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TWS Standard 1: Contextual Factors
Geographic Location
District
Name of school district and grades served – The name of this district is
Recovery School District and it serves PK-8th grade.
Number of schools – 68
School
Name of school and grades served – Esperanza charter school serves grades K-
through 8th grade.
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Classroom Factors
Demographics
Grade level(s) and content area(s) – The classroom is 3rd grade with the content areas of Math,
Science, Social studies, and English Language Arts
Number of boys/number of girls – There is a total of 14 boys and 16 girls in the classroom.
Cultures/ethnicities represented – The ethnicity of this classroom is Spanish and African American.
Socioeconomic information - The students in this classroom ranked between low income and the
working class.
Environment
Physical room arrangement – The teacher has two desks stations in the classroom, which are
located in the back and on the side of the classroom. The students are arranged in groups of six. Two
students are on islands by themselves, which means they sit along. The computer station is against a
side wall with four available computers. There is anchor chart hanging from the ceiling all around the
room. There is a library in the corner of the room. The library is a cozy place that has lounge chairs
and many different levels of books. The smart board is in the front of the classroom where everyone
can see.
Classroom resources - The classroom has many different resources to help the students
Availability of and/or access to technology – There is an available set of class computers on a cart
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for sharing in the school. The smart board also have internet that is accessible for teaching and
learning in the classroom.
Student Factors
Number of students whose primary language is other than English – There is 11 students whose
primary language is Spanish.
Number of students with Individual Education Plans - There is no students with Individual
Education plans at this time.
Number of non-labeled (e.g., non-IEP, non-ADA Section 504) students who are behaviorally or
academically challenged – There is at least six students who are academically or behaviorally
challenged in the classroom at this time.
Other -
Research Connection
Locate one literature source that expounds upon one of the topics described in this standard.
The reference may be found in a peer-reviewed or a professional journal. For example, you
may add a reference for why student demographics are important to consider in the process
of instructional planning goals.
Reference:
Naresh, B., Sree Reddy, D. B., & Pricilda, U. (2016). A Study on the Relationship
Between Demographic Factor and e-Learning Readiness among Students in
Higher Education. Global Management Review, 10(4), 1-11.
1. We have to update our live with global exposure because this world is competitive.
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2. Technology is a tool utilized for e-learning, which can allow students to compete
around the world.
3. The awareness of online learning and assessments analyzes the awareness,
acceptance and adoption of the student willingness to perform well.
Instructional Implications
Based on the contextual characteristics of the community, classroom, and students, describe
in one to three paragraphs the possible impact those characteristics could have on the
planning, delivery, and assessment of your unit.
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TWS Standard 2: Topics and Learning Goals
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring
explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.C
Decode multisyllable words.
2. Students will understand the meaning of text vocabulary after learning and
decoding multisyllable words.
Research Connection
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Locate one literature source that expounds upon one of the topics described in this
standard. The reference may be found in a peer-reviewed or a professional journal.
Reference:
Nicholls, J. G., Nelson, J. R., & Gleaves, K. (1995). Learning 'facts' versus learning that
most questions have many answers: Student evaluations of contrasting
curricula. Journal Of Educational Psychology, 87(2), 253-260. doi:10.1037/0022
0663.87.2.253
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TWS Standard 3: Assessment Plan
LG
Exceeds 1
92-100%
Meets 5
80-91%
Approaches 14
60-79%
Falls Far Below 11
59% and below
Learning goal –
Measurable objectives -
Based on the whole class pretest data, describe in one to three paragraphs the possible
impact this data could have on the planning, delivery, and assessment of your unit.
The class is moving into a more complex topic that requires critical thinking and research. Comparing
and contrast can be difficult for this class to grasps because, it has a variety of students who are English
language learners. The language barrier along can be the problem of the poor pretest scores on
comparing and contrasting. The vocabulary pretest can have the language barrier problem as well. The
planning must include previous learning such as locating synonyms, and images that may correlate with
words. The planning for compare and contrast must include images or categories because it will give
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students an opportunity to categorize their thoughts. The implementations should definitely include
pictures, motions for kinesthetic learners, and an abundance of practice before the students’ complete
work independently. Students learn from each other daily. Therefore, grouping should be considered
during guided practice. There are factors that should be taken into consideration for assessments
because, it will allow the students to be successful. There should be more time allotted for students who
are English language learners, and students that are on lower levels.
Research Connection
Locate one literature source that expounds upon one of the topics described in this
standard. The reference may be found in a peer-reviewed or a professional journal.
