Instruction is the vehicle. Curriculum is the material used to convey the information. Currently, the topic of curriculum is a heated discussion across my district, one in which the district leadership and teachers’ union are grappling to find compromise. For the past 11 years, I have been working within San Jose Unified School District as a middle school math teacher. Throughout this time I have seen many, many changes in leadership and curriculum. This year in particular, many of the leadership
Through the completion of my graduate program in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, I have gained an immense amount of knowledge and a plethora of skills which I have used and found valuable in my seventh grade English classroom. My outlook on student learning and my empathy towards students has also been positively affected by the program. These learning opportunities have led me to become a better educator both inside and outside of the classroom. One of my most influential experiences
In my opinion, all curriculum and instruction should be fluid and change in response to the demographic transition that we are experiencing. At the school that I am currently at, the student demographic continues to shift from a very high representation of white and middle class students, to one the includes students of color, and increasingly, international students as well. Although my school demographic is changing, it is experiencing change at a slower rate than neighboring districts. In response
Honest. Honest was the first characteristic that stood out to Superintendent/Principal, Mr. Ambrose Duckett, III. Mr. Duckett has served at Eastampton Community School for eight years as the Assistant Principal, Director of Instruction, Technology, and Curriculum. He also served as the Districts Affirmative Action Officer and Anti-Bullying Coordinator. The 2016-2017 marks Mr. Duckett’s first years as the Superintendent/Principal.While Mr. Duckett holds many jobs and “where many hats”, his most rewarding
and Curricula This essay presents research-based instructional strategies commonly used in classrooms for students with intellectual disabilities. Students with intellectual disabilities learn differently and slower than students without intellectual disabilities. They have trouble learning in school and trouble with everyday life skills. However, they can learn and do learn when taught with the best practices, instructional strategies and principles as presented in this essay. Instructional Strategies
Education theorist and teacher, John Holt, in his essay “School Is Bad For Children,” explains his point of view on education and the schooling system. He makes bold declarations about this topic and believes that school hurts children more than it benefits. John Holt’s position is presented with extreme negativity. “Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he does not know, better at finding and figuring things out, more
yet millions do it daily. Many can attribute their success to the ability to design a curriculum that engages learners and sets the foundation for success. Heidi Hayes Jacobs believes that a good curriculum sets the path for students to take (Laureate Education, n.d.). The process of curriculum mapping helps to ensure that learning is cohesive and beneficial to the individual needs of our students. Curriculum mapping provides the foundation and vision of learning. Once that foundation is set, it
learning cycle, and a third time when writing your “evaluative essay" (which is described below). Here is a suggestion. Develop your lesson plans first, along with appropriate content standards and lesson objectives; next, write (cut and paste) the content standards and lesson objectives from lesson plans into your rationale statement. Finally, after you teach the unit, explain how students met the standards in your evaluative essay. Section 4: Assessing Student Learning – Describe how you
All middle school students, grades 6-8, are required to develop well-written compositions. According to the Louisiana Depart of Education (2008), to meet the demands of the comprehensive curriculum, these students are required to write complex multi-paragraph compositions with a clearly focused main idea and developed with relevant ideas, organization patterns, and structure that communicates clearly to the reader. The grade-level expectation also states that the students are required to use a variety
as people, ownership, and productive activity are fostered. In social activist and American professor Jean Anyon’s essay “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, the relation to social class and the established cycle of education systems is the main topic that Anyon aims to dissect and argue. Through extensive observation research, Anyon studies the behavior and curriculum taught at working-class, middle-class, affluent professional, and executive elite schools