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ELA AYA C4

by Leslie

Feb 25, 2017

Hi, Working on the Professional Learning Need Form and the Student Need Form. The PLN Form indicates a connection to a student need. Should this be the same as what I describe in the SN Form? Or should these be two separate descriptions? Are they meant to connect with each other? Thanks, Leslie

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Early Childhood Gen Comp 4 paper

by Jena

Feb 24, 2017

I am working on my commentary paper for component 4. I am struggling with question 1 (Knowledge of students) What & who were the sources for the information that you gathered? where it talks about what guided you in selecting those particular sources of information? Why were those sources appropriate, etc.

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flip camera for comp 3

by Blackstone

Feb 13, 2017

I am thinking of using a flip camera for taking the video. Does anybody have some feedback or advice for using this type of camera? Thanks.

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Boston I used a flip camera last year for C3 - it worked great!

Feb 17, 2017

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Sara On 2/17/17, Boston wrote: > I used a flip camera last year for C3 - it worked great!

Were you able to hear the students? My voice is fine on video but kids are hard to hear.

Feb 23, 2017

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Comp 3

by Summer

Feb 23, 2017

I completed my video today. I am clear on the video but it's hard to hear the kids. Is this ok?

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comp 3 question

by blackstone

Feb 22, 2017

i am wondering if the video i plan to use is ok. it has students in several learning situations. 3 groups are playing a card game where they are each finding the mean of a set of cards. Each group is tiered, meaning they are working on a different division skill (rounding to whole number, turning remaimders into decimals, and the other group practi...See More

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What Works QUESTION: Are the kids talking with each other and if so, is their conversation on task - about the math they're working on?

On 2/22/17, blackstone wrote: > i am wondering if the video i plan to use is ok. it has > students in several learning situations. 3 groups are > playing a card game where they are each finding the > mean...See More

Feb 23, 2017

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Middle Childhood Gen--Comp 3

by Sherry

Feb 23, 2017

Having a hard time getting started with Comp 3. What is everyone using to videotape? IPad, camcorder? Any special types of mics? Using a tripod or having someone do the videotaping?

Thank you!

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EMC Literacy Component 1

by Sara

Feb 22, 2017

Hi,

I am retaking one part of my component 1, its the analyzing student reading. Does anyone have suggestions, this one has been my lowest score and I really want to bump it up.

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Comp 4 AYA Science Forms Student Need and Prof Need

by Colby E

Feb 20, 2017

Hey all,

Wanted to ask a question for clarifying. I am filling out the student need form and professional need form and it seems they want evidence of how I collaborated to meet both needs. The issue I have is that both needs are very related. My student need is helping them solve algebra expressions to complete math problems in chemistry ...See More

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Grace I too am struggling to wrap my head around this component! In my opinion the student need section is the place where they are going to want to see proof of your collaboration with others. So you would want to ensure that your student need evidence shows that clearly. My student need focuses on my braille readers I've taught over the years and I col...See MoreI too am struggling to wrap my head around this component! In my opinion the student need section is the place where they are going to want to see proof of your collaboration with others. So you would want to ensure that your student need evidence shows that clearly. My student need focuses on my braille readers I've taught over the years and I collected evidence that the system in place to get instruction to these students is not effective so I developed a resource repository within the last year as a way to improve that. I worked closely with our visually impaired sector of the special needs department to become more aware of exactly what resources were available to me (ex. 3D printer to make cells/cell parts, tactile boards to quickly make graphs and/or punnett squares, etc) so that the resources I created would work for future Biology teachers that got braille readers in their classrooms. I hope this is the right direction and I hope that helps!

On 2/20/17, Biophysteach wrote: > Hi Colby, I am working on AYA Science Comp 4 right now as > well. To me, it sounds like your two goals are the same thing. > The way you would meet your professional goal is to learn how > to teach it in a clear and consistent manner and then use > those skills to help your students. Your student goal would be > something else. > > But I could be completely wrong on this. I had a lot of > trouble distinguishing these 2 goals as well since there is > very little difference between the descriptions for > professional need vs student need... > > The main area of distinction I noticed was on the forms. > Professional need form asks for evidence of how you met the > professional learning need and the impact of your actions on > student learning. This sounds like it fits your goal perfectly! > > The student need form asks for evidence of the student need, > collaboration, and impact, but then in the prompts > specifically says "that required advocacy, collaboration, > and/or leadership on your part within a larger learning > community (e.g., school, district, community, professional > association)." To me that means you need to connect it to more > than just your class (at least in how you approached it). > > Any thoughts? I'm replying as a way of working through this in > my head as well...this component has been very difficult to > comprehend compared to #2 and #3 > > > On 2/20/17, Colby E wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> Wanted to ask a question for clarifying. I am filling >> out the student need form and professional need form and >> it seems they want evidence of how I collaborated to meet >> both needs. The issue I have is that both needs are very >> related. My student need is helping them solve algebra >> expressions to complete math problems in chemistry and my >> professional need is learning how to teach this concept >> in a consistent and clear manner. The evidence I just >> put in for the student need form was notes and ppts from >> collaborations with our math team and an email. It seems >> like that same evidence would also fit with the other >> form for professional need too. >> >> Any idea of what I should do in this case? Is it OK to >> provide the same evidence on two forms or am I missing >> something? >> >> Thanks in advance!

