STANDARD 3: Learning Environments
The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
As times change, so should the content and the way we teach our students. Teachers should teach material in a way that keeps the interest of the students and involves them in the lesson. The teacher should give their students the opportunity to learn by themselves, which gives the student a sense of self-satisfaction. This in turn promotes self-motivation. It is also beneficial for students to work with others in such a social atmosphere. As a music teacher, there will be times in which we will have to individually access each student. Each student should feel comfortable to perform in front of is/her peers without being ridiculed for mistakes and mess ups. Teachers should make every effort to make their classroom one of support and encouragement.
This standard requires me to have a passion for the discipline that I teach. Since I love playing the harp so much, I can’t help but show it through in my enthusiastic teaching and engaging lesson plans. When I’m excited about the material I teach, I want to create assignments that will get the students excited as well. When I teach, I want to create an atmosphere where we can all be in unity, and have fun while learning.
I am fortunate to have student taught at a school where everyone is mutually respected by teachers and classmates alike. Creating an environment where every student has a voice and their strengths are acknowledged and honed, was not a task that I had to work towards; it was already in place. For example, in music settings, it is normal to expect to competition between the students in order to be the best; some schools thrive off of this. In the music classes that I observed and taught, there was no competition. The students worked together to accomplish the goal of the piece of music. Students relied on those who were more advanced and those who were working towards that goal were uplifted by their classmates. This, I believe was made possible by the positive energy that my cooperating teacher emanates and her ability to encourage the students as well as her genuine care for the students and their interest's. Since I've been immersed in such a supporting school setting, I have gained insight on how to reach students by instilling a healthy learning atmosphere.
This lesson plan applies to this INTASC Standard because the instrument sectionals rely on the students detecting errors in their playing and fixing them together. Furthermore, it also enables students to practically exhibit their understanding of their part of the piece of music separately, which in turn helps the blend of the ensemble as a whole.
As times change, so should the content and the way we teach our students. Teachers should teach material in a way that keeps the interest of the students and involves them in the lesson. The teacher should give their students the opportunity to learn by themselves, which gives the student a sense of self-satisfaction. This in turn promotes self-motivation. It is also beneficial for students to work with others in such a social atmosphere. As a music teacher, there will be times in which we will have to individually access each student. Each student should feel comfortable to perform in front of is/her peers without being ridiculed for mistakes and mess ups. Teachers should make every effort to make their classroom one of support and encouragement.
This standard requires me to have a passion for the discipline that I teach. Since I love playing the harp so much, I can’t help but show it through in my enthusiastic teaching and engaging lesson plans. When I’m excited about the material I teach, I want to create assignments that will get the students excited as well. When I teach, I want to create an atmosphere where we can all be in unity, and have fun while learning.
I am fortunate to have student taught at a school where everyone is mutually respected by teachers and classmates alike. Creating an environment where every student has a voice and their strengths are acknowledged and honed, was not a task that I had to work towards; it was already in place. For example, in music settings, it is normal to expect to competition between the students in order to be the best; some schools thrive off of this. In the music classes that I observed and taught, there was no competition. The students worked together to accomplish the goal of the piece of music. Students relied on those who were more advanced and those who were working towards that goal were uplifted by their classmates. This, I believe was made possible by the positive energy that my cooperating teacher emanates and her ability to encourage the students as well as her genuine care for the students and their interest's. Since I've been immersed in such a supporting school setting, I have gained insight on how to reach students by instilling a healthy learning atmosphere.
This lesson plan applies to this INTASC Standard because the instrument sectionals rely on the students detecting errors in their playing and fixing them together. Furthermore, it also enables students to practically exhibit their understanding of their part of the piece of music separately, which in turn helps the blend of the ensemble as a whole.
The following artifact is a lesson plan that I co-taught with 3 of my colleagues. It applies to INTASC 3 because the students were required to use their knowledge of leitmotifs to create a leitmotif in small groups that would represent their teacher.