Presentation/Assigment

Module 3: Professional Rationale

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In this module candidates will develop a profile of three focus learners. These profiles will be used for planning instruction.

Candidates will: 

· Review sample Focus Learner Profiles

· Create profiles for three focus learners.

· Review a School Report Card 

· Read about Title 1 schools

Module 3: Professional Rationale

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Based on your knowledge of the  School Report Card,  Links to an external site. school environment and Focus Learner provide a professional rationale about your area of strength and your area of refinement - what do you want to do better, why, and how will it impact student achievement? You will need to consider how the information from the school profile impacts how you will address  cultural relevance  Links to an external site. as you teach in this school.

1. Review a School Report Card of the school in which you are working. If you are not working in a school, use this link (NYC School Report Card  https://tools.nycenet.edu/dashboard/  Links to an external site. and Long Island School Report Cards  https://www.longislandschools.com/long-island-schools-report-card.aspx   Links to an external site. ), NYSED school and student data  https://data.nysed.gov/lists.php?type=school  Links to an external site.   NYCDOE Link to School Quality Snapshots.   https://tools.nycenet.edu/snapshot/2020/  Links to an external site.  

2. Read: What is a Title 1 school ? https://educationpost.org/explained-what-is-title-i-and-how-is-it-used-to-fund-our-schools/ Links to an external site.

3. Based on the School Report Card and Focus Learner Profile, provide a professional rationale for your areas of strength (“glows”) and refinement (“grows”) that addresses the following:

· What do you do well?

· What do you want to improve and why? How will it impact student achievement?

· How does the information from the school profile impact how you will address cultural relevance as you teach in this school? 

4. Please think about what the information on the report card helps you understand about the school environment. What does the data represent with respect to performance on the high stake's exams? What does that lead them to understand about teaching and learning. I know we placed specific questions in the module. 

5. Please think about what the information on the report card helps you understand about the school environment. Examine the demographics and the state exam scores. What does the data represent with respect to performance on the high stake's exams? What does that lead you to understand about teaching and learning with the school population.

Resources please use this:

Review these references in order to complete this assessment 

1. Avallone, A. (2017, September 08). Getting to Know You: Learner Profiles for Personalization (Opinion). Retrieved January 01, 2021, from  https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-getting-to-know-you-learner-profiles-for-personalization/2017/09 Links to an external site.

2. Kanaan, R. (2019, February 15). What Are Learner Profiles and Why Are They Important? Retrieved January 01, 2021, from  https://knowledgeworks.org/resources/learner-profiles-what-why-how/ Links to an external site.

3. Lynch, M. (2018, April 25). Here's Everything You Need to Know About Learner Profiles. Retrieved January 01, 2021, from  https://www.theedadvocate.org/heres-everything-need-know-learner-profiles/ Links to an external site.

4. Weber, K. B., & Cole, V. (n.d.). Special Education. Retrieved January 01, 2021, from  http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/commoncore/guidance-commoncore-template.htm  Links to an external site.  

5. Ell Language portraits. Purdue English Language Learners Language Portraits. (n.d.). Retrieved J from  http://elllps.squarespace.com/work  Links to an external site.  

Example :

The purpose of the report card is to inform the child's parents about his/her academic performance during the school year. Many parents consider this to be the most important document they receive from the school (Newport News Public Schools, n.d.).

According to my school’s report card, it has many parts which include math, reading, writing and English Language Arts, social studies, and motor development. The report card is very detailed which helps not only teachers to understand the student's strengths and weaknesses but also helps the parents to see where their child is at this academic level. It also speaks for the school and how the school runs the education system inside. It is very important for me to be a part of a great school where all the work is done for the best of the child.

Additionally, it is highly important to me to parental involvement is one of my glows. I enjoy collaborating with the parents as well as inviting them for family engagement activities which could be as a homework project with their child.  My next glow is to be passionate about teaching the younger population and seeing their progress. My experience shows that it is a very important part of self-esteem and, professionalism. Teachers with high levels of self-efficacy tend to believe that they can catch up with slow learners by using the right techniques and encouraging them to work harder. Teachers with low self-efficacy tend to attribute low grades to low student ability. Self-efficacy is also related to problem-solving in the classroom. I love children and I want to see their happy faces, and, at the same time, I want them to be able to learn new skills daily (Taylor & Francis, 2014). My other glow is being able to teach step-by-step instruction by working in small groups which could be any subject (math, reading, writing, and others).

According to my growth, I have noticed that I have a difficult time with classroom management and teaching students who have behavior and/or social-emotional disorders. It gives me a tough time to assess those students because they are not able to stay on task or sit still and listen or follow directions. I always provide scaffolding to those students, but I feel it is not enough and it does not always work. This is my weakness which I hope to fix and learn new techniques, new methods on how to solve those issues, and how I can be helpful to those students.

According to the report card, there are no parts for state tests because it is a private school and only has very young students there who are from 2-5 years old. However, we do teach and follow the DOE curriculum and do our best to support each child's strengths and needs, as well as help the child to be ready for the next academic year. Our school is very collaborative and a team that many teachers would agree is very important to have as an educator. Collaborative learning has been proven to not only develop higher-level thinking skills in students but also to increase their confidence and self-esteem. Group projects can maximize the educational experience by demonstrating material while improving social and interpersonal skills (Gates, 2018).