1. Briefly describe your educational and teaching background.
• I got my degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly Pomona in 2009 got a job at an after school program
• 2010 at Chaffey Community College
• Currently I am in the Teaching Program at University of Redlands where I am receiving my Teaching Credential
• As a program leader I've instructed a class of third and fourth graders and assisted with students from Kindergarten to 6th grade
• As a student Teacher I've experienced running a third grade class
2. Describe the processes you would use to plan instruction. Include the ways you would assess your students' needs and how you would evaluate the effectiveness of your lesson.
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3. After you give an assessment, you discover only half of the class attained to the concept. What would you do?
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4. Describe your classroom management policy and system.
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5. Please give us some strategies you would use in the classroom to help Second Language Learners.
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6. What would your classroom environment look like?
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7. Nathan is a student in your classroom. He is absent an average of twice a week and when he is in class, he is a constant disruption to the learning process. However, he completes his assignments with satisfactory grades. Give us three strategies you could use to help change this student's behavior.
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8. Explain how you would design and communicate your classroom procedures that ensure that the students and parents understand these procedures.
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9. What does your grading policy look like?
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10. How would you use multiple pieces of assessment to plan for instruction?
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11. What motivational techniques would you use to ensure that students are engaged in your lesson?
• There are several strategies I use to get students' attention including hands-on techniques:
• I begin an exercise with a 5 min warm; simple task students can answer as soon as they walk in the room
• My lessons start with an engaging question or short kid friendly YouTube clip; because a majority of kids these days are into technology and are audio/visual learners
• Start by Reading a Story aloud and show the book on the overhead kids love stories.
• In science I can give a mini lesson in the form of a discrepant event; ask them to observe, predict, and explain what they saw; I never give away the secret to the event, so it allows them to use critical thinking to help them investigate and discover the science behind it; then we can use classroom or school computer to look it up online.
• I also use whole-brain teaching techniques such as class yes, scoreboard and teach ok. The students are motivated to win the game and they have fun teaching each other.
• I use mini white boards to check for understanding and so that students can demonstrate they want they know about the standard.
• I ask questions to get higher level thinking from the kids.
12. What is the role the state grade level standards in the development and implementation of our classroom instructional program?
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13. Please describe an example of an exemplary lesson you have taught. What do you feel made this an exemplary lesson?
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14. Do you have any closing statement or any questions of us?
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