Teaching the Everyday
Course Work Samples
EDUC 275_Schooling in the United States
This class was completed online at Pikes Peak Community College,
Spring 2014.
This page is from an assignment where I had to go through a textbook, page-by-page, and tally the appearances of people of various ethnicities and also ability. The assignment in its entirety is available in PDF below.
This page is from an assignment where I had to go through a textbook, page-by-page, and tally the appearances of people of various ethnicities and also ability. The assignment in its entirety is available in PDF below.
EDUC 331_Educational Technology & Assessment
This class was completed at Colorado State University,
Fall 2015.
Title image of flipped lesson: DUMB Goals, Growth Mindset, SMART Planning.
An empowering explanation of why they will benefit from completing this assignment.
Four steps to developing a growth mindset. Based on Carol Dweck's work on the subject.
Title image of flipped lesson: DUMB Goals, Growth Mindset, SMART Planning.
Flipped Lesson on:
DUMB Goals, Growth Mindset, and SMART Planning
This lesson has students watching a lecture and completing a part of a major assignment that helps them in deciding what their major aspirations are, how to embrace those dreams, and (in a later lesson) how to plan to get to those dreams.
Students will have watched a TED Talk by Derek Sivers prior to the lesson.
The students explore their own "DUMB" goals (Brenden Burchard), making them more concrete in their minds by drawing them (Patti Dobrowlski), and developing a growth mindset to embrace those dreams Carol Dweck.
DUMB stands for: Dream-Driven, Uplifting, Method Friendly, and Behavior Triggered.
EDUC 340_Literacy & the Learner
This class was completed at Colorado State University, in conjunction with Preston Middle School,
Spring 2015.
The following is a sneak peek of a Car Buying Lesson Plan I created for the Literacy and the Learner course. The lesson incorporates various strategies taught in that class. The PDF file in this section is available for the full version of the lesson I submitted in April 2015.
This character map could be used to help students identify the needs and wants they may have as a driver. This exercise can help students decide on the kind of car they may be interested in one day owning.
Claim Evidence Reasoning Conclusion A common strategy to helping students make evidence-based claims is called CERC. In helping students make these types of claims themselves, they will likely think more critically about any claims they and/or others make.
The following is a sneak peek of a Car Buying Lesson Plan I created for the Literacy and the Learner course. The lesson incorporates various strategies taught in that class. The PDF file in this section is available for the full version of the lesson I submitted in April 2015.
EDUC 350_Instruction I: Individualization & Management
This class was completed at Colorado State University, in conjuction with Preston Middle School,
Fall 2015.
I think that creating a culture where making mistakes is OK is essential to learning and learning well. Here are some notes, and the link to the PDF for the complete set of notes is on this chapter is included in this section.
Nothing is worse than having a class that just drones on...and on...and on...Here are some strategies to use the time in class to teach and to keep class exciting! PDF link included.
In this article called "The Young Adolescent Learner," we were instructed to annotate the article with our thoughts. This type of close reading helped me to better process the article.
I think that creating a culture where making mistakes is OK is essential to learning and learning well. Here are some notes, and the link to the PDF for the complete set of notes is on this chapter is included in this section.
Chapter 6 notes on Teach Like A Champion: Time Managment
Chapter 2 notes on Teach Like a Champion: The Error Culture
Chapter 6 notes on Teach Like A Champion: Time Managment
EDUC 450_Instruction II: Standards & Assessment
This class is currently in progress at Colorado State University, in conjuction with
Thompson Valley High School,
Spring 2016.
In the Management Plan, I was given the opportunity to design my own classroom! With so many different areas that Family and Consumer Sciences can teach, I developed an extensive floor plan that would be a dream-come-true for a FCS department!
In the Management Plan, I was given the opportunity to design my own classroom! With so many different areas that Family and Consumer Sciences can teach, I developed an extensive floor plan that would be a dream-come-true for a FCS department!
The this lesson, students were to go through "Kelly's" financial documents to determine how her actual spending compared to her budget. Even though checks are not as common, they are still used so students should know the basic parts of a check. This lesson can be found in the Teacher Work Sample on page
In the Management Plan, I was given the opportunity to design my own classroom! With so many different areas that Family and Consumer Sciences can teach, I developed an extensive floor plan that would be a dream-come-true for a FCS department!
Management Plan: This management plan is the thought-out ideas for processes I may want in my classroom.
Teacher Work Sample: This teacher work sample is a sampling of work completed during EDUC 450.