Analysis

Week 12 Overview

Student Contextual Factors Analysis

In this week, you will work on Student Contextual Factors Analysis assignment.

For this week, please:

Review the document Student Contextual Factors Analysis_SPEC 6080 that will provide

both the instructions for this assignment and serve as a template for conducting

contextual factors analysis.

Review the grading rubric Contextual Factors and Written Analysis Rubric_SPEC 6080

to make sure that you understand expectations related to this assignment and know how

you will be graded.

For those who are employed: Refer to your own school/classroom that you are currently

teaching in to complete this assignment.

If you are not employed: Refer to the classroom that you have been placed in for your

field experience to complete this assignment.

Due 11/10: Student Contextual Factors Analysis

This week is also Due 11/10: Fieldwork Documentation

Student Contextual Factors Analysis_SPEC 60801.docx

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Student Contextual Factors Analysis (Maximum of 30 Points)

1. Student Contextual Factors Analysis: The most effective curricula designs are those that are tailored to the individual needs of the learners they are meant to serve. Using the Understanding by Design process, the teacher candidates will identify and provide an in-depth written contextual factor analysis of the nature and needs of students in their classroom, including:

a. Differing levels of academic readiness, dis/ability needs, language proficiency, social and emotional development, cultural and environmental background, learning profiles, and interests, which will allow teacher candidates to tailor the learning experiences to all learners in the classroom. (CO 4,5, 8, 9).

If you are employed, please refer to the school, its community and the classroom that you are currently teaching in for the purpose of completing this assignment. If you are not employed, please refer to the school, its community and the classroom that you have been placed in for field experience for the purpose of completing this assignment.

Respond to the listed below prompts and/or questions. Records your responses within this document and submit it as it is currently formatted as a Microsoft Word document ( Do NOT submit it saved as a pdf file).

*Student Contextual Factors

The teacher candidate will gather information about the learning-teaching context and student individual difference to plan future instruction and assessment.

Note: Leave in all headings, prompts, and the questions. (Do not delete anything). No assignment will be graded, if the document is not followed and used as instructed.

I. Community, School System, School Factors (Refer here to your school’s website and other available resources/documents to learn about your school and the community the school is located in. Please cite those resources using the APA style)

A. Community

· Name and describe unique features of the community.

· Name and describe contributions of the community to the school.

B. School System

· Name of school system _____________________________________

· Number of students in the school system _________

· Is this a Title I school system?__________

C. School Factors

· Name of the school ___________________________________________

· Grades served in the school __________

· Number of students in the school __________

· Is this a Title I school? ______

· List and describe the unique features of the school.

· Special Education Services Delivery Model (school) (At least one must be checked, but check all, if applicable.)

· Collaboration/team ________

· Resource Room __________

· Itinerant________

· Self-contained________

II. Classroom Characteristics (Refer here to your particular classroom that you are currently teaching in and/or have been placed for the purpose of completing assignments for this class. You will use that classroom information combined with the content of your own designed Integrated Thematic Unit for the next assignment to develop a carefully sequenced lesson plan for the whole class or a larger group based on these classroom characteristics).

A. Classroom Organization (Check as many as apply.)

· ____ Homogeneous

· ____ Heterogeneous

· ____ Self-Contained

· ____ Team Teaching

· ____ Departmentalized

· ____ Co-teaching/ Co-lab

B. Resources (Check as many as apply.)

· ____ Television

· ____ Classroom library

· ____ Computers in classroom _____number

· ____ Interactive whiteboard (e.g., SMART Board™, Promethean Board)

· List other resources (e.g. math and science manipulative materials) ________

III. Student Characteristics

A. Number of students

· Gender ________

· Age range ________

· Grade level(s) ________

B. Ethnicity ( number of students)

· ____ African-American

· ____ Asian-American

· ____ Native American

· ____ Hispanic

· ____ Caucasian

· ____ Multi-racial

C. Reading Achievement: ( number of students)

Identify sources of data (e.g. benchmarks, classroom assessment, portfolios, RTI, standardized tests): ______________________________________________________

· ______ Exceeds standards

· ______ Meets standards

· ______ Does not meet standards

· ______ Students for whom no data are available

D. Mathematics Achievement (number of students):

Identify sources of data (e.g. benchmarks, classroom assessment, portfolios, RTI, standardized tests): ______________________________________________________

· ____ Exceeds standards

· ____ Meets standard

· ____ Does not meet standards

· ____ Students for whom no data are available

E. Language Proficiency ( number of students)

· ____ English language

· ____ English Language Learner (ELL)

· ____ Sign language

· List languages other than English______________________

IV. Individual Differences

A. Students Identified and Receiving Services ( number of students)

· ____ Title I

· ____ Gifted

· ____ Early Intervention Program (EIP)

· ____ Safety Net

· ____ (ESOL)

· ____ Speech

· ____ Less-Proficient Learners

· ____ Other

B. Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP) ( number of students)

· ____ Visual impairment/Blindness

· ____ Deaf / Hard of hearing

· ____ Deaf/Blind

· ____ Significant developmental delay

· ____ Emotional and Behavioral Disorder (EBD)

· ____ Specific learning disability (LD)

· ____ Intellectual disability

· ____ Other health impairment (OHI)

· ____ Orthopedic Impairment (OI)

· ____ Speech/language impairment

· ____ Autism

· ____ Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

· ____ Other

C. Students with Other Education Plans ( number of students)

· ____ SST

· ____ 504

· ____ RTI

· ____ Other

V. Students’ Prior Knowledge Specific to the Content of the Integrated Thematic Unit (that you designed for this class)

List previous learning of content related to the Integrated Thematic Unit that you designed for this class

· Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) or other related state’s standards, if you are not teaching in GA

· Specific content strategy instruction previously implemented (e.g. use of base ten blocks, graphic organizer, comprehension strategies, vocabulary strategies, summarizing)

· Other sources of content development (e.g., books, field trips, prior travel, prior experiences in and out of the classroom)

Student Contextual Factors Written Analysis

VI. Instructional Implications

· Discuss specifically how these contextual factors of the community, classroom, and students will impact your lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom management.

· Describe how the students’ prior knowledge of the content of your Integrated Thematic Unit will impact your lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom management.

Reflect upon your Contextual Factors and think about how all students can participate in your instruction by responding to the following questions:

· How will the plan provide challenging expectations for all students?

· How will the plan meet the developmental needs of all students?

· How will the plan reflect the social and cultural context of the learners?

· How will you plan for active student participation throughout lesson?

· How will you plan for active student-to-student interactions?

· How will you plan for active student-to-teacher interactions?

*Adapted from: VSU ECSE LessonPlanGuidelines