Simone Swaby
Professor: Ines Garcia
Course: 708
The artifact that I chose for Standard 3.a (Planning for Standards- Based ESL and Content Learning) is my Context for Learning from ESC 761, Teaching English as a Second Language to Adolescents and Adults. This particular class was in relation to the EDTPA, and focused on the different steps that we had to take in order to complete our EDTPA.
This artifact correlates with understanding, applying concepts, research, and best practices to plan classroom instruction in supportive learning environment for ELLs. This is evident in how my lesson was scaffolded to meet the needs of my LTELLS, SIFE, and differing language level in the L2 of my students. This was done by having the necessary sentence stems, visuals, and pre-teaching of vocabulary before the lesson. Additionally, I use a number of assessments throughout my lesson such as thumb up, thumb down, Exit Tickets, Do Nows, to assess what my students know going into the lesson, and what they have learned after lesson, which will determine if I move on or reteach my lesson. Lastly, in order to encourage discussion I ensure that I maintain a positive learning environment.
The artifact have demonstrated that I have met the standard because it shows that I understand that no one child learns the same way, and that I understand and plan to meet the needs of my diverse student needs, incorporate multiple modes of assessments, and maintain a positive learning environment.
This artifact contributed to my professional understanding, skills, and disposition in that, I am always mindful of the diversity in my classroom, and by being aware of this cultural, social, and linguistic diversity I am able to plan classroom instruction in a supportive learning environment where all student feel included.
Yes, this artifact impacted the students and student learning in that all students were better able to articulate their ideas with the use of the sentence stems, and students were engaged by the visuals presented in the lesson, whereas students used the visuals as support to recall what they had learned. My take away from this artifact is to always know my students, and know what learning style best fit their needs.
