected to work on in the practicum those artifacts will come from the work that you will be doing in practicum (this will require the most work) AND for the other 5 that you are NOT selecting to work on in the practicum those artifacts will be coming from your past coursework (this should not be as involved as some of you already have artifacts uploaded-just make some decisions now on what goes and what stays...remember MASTERY.)

2. You must ensure that your artifacts demonstrate mastery of outcomes. In speaking specifically of the outcomes that you have selected for the practicum you will need to ensure that you provide specific details to ensure that when evaluating  these outcomes that it makes perfect sense what you've done, why you did it and how you did it!

ALSO, ensure that the activities that you are outlining for the 5 outcomes that you will be focusing on in the practicum are your own creation (can be with the assistance of your site supervisor). So, in otherwords don't do something that the school is already doing, don't do something that falls within your role and duty already as a teacher at the site...this should be a "NEW" undertaking...something that you are adding on to something else or something that you are creating from scratch!

3. You must have at least 4 artifacts in each outcome area but keep in mind that 4 is just a minimum, especially when looking at the outcomes that you have NOT decided to focus on. The ones that you ARE focusing on it depends on the quality of artifacts provided!  Many students have taken a large volume of courses so you should have a wealth of artifacts at your finger tips to satisfy the outcomes that you have not selected to focus on in the practicum.

4. Include an introduction to each outcome. The introduction can be anywhere from a half page to full page or a paragraph. The introduction should speak to the artifacts you've included within each outcome. Hint: Read your discussion response each week...there's a great chance you've already done this! You response more than likely describes the artifacts selected as well as why you selected them so more than half the work is done. You may just need to fine tune. We will discuss this during our large group call. This is just a heads up.

For the outcomes that you have selected to focus on in the practicum even here I am sure that many will go above and beyond and exceed that minimum to fully address the outcome. Try looking at these outcomes as needing a minimum of 4 activities in each outcome area. Those activities will include numerous artifacts as they come together to truly define the activities. Remember that there may be smaller artifacts needed that come together under one objective/activity to fully address the questions above. For some of these having only one piece of evidence for that artifact may not suffice because the evaluator or reader may not be able to make full sense of what the artifact means or its relevance. For example and this is MY example: if I have selected the outcome dealing with a positive learning environment, my artifacts may be:

INTRODUCTION TO OUTCOME #3- THIS IS WHERE I WOULD TALK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS AND PRESENT A RATIONALE FOR WHY I SELECTED THESE ARTIFACTS (THIS SHOULD BE ON A SEPERATE SHEET)

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OUTCOME # 3-  THIS IS WHERE I WOULD WRITE THE DESCRIPTION.

Artifact 1- Room Arrangement

    1a. before and after pictures

    1b. observation analysis (observed before any changes)

    1c. behavior tracking (chart to show how behavior improved after the room was rearranged)

   

Artifact 2- PLC on Strategies for Learning Environments

    2a. Roster of the teachers that will be participating in the PLC

   2b.  Copy of my plan for the PLC

   2c.  Copies or list of resources I will draw from for the PLC

   2d.  Created and distributed teacher questionnaire after the PLC

   23.  Reflection on what I learned.

Artifact 3- Conferencing 

 3a. Site supervisor meeting to discuss learning environments throughout the school- summary or minutes of that discussion

3b. Interview with Mrs. Jones- Write up on our interview and my takeaways on what makes her learning environment so successful.

Artifact 4- ???

   4a. ??

   4b. ??

   4c. ??

Here you can see how having 4 artifacts for this outcome would prove to be okay because there are components within the artivity that come together to really paint a nice picture of what was done. You can also see here that perhaps 1-2 of these artifacts or tasks was very involved, whereas the others were not as intensive, so you can maintain a good balance. Even with such an outline, I've had students go above and add more artifacts!! At the end of this ensure that what you are presenting is a good reflection of the work you've done during this time.