June 24, 2011
For Karen Macklin's ED631 Educational Psychology Class, I created a unit that included accommodations for students with a range of special needs. Unit Plan: Cultures at a Crossroads (E)
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.b. Culture at a Crossroads Unit Plan
June 23, 2011
In the following assignments for ED631 Educational Psychology, Karin
Macklin asked us to come up with how, as teachers, we would respond to
the challenging situations below. Each of these scenarios involves a
developmental or psychological issue.
MS#4. After reading
Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye in your
eighth-grade English class, a student comes to you and tells you that, like
Holden Caulfield, he wishes to kill himself. How should you respond?
First, I would take a deep breath and r... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.a. Educational Psychology Scenarios
June 23, 2011
In the following assignments for ED631, Educational Psychology, Karin
Macklin asked us to take a stand on an important psychological issue.
Gardner’s
Theory specifies eight distinct and important multiple intelligences. In
contrast, Spearman’s theory specifies just a single important general ability
(and unimportant specific abilities). As a teacher, which theory appeals to you
more, and why? Which theory would lend itself better to being used in the
classroom?
As a sci... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.a. Educational Psychology Positions
June 23, 2011
Please refer to Factor 1 (pages 2-10) and Factor 4 (page 21-31) of my Teacher Work Sample for evidence that I have met performance 3.b.:
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Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.b. Refer to TWS
June 23, 2011
Please refer to my Final Intern Evaluation for evidence that I
have met performance 3.d. For Goal 3, I received a rating of “6”: “Exceeds
Goals”.
Intern
Evaluation, Spring 2011 (Goal 3)
Please note that this final evaluation summarizes all relevant material from my
Fall Intern Evaluation.
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Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.d. Refer to Evaluations
June 23, 2011
In Spring 2011, as part of the ED600 Alaska Studies class taught by Tom
Pennington, I created a "uniquely Alaskan Lesson Plan". This
backwards-design lesson plan teaches students about the literary
movements of naturalism and realism as they read Jack London's "To
Build a Fire" and incorporates lessons on hypothermia (including a fun
quiz), lessons on writing descriptively using the five sense (after
getting semi-hypothermic), a "uniquely Alaskan" class speaker, and a
lesson in writing proper... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.c. Uniquely Alaskan Unit Plan
June 23, 2011
At the end of each
day in ED612 School - Community Relations class, our professor, Bernie
Gurule, gave us a prompt for our journals. The prompt ranged from
quotes that capture a major issue relating to school-community
relations to important ethical questions that arose during class to
asking use to consider, how, individually, we should maintain balance
in our lives. In many of the essays, I connected my responses to the particular community in which I teach, West Anchorage High School. Belo... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester.
June 22, 2011
Written June 2011
Portfolio Writing:
Differentiating Instruction
Write a paper in which you discuss the various aspects of your units
that accommodate learners of different styles, cultures, and learning
disabilities.
In my units, I connect themes to make the lessons relevant
to students of all cultural backgrounds. In my “Culture at a Crossroads” unit,
I use To Kill a Mockingbird as a
jumping off point for discussing the civil rights movement in the American... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.b. Portfolio Writing: Differentiating Instruction
June 22, 2011
About
three times per week Jody Smothers-Marcello assigned
us a journal/essay topic in ED680 Multicultural Education class in
which we responded to reading or materials and issues we encountered in
class. Most of the essays address issues of concern at West
Anchorage High School, my alma mater and the school at which I
student-taught. Many of these essays touched on issues of applying local and Alaskan knowlege. See essays #1, #2, #5, #7, and #10.
To view the journal, click here: Multicultu... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.c. Multicultural Education Journal (9 Essays)
June 22, 2011
About three times per week Jody Smothers-Marcello assigned
us a journal/essay topic in ED680 Multicultural Education class in which we responded to reading or materials and issues we encountered in class. Most of the essays address issues of concern at West
Anchorage High School, my alma mater and the school at which I student-taught. Many of these essays covered the issue of differentiating instruction with respect to
individual backgrounds. See essays #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7,... Continue reading...
Posted by Fiona Worcester. Posted In : 3.a. Multicultural Education Journal (9 Essays)
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