Feb 20, 2017

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Colby E Thanks for your feedback everyone. I guess I will lay it out a little more with examples.

For the evidence of student need I used the math preassessment questions I gave the students and their scores on that preassessment (which was mostly algebra). I also gave the mean, median and mode for their scores. For evidence of collaboration to m...See MoreThanks for your feedback everyone. I guess I will lay it out a little more with examples.

For the evidence of student need I used the math preassessment questions I gave the students and their scores on that preassessment (which was mostly algebra). I also gave the mean, median and mode for their scores. For evidence of collaboration to meet student need I copied an email that referenced a meeting we had with the math team and also inserted pictures of the notes and work that the math team uses to teach algebra. I haven't yet put any evidence of impact of the collaboration on the group of students yet because I will be doing all of this next week in class but I think I am most confused about what they want for this.........any ideas would be welcomed!

For the professional need I was thinking that my professional need would be to learn how to teach this consistently etc. This seems like it would be the same evidence I showed in the student need form........ For evidence of the impact of my actions I would again be posting the pretest results with the results of formative assessment throughout and finally the data from the summative assessment.

Does any of this make sense? Do I have any of this information in the wrong category? It's just not very clear and I want to make sure I am submitting what they are wanting.

Let's keep this dialogue going because I feel the more I write and talk about it the clearer it is becoming!

Thanks! Colby

On 2/20/17, Grace wrote: > I too am struggling to wrap my head around this component! In > my opinion the student need section is the place where they > are going to want to see proof of your collaboration with > others. So you would want to ensure that your student need > evidence shows that clearly. My student need focuses on my > braille readers I've taught over the years and I collected > evidence that the system in place to get instruction to these > students is not effective so I developed a resource > repository within the last year as a way to improve that. I > worked closely with our visually impaired sector of the > special needs department to become more aware of exactly what > resources were available to me (ex. 3D printer to make > cells/cell parts, tactile boards to quickly make graphs > and/or punnett squares, etc) so that the resources I created > would work for future Biology teachers that got braille > readers in their classrooms. I hope this is the right > direction and I hope that helps! > > On 2/20/17, Biophysteach wrote: >> Hi Colby, I am working on AYA Science Comp 4 right now as >> well. To me, it sounds like your two goals are the same > thing. >> The way you would meet your professional goal is to learn > how >> to teach it in a clear and consistent manner and then use >> those skills to help your students. Your student goal would > be >> something else. >> >> But I could be completely wrong on this. I had a lot of >> trouble distinguishing these 2 goals as well since there is >> very little difference between the descriptions for >> professional need vs student need... >> >> The main area of distinction I noticed was on the forms. >> Professional need form asks for evidence of how you met the >> professional learning need and the impact of your actions > on >> student learning. This sounds like it fits your goal > perfectly! >> >> The student need form asks for evidence of the student > need, >> collaboration, and impact, but then in the prompts >> specifically says "that required advocacy, collaboration, >> and/or leadership on your part within a larger learning >> community (e.g., school, district, community, professional >> association)." To me that means you need to connect it to > more >> than just your class (at least in how you approached it). >> >> Any thoughts? I'm replying as a way of working through this > in >> my head as well...this component has been very difficult to >> comprehend compared to #2 and #3 >> >> >> On 2/20/17, Colby E wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Wanted to ask a question for clarifying. I am filling >>> out the student need form and professional need form and >>> it seems they want evidence of how I collaborated to meet >>> both needs. The issue I have is that both needs are very >>> related. My student need is helping them solve algebra >>> expressions to complete math problems in chemistry and my >>> professional need is learning how to teach this concept >>> in a consistent and clear manner. The evidence I just >>> put in for the student need form was notes and ppts from >>> collaborations with our math team and an email. It seems >>> like that same evidence would also fit with the other >>> form for professional need too. >>> >>> Any idea of what I should do in this case? Is it OK to >>> provide the same evidence on two forms or am I missing >>> something? >>> >>> Thanks in advance!

Feb 22, 2017

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