REQUIREMENTS
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Identify one video from the formative assessment videos provided in the “Task 1 Video List” in the Supporting Documents section below and watch it in its entirety. Reflect on your observations of the video by doing the following:
Description
1. Describe modifications the teacher made to curriculum, instruction, or assessments based on formative assessment data during the video segment, and include evidence from the video for support.
Feelings
2. Describe how you think specific students felt before and after the adjustments from part A1 were implemented, and include evidence from the video for support.
Evaluation
3. Discuss the effectiveness of specific adjustments from part A1, and include evidence from the video for support.
Analysis
4. Explain why you believe the teacher made the changes or adjustments described in part A1, including how formative assessment data may have influenced those decisions.
Conclusion
5. Discuss how teachers must actively analyze formative assessment data as they teach in order to make modifications to curriculum, instruction, or assessments to improve student learning.
Action
6. Discuss two strategies you learned from the video that you can incorporate into your teaching to help you better meet the needs of all learners.
B. Identify one video from the differentiation videos provided in the “Task 1 Video List” in the Supporting Documents section below and watch it in its entirety. Reflect on your observation of the video by doing the following:
Description
1. Describe how the teacher in the chosen video differentiated instruction based on individual learning needs or learning contexts, and include evidence from the video for support.
Feelings
2. Describe how you think specific students felt before and after the differentiated instruction from part B1 was implemented, and include evidence from the video for support.
Evaluation
3. Discuss the effectiveness of differentiation from part B1, and include evidence from the video for support.
Analysis
4. Explain why you believe the teacher differentiated instruction in the manner described in part B1, including how individual learning needs or learning contexts may have influenced those decisions.
Conclusion
5. Discuss how teachers must actively analyze information about students and the learning environment as they teach and how they should make adjustments to improve student learning.
Action
6. Discuss two strategies you learned from the video that you can incorporate into your teaching to help you better meet the needs of all learners.
C. Explain how teachers use formative assessment and differentiation together to facilitate mastery for all students, and include evidence from the videos you watched in parts A and B to support your explanation.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.