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Washington
SCHOOL STATE:
Denise McCaffery
COOPERATING TEACHER/MENTOR NAME:______________________________________________________________________________________
Mary McConnell
GCU FACULTY SUPERVISOR NAME: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
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2.3
Teacher candidates access resources, supports, specialized assistance and services to meet particular 0.00
learning differences or needs.
Comments
"Emerson provides innovative learning experiences to promote students engagement. Because Emerson finds ways to engage students in interesting activities, students do
more than "sit and git" so instruction addresses many different students' learning needs. However, his lessons are typically designed for all his students without specifically
addressing the learning needs of individual students.
"In the lesson observed, students focused on specific homophones, thereby increasing students' understanding of words in context. However, because of the nature of the
learning task, it was difficult for students to know if they/how they identified the correct word. Emerson is encouraged to think through all aspects of his lesson design to ensure
students are clear about the words they are learning.
CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
Teacher candidates use supplementary resources and technologies effectively to ensure accessibility and 100 1.00
relevance for all students.
4.3
Teacher candidates create opportunities for students to learn, practice, and master academic language in 100 1.00
their content area.
Comments
"Emerson has indicated that he is committed to designing lessons that appeal to his students. As a result he seeks out resources to help make his lessons relevant to all
his students.
"In the lesson observed, Emerson was working with students on homophones. In this lesson, students were engaged in applying previous learning to engage in this higher
order thinking activity.
CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
Teacher candidates facilitate students’ ability to develop diverse social and cultural perspectives that expand 100 1.00
their understanding of local and global issues and create novel approaches to solving problems.
Comments
"Emerson's homophone lesson was based on a Bingo game. In order to achieve a Bingo, students had to select the correct form of the word as used in a sentence which
Emerson read to them. Students had to understand the meaning of the word as used and then select the correct form of the word.
CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
Teacher candidates work independently and collaboratively to examine test and other performance data to 86 1.00
understand each student’s progress and to guide planning.
6.3
Teacher candidates prepare all students for the demands of particular assessment formats and make
appropriate modifications in assessments or testing conditions especially for students with disabilities and
language learning needs.
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"Emerson's Mentor Teacher has indicated that Emerson and his PLC review data regularly. However, Emerson's students have not shown significant growth from one testing
period to the next. Emerson is encouraged to carefully examine assessment data to determine what his students need and to provide additional practice and/or reteaching
with the identified skills and knowledge.
CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
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8.3
Teacher candidates ask questions to stimulate discussion that serve different purposes (e.g., probing for
student understanding, helping students articulate their ideas and thinking processes, stimulating curiosity,
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and helping students to question).
Comments
"Emerson takes on different roles in relation to what learning experiences he is having students engage in. At times he delivers direct instruction while at other times he
facilitates what students are learning in small groups or individually. His various roles change as activities change.
"Every day bring new learning experiences for students in Emerson's class. He provides creative approaches to help students access new learning, applying what has been
learned, and to evaluating understanding.
CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
Teacher candidates advocate to meet the needs of students, to strengthen the learning environment, and to
enact system change. ✔ 0.00
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CLINICAL PRACTICE EVALUATION 2
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