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Standard 5: Impact on Student Learning
“A physical educator utilizes assessments and reflection to foster student learning and inform instructional decisions”
Element 5.3: Utilize the reflective cycle to implement change in teacher performance, student learning, and instructional goals and decisions
Artifact: EDU 355 Reflective Log
Date: Fall 2011
Reflection
In EDU 355 Physical Education Curriculum: Plan and Practice, each student was required to attend 18 hours of observation. During this observation, each student was able to interact with the class and assist the teacher with planning lessons for each week. At the Cortland Christian Academy, I was able to get more hands on learning with teaching a class and providing lessons for each week. The host teacher allowed me to teach each of the two classes during the observation time along with my partner. We learned quickly about classroom and behavioral management, as well as planning a lesson that would last the thirty minutes we were given for each class. As a team we created lessons that were developmentally appropriate for each grade level where students would be able to enjoy themselves in physical education class.
My results show that teaching is not as easy as it looks. It takes time to learn how to manage a class and what students will be most receptive to. There will be times where an activity may not go as planned and it is up to us as teachers to find a way to fix it to make it better for next time. Students learn best when they have a set routine that they follow each class and protocols that are used to decrease bad behaviors in class. As physical educators, we must be able to reflect on our teaching and be able to point out what did not work and what should be changed for next time. As physical educators we must be able to also implement change in our students behavior if they are not doing what they should be during class time. Our reflections can help us make decisions that will be beneficial to us in the future.
Date: Fall 2011
Reflection
In EDU 355 Physical Education Curriculum: Plan and Practice, each student was required to attend 18 hours of observation. During this observation, each student was able to interact with the class and assist the teacher with planning lessons for each week. At the Cortland Christian Academy, I was able to get more hands on learning with teaching a class and providing lessons for each week. The host teacher allowed me to teach each of the two classes during the observation time along with my partner. We learned quickly about classroom and behavioral management, as well as planning a lesson that would last the thirty minutes we were given for each class. As a team we created lessons that were developmentally appropriate for each grade level where students would be able to enjoy themselves in physical education class.
My results show that teaching is not as easy as it looks. It takes time to learn how to manage a class and what students will be most receptive to. There will be times where an activity may not go as planned and it is up to us as teachers to find a way to fix it to make it better for next time. Students learn best when they have a set routine that they follow each class and protocols that are used to decrease bad behaviors in class. As physical educators, we must be able to reflect on our teaching and be able to point out what did not work and what should be changed for next time. As physical educators we must be able to also implement change in our students behavior if they are not doing what they should be during class time. Our reflections can help us make decisions that will be beneficial to us in the future.
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