Reference:
Rjosk, C., Richter, D., Luidtke, O., Hochweber, J., & Stanat, P. (2015). Classroom
composition and language minority students' motivation in language
lessons. Journal Of Educational Psychology, (4), 1171. doi:10.1037/edu000003
1. Students develop their individual interest based on the interaction with peers in
the classroom.
2. “Teachers who foster students’ feeling of competence provide their students
with appropriate tools and feedback promoting success and feelings of efficacy,
and they are clear about their expectation”.
3. The classroom must have all the materials and interest needed to drive up
student participation.
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TWS Standard 4: Design for Instruction
Sequence of
Lesson: Adaptations:
Lesson Topic instructional Measureme Determined by
and nt of the Student
Engagement Learning Factors
Strategies
Da I Wanna Iguana The teacher The teacher There are
y 1 Phonics/Spelli explains rule walks several
ng of LE using a around and students that
Prezi observes are ELL
presentation the students. The
on smart students’ teacher
board. progress by rearranges the
noticing students seats
The teacher where their to
and students lines are accommodate
break up drawn. students with
syllable words language
with the LE barriers. There
ending. are a couple of
students that
The teacher have learned
tells the two languages.
students to
write all the
LE syllable
words in their
notebook with
a line to divide
the sounds.
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The Prezi is
colorful and
has plenty of
pictures.
The definition
and the part of
speech is also
shown on this
Prezi.
The students
and teacher
create motion
for the new
vocabulary
words.
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The students
reread the
story
independently
.
The students
and teacher
then read the
story and
dissect the
meaning from
each
paragraph.
The students
and teacher
then compare
and contrast
the main two
characters in
this story
using a Venn
diagram.
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TWS Standard 5: Instructional Decision-Making
Instructional Decision-Making
In one paragraph, describe a student’s learning or response that caused you to rethink
your plans.
There are two students that speak very little English. During my brainstorming, one
of those students burst into tears because, of the frustration of learning a new
language. She became even more frustrated when I asked her about the problem. The
cooperating teacher was not in the classroom at this time. There is a teacher that
translates Spanish into English on the school grounds. This particular teacher came to
the class twenty minutes after the incident. The student was shut down by this time.
The translator took her out of the classroom to communicate effectively without any
distractions. Later on that day, the translator told the cooperating teacher and I, the
student is easily frustrated after learning is not pick up after several times of
explanation.
In one paragraph, describe what you did next, including why you thought this would
improve student progress, and what effect, if any, it had on the student(s).
The students in a classroom should never feel frustrated about learning. I
immediately wanted to add fun to my instruction. I too share some of those feelings
sometimes with classes of my own. I wanted to give this students hands-on learning
without overstepping the boundary lines of my cooperating teacher. The students and I
came up with motions to displays the vocabulary words. This gave the students an
opportunity to move, giggle, and learn all at once. The motions will help the frustrated
student because she will like the movement because, it is associated with fun.
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For Improving Teacher Quality Project Teacher Work Sample, downloaded 6/22/2011 from
http://edtech.wku.edu/rtwsc. Last modified 6/1/2015.
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The multiple choice questions are worth 3.5 points each and the constructed
response is worth 16 points for a total of 100 points. Vocabulary, phonics, and
comprehension questions are worth 3.5 points each. The I Wanna Iguana story was
attached to each student test to answer the comprehension questions.
LG LG
Pre-Test Post-Test
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Exceeds 1 0
92-100%
Meets 5 11
80-91%
Approaches 11 13
60-79%
Based on the whole class post-test data, write a one paragraph interpretation of the
students’ learning:
Based on the whole class post-test data, write one paragraph analyzing the effectiveness
of your instruction and your assessment:
The effectiveness of instruction will be displayed in the performance of tests. In the post
assessment above, the data shows that the instruction was not effective as it could have
been. There was no student that attained a score that led to the Exceed category. There
was also an instance where a student regressed after the assessment. Those scores
should be analyzed and categorized by the mastering of skill, comprehension, and
language acquisition because, it will give the teacher a better outlook of the error, or
limited information that happened during instruction.
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English Language Learners have several possible characteristics. Some of them have
started school at a later age or in the grade of second. In other countries, the resource of
education can be limited. There is also a language barrier between teacher and student
because the teacher only speaks English.
LG LG
Pre-Test Post-Test
Exceeds 0 0
92-100%
Meets 0 1
80-91%
Approaches 6 7
60-79%
LG LG
Pre-Test Post-Test
Exceeds 1 0
92-100%
Meets 4 10
80-91%
Approaches 6 6
60-79%
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Analyze the data of the subgroup as compared to the remainder of the class. In one
paragraph, describe the finding of your analysis with respect to the effectiveness of your
instruction.
