Teacher Work Sample

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Teacher Work Sample

• University of Northern Iowa
• Waterloo Student Teaching Center
• Carolyn Schellhardt

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1. Contextual Framework
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What Time Is It?
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7 Components of TWS

• Standards-based unit consisting of seven
  components
• 1. Contextual Factors
• 2. Learning Goals
• 3. Assessment
• 4. Design for Instruction
• 5. Instructional Decision Making
• 6. Analysis of Student Learning
• 7. Self-Evaluation and Reflection

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Format

• Ownership
• Cover page
• Signatures
• Table of Contents
• Charts, Graphs Attachments
• Narrative Length
• 18-25 Pages / front only
• Double spaced
• 12 point font/ 1 inch margins
• References Credits
• APA Style
• Anonymity

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Inverted Pyramid

• Community
• District
• Building
• Classroom
• Student Characteristics
• Student Skills
• Implications

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Community

• Socio-economics
• Rural/Urban
• Race/Ethnicity
• Income/employment

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District

• Population
• Gender
• Race/Ethnicity
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• Special Needs/ELL
• Initiatives
• Local Option Tax
• Partners in Education

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School Building

• Population
• Gender
• Race/Ethnicity
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• Special Needs/ELL
• Initiatives
• Morale
• Administrative Leadership

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Classroom Factors

• Room Characteristics
• Physical Features/Arrangement
• Available Technology
• Parental Involvement
• Rules/Routines/Schedules

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Student Characteristics

• Number of Students
• Gender
• Ages
• Race/Ethnicity/Culture
• Special Needs/ELL
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• Learning Styles

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Student Skills

• Prior Learning
• Cooperating Teacher
• Former Teacher(s)
• Counselor
• Permanent Files
• Secondary-give survey
• Observations
• Pilot - Discuss three individual students with
  at least two instructional implications.

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Instructional Implications

• So What ? ? ? ?
• Discuss how the above contextual factors
  (community, district, building, classroom,
  student characteristics and skills) will inform
  your planning, implementation, and assessment.
  Future Tense! At least two implications.
• Pilot At least two implications for Classroom
  Factors and Student Characteristics. At least
  two implications for three students under Student
  Skills. Future Tense!

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2. Learning Goals
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Significance, Challenge and Variety

• List Learning Goals
• Tied to student learning
• Not activities
• 3-7 goals
• Defines student expectations
• Significant, Challenging, Varied, Appropriate
• Number or code them
• Learning Goal 1 (LG 1)
• Use strong action verbs
• Describe, Illustrate, Analyze
• Measurable

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Clarity

• Choose wording carefully
• Students will appreciate Shakespeare.
• NO!
• Students will identify major contributions
  Shakespeare made to modern English language.
  
• YES!
• Students will complete worksheets requiring them
  to add together three-digit numbers.
• NO!
• Students will demonstrate the ability to add
  together three-digit numbers.
• YES!
• FUTURE TENSE!

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Alignment with Standards

• District Standards and Benchmarks
• State or National Standards and Benchmarks
• Identify Source
• May imbed a website
• Use APA

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Types and Levels of Goals

• Types
• Writing, Speaking, Computation, Creation
• Level
• Use Blooms Taxonomy
• Use a variety of levels
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

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Appropriateness of Goals

• Refer to your Contextual Factors
• Student Development
• Prerequisite Knowledge
• Skills
• Special Needs
• Any factor that impacts student learning

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3. Assessment Plan
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Conclusion
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Manage your time wisely
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Dont wait until the last minute