Standard+4

=Standard 4=

The teacher:

 * ====a. Aligns classroom instruction with local standards and district curriculum.==== || * Post standards/benchmarks in classroom.
 * Developed assessments that measures proficiency in meeting local standards for Perkins evaluation.
 * Lesson Plan for Accounting - [|Acct_LP_8-1.doc] ||
 * ====b. Uses research-based instructional strategies that address the full range of cognitive levels.==== || * Use a cognitive constructivist and brain-based approach to designing instruction.
 * Use project-based learning to enhance instruction. Examples include:
 * Intro to Computers final project
 * Selling ads for TreynorFan in Marketing to learn how to sell, how to market a product or service, and how to design a good ad, ||
 * ====c. Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in adjusting instruction to meet student needs.==== || * During tax season, Accounting students had questions about their personal taxes so the class spent a day reviewing and completing a tax form.
 * Multimedia students produced a show called "The Boiler Room."
 * Classmarker - Online tests that show results by student and by question. Spent extra time on MLA formatting due to low scores in quiz. Here is the quiz: [|Take our online test]
 * Use pre and post tests to measure student progress and evaluate areas that need more work. [|TCF_Pre_post_test.pdf]
 * Evaluate results of tests - Review questions that almost everyone misses for clarity and understanding. Adjustments made to tests to remove "tricky" or unclear questions. ||
 * ====d. Engages students in varied experiences that meet diverse needs and promote social, emotional, and academic growth.==== || * Put a business plan in action with local grocery store selling coffee mugs for the "Cardinal Coffee Club." [[image:IMG_4715.JPG width="80" height="47" align="right"]]
 * Managed TreynorFan web site, where students learned first-hand how to market the site through selling ads (Marketing), uploaded stories they wrote and pictures to web site (Web Design, Multimedia), filmed home events, edited video, and uploaded on web site (Multimedia), and kept financial records (Accounting).
 * Field trips to TS Bank for Personal Finance class.
 * Speakers invited to class for Personal Finance.
 * Attended Career Expo with a group of 40 students. ||
 * ====e. Connects students' prior knowledge, life experiences, and interests in the instructional process.==== || * Personal Finance class begins by having students look at current values, needs, and wants. With this information, students build a personal financial plan. [|needs_vs_wants_lesson_plan_1172.pdf]
 * Students complete a student survey at the beginning of the school year. I ask them their prior knowledge of computers and interests, and use this information in developing projects. [|Student Survey.pdf] ||
 * ====f. Uses available resources, including technologies, in the delivery of instruction.==== || Use various Web 2.0 tools:
 * Screencast-o-matic - Intro to Computers students used this online screen recorder to create a tutorial on an advanced Microsoft Word topic.
 * Classmarker - Online tests that show results by student and by question. Here is the MLA quiz: [|Take our online test]
 * Answergarden - use for brainstorming and immediate feedback. Example: In Personal Finance, I posted the question: "If you had one million dollars, what would you spend it on?" while discussing how values affect our finances.
 * VoiceThread - Use of a picture and audio to tell a story. Business law students were assigned one of the 13 colonies. They had to research who signed the Declaration of Independence and tell the audience about themselves and their opinion about signing. Business Law project ||