The data for the remainder of the class and the ELL group have given the teacher some
great information about the effectiveness of her lesson. The students in both groups have
gain a significant amount of information after the lessons of the week. No one in both
groups have proceeded to the Exceed group which means, there was some room for
correction or improvement in the lesson. There was more of a significant change with the
remainder of the class that proceeded to the group Meet, which means, the educator
should implement a new learning style or tool to better help the students that are English
Language Learners.
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LG
Pre-Test 63
Post-Test 82
Post-Test Analysis: Single Student
Based on the single student data, write a one paragraph interpretation of the student’s
learning:
The data shows that the above student has gained knowledge from the teacher
candidate’s lessons. The student understood the vocabulary lesson very well but
lacked in comprehension. Comparing and contrasting was a skill taught this week to
help students better understand the stories they read. The student has gathered
learning but there is room for improvement.
Based on the single student data, write one paragraph analyzing the effectiveness of
your instruction and your assessment:
Effectiveness is important for every student because, it help student understand more
than one concept or skill at a time. The student in the above data does not any issues
or road blocks for learning. This notion gives the teacher candidate an outlook or idea
that there was a missing link in the lesson prepared for that the week. Some simple
changes can make great improvement with data with each student.
Overall Analysis
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Considering the students who met or exceeded the scoring criteria for the LG, identify
the most successful learning activity/activities and provide a rationale by explaining
plausible reasons for the success.
There was a significant amount of students that met the meeting goal. The activity that
influence this goal the most was acting out the vocabulary words. The students also
enjoyed the Prezi presentation. The scores were significantly higher on those portions of
the assessment.
Considering the students who approached or fell far below the scoring criteria for the
LG, identify the least successful learning activity/activities and provide a rationale by
explaining plausible reasons for the failure.
The students in this group did not receive the target percentage for various of reasons.
Some students missed days of school during those specific lessons. Other students
have a significant language barrier that creates slower of processing information. The
teacher can also add some interesting changes to her delivery. The teacher can
implement more use of technology in her lesson. There is also an app to decode multiple
languages and tactile objects that will help deliver the information better.
Identify the group (whole class, subgroup, remainder of class) with the most overall
success on the LG and provide a rationale by explaining plausible reasons for the
success.
The group of whole class had the overall success on the assessments after the lessons
of the week. There are several reasons for these numbers. The students who are not
English Language Learners were more willing to participate in the lessons. These
students also speak English as their first language which made it easier to understand all
parts of the lesson. The movement activity with the vocabulary help the students
remember the vocabulary during the assessment.
Identify the group (whole class, subgroup, remainder of class) with the least overall
success on the LG and provide a rationale by explaining plausible reasons for the failure.
The group of subgroup had the overall failure on the assessments after the lessons of
the week. There are several reasons for these numbers, in which most was English
language learners. The English Language Learners were more willing to participate in the
lessons. The language barrier was very strong and in addition to this most ELL students
read and write English with their first language rules.
Improved Practice
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Based on your experience of developing and delivering your Teacher Work Sample, list three
implications for your future teaching practices.
Professional Development
Based on your experience of developing and delivering your Teacher Work Sample, construct
and describe three professional goals.
1. The first professional goal is to learn how to better connect with real life
connections. Real life connections allow students to understand the
reason they should be learning a specific content. This also help to leave
boredom out of the classroom.
3. In the future, I will always ask for help from others and collaborate often
because it allows you to learn a new way of completing a tasks often.
Collaboration is important because new ideas should be talked about
weekly or daily. It increases creativity and scaffolding for lessons.
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References
Naresh, B., Sree Reddy, D. B., & Pricilda, U. (2016). A Study on the Relationship
Between Demographic Factor and e-Learning Readiness among Students in
Higher Education. Global Management Review, 10(4), 1-11.
Nicholls, J. G., Nelson, J. R., & Gleaves, K. (1995). Learning 'facts' versus learning that
most questions have many answers: Student evaluations of contrasting
curricula. Journal Of Educational Psychology, 87(2), 253-260. doi:10.1037/0022
0663.87.2.253
Rjosk, C., Richter, D., Luidtke, O., Hochweber, J., & Stanat, P. (2015). Classroom
composition and language minority students' motivation in language
lessons. Journal Of Educational Psychology, (4), 1171. doi:10.1037/edu000003
The materials in this document were adapted from The Renaissance Partnership
For Improving Teacher Quality Project Teacher Work Sample, downloaded 6/22/2011 from
http://edtech.wku.edu/rtwsc. Last modified 6/1/2015