6.3 Field Experiences
Candidates engage in appropriate field experiences to synthesize and apply the content and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards. (PSC 6.3)
Artifact: ITEC 7410 Unstructured Field Experience
Reflection:
The artifact “ITEC 7410 Unstructured Field Experience” was created during the course ITEC 7410 Instructional Technology Leadership. In this artifact, I detailed my experience with a fourth grade student who has ADHD over the course of several weeks that we spent working on improving his writing skills. This student’s parent was concerned about his upcoming performance on the fifth grade CRCT due to his difficulty in structuring paragraph and essay responses. This student and I worked on improving his sentence structure, punctuation, and transitions. We utilized a variety of tools including Internet resources such as videos and Microsoft Word templates to help him in structuring responses.
The element of Field Experiences under the Standard of Candidate Professional Growth and Development was clearly mastered with this artifact. I engaged in a number of field experiences, of which the ITEC 7410 unstructured field experience is one. Throughout these field experiences, I worked with a variety of students and teachers to synthesize and apply the content and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards. As evidenced in my field experience log, I detailed my use of content and skills, knowledge, and dispositions, and I reflected on how each of these had grown through this particular field experience. Field experiences are a necessity for applying new knowledge and skills, and I know that my variety of field experiences definitely influenced my disposition regarding the use of instructional technology in schools.
While completing this artifact, I learned a great deal about working with students. I am certified for grades six through twelve, but it is rare that I work with students who are younger than high school. Forcing myself into field experiences with younger students was a challenge to me. Each age level of student is so different, and they have different requirements and ways of looking at the world. I found through this field experience that working with a child in elementary school is more of a challenge to me than my comfort zone of high school is. If I could change anything about this artifact, I wish I could have spent more time with this student. He was making progress in structuring his writing, and I sincerely hope that he is able to apply some of the skills this school year that I taught him during our time together.
The work that went into creating this artifact will impact student learning as I worked one-on-one with this student to improve his writing skills. This work will also improve my own students’ learning this school year as I am more open to using a variety of tools differentiated for use with a variety of students. This is a clear learning that will help to improve my students’ learning, and this should be reflected on their increased performance in writing assignments and better scores on the EOCTs and SLOs.
The artifact “ITEC 7410 Unstructured Field Experience” was created during the course ITEC 7410 Instructional Technology Leadership. In this artifact, I detailed my experience with a fourth grade student who has ADHD over the course of several weeks that we spent working on improving his writing skills. This student’s parent was concerned about his upcoming performance on the fifth grade CRCT due to his difficulty in structuring paragraph and essay responses. This student and I worked on improving his sentence structure, punctuation, and transitions. We utilized a variety of tools including Internet resources such as videos and Microsoft Word templates to help him in structuring responses.
The element of Field Experiences under the Standard of Candidate Professional Growth and Development was clearly mastered with this artifact. I engaged in a number of field experiences, of which the ITEC 7410 unstructured field experience is one. Throughout these field experiences, I worked with a variety of students and teachers to synthesize and apply the content and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards. As evidenced in my field experience log, I detailed my use of content and skills, knowledge, and dispositions, and I reflected on how each of these had grown through this particular field experience. Field experiences are a necessity for applying new knowledge and skills, and I know that my variety of field experiences definitely influenced my disposition regarding the use of instructional technology in schools.
While completing this artifact, I learned a great deal about working with students. I am certified for grades six through twelve, but it is rare that I work with students who are younger than high school. Forcing myself into field experiences with younger students was a challenge to me. Each age level of student is so different, and they have different requirements and ways of looking at the world. I found through this field experience that working with a child in elementary school is more of a challenge to me than my comfort zone of high school is. If I could change anything about this artifact, I wish I could have spent more time with this student. He was making progress in structuring his writing, and I sincerely hope that he is able to apply some of the skills this school year that I taught him during our time together.
The work that went into creating this artifact will impact student learning as I worked one-on-one with this student to improve his writing skills. This work will also improve my own students’ learning this school year as I am more open to using a variety of tools differentiated for use with a variety of students. This is a clear learning that will help to improve my students’ learning, and this should be reflected on their increased performance in writing assignments and better scores on the EOCTs and SLOs.