{"id":1065,"date":"2023-10-17T20:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T03:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2023-12-15T22:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T06:06:30","slug":"optional-prompt-questions-for-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/2023\/10\/17\/optional-prompt-questions-for-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Optional Prompt Questions for Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Journal 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creating the Learning Environment<br>o How are learning materials stored, organized, and distributed?<br>o What are the class structures and routines? How do these impact the learning environment?<br>o What do you notice about the classroom community, school climate, and culture?<br>o How are physical spaces arranged and used for student learning?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Planning for Teaching and Learning<br>o Discuss the curriculum planning process with your mentor teacher. What does this process look\/sound\/feel like for them?<br>o What do your mentor teacher\u2019s daily\/weekly\/long term curriculum plans look like?<br>o Help the teacher prepare learning materials during this and subsequent visits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating the Learning Environment<br>o How do teachers demonstrate care for their students?<br>o Where in the room does the teacher &#8220;teach&#8221; from?<br>o How does your mentor teacher monitor and respond to student needs, interactions, and engagement?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing Professionalism<br>o Pay attention to explicit and implicit attributes of professionalism evident in the context of your field experience placement. How are expectations of professionalism in your current school similar and\/or different to other schools you have visited (or attended)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating the Learning Environment<br>o What methods and strategies does your mentor teacher use to create an effective learning environment?<br>o While observing students, what do you notice about the relationship between the environment and learning?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitating Student Learning<br>o Consider leading opening and closing exercises or routines during this and subsequent visits. Make a plan with your mentor teacher.<br>o Take note of the various questioning techniques used to facilitate learning?<br>o Observe teacher presence, projection of voice, use of language, and pacing. What do you notice about your mentor teacher in relation to these categories?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing Professionalism<br>o How does your mentor teacher engage in ongoing professional learning?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning for Teaching and Learning<br>o Find connections between the classroom activities and the BC Curriculum. How do you see the Core Competencies, Curricular Competencies, and Content being included in the classroom and school?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Planning for Teaching and Learning<br>o Which teaching, learning and assessment strategies are used to support acquisition, meaning-making and transfer of learning?<br>o Discuss with your mentor teacher about how they find ways to be inclusive of diverse learners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitating Student Learning<br>o Take note of teaching and learning strategies used to help students understand concepts, make-meaning, and develop skills.<br>o Take note of formative assessment in action. Which assessment methods and strategies are commonly used to make student learning visible, provide feedback and encourage self\/peer assessment?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing Professionalism<br>o In what ways does your mentor teacher demonstrate flexibility and adaptability?<br>o What does collaboration look like? Who is involved (staff, students, parents)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitating Student Learning<br>o In what ways does your mentor teacher facilitate independent and collaborative learning opportunities?<br>o Observe and discuss how technology is used to enhance student learning? What are the strengths? What are the challenges?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Final Reflection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share which part of your SMART goals you achieved and what you are still working on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss how ongoing reflection influences decision-making and transforms practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share how you demonstrated professionalism during this field placement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set goals for your next field experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal 1 Journal 2 Journal 3 Journal 4 Journal 5 Journal 6 Final Reflection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/rileyrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}