Jessica M. Ball MAT Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation

1. Jessica M. BallMAT Candidate Teaching Summit Presentation http://studentweb2.reinhardt.edu/psoe/ball92272/ Ball92272@students.reinhardt.edu "Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther." J.P. Morgan

2. Jessica M. Ball • Master of Arts in Teaching at Reinhardt University-Early Childhood Education • Completed Candidate teaching at Heards Ferry Elementary School • 2nd Grade with Ms. Grothe • Taught all contents including Mathematics, Language Arts, Reading, Science, Social Studies and Health.

3. Heards Ferry Elementary School • Located in Sandy Springs, Georgia within the Fulton County School District , Riverwood Cluster • Home to 631 students in grades Pk-5 • Principal is Brent McBride and Assistant Principal is Dr. Maisha Otway • The community is comprised of mostly upper class residents

4. Ms. Grothe’s Second Grade Class • Composed of 22 students, Lead teacher is Kelly Grothe and the Paraprofessional is Jonathan Oliver

5. Ms. Grothe’s Second Grade Class Class Diversity RtI Statistics • 7 gifted students • 0 EIP students • 18 students in Tier 1-Standards Based Learning • 1 student in Tier 3- SST • 3 students in Tier 4-Spec. Ed. • The class is comprised of 22 students: • 13 boys • 9 girls • Within the 22 students, there are: • 13 Caucasian males, 6 Caucasian females, 1 African-American female, 1 South American female and 1 Middle Eastern female

6. Class Schedule • 7:40 am- Morning Announcements • 8:00-9:00 am-Math • 9:00-9:15 am-Snack • 9:15-10:07 am-Reading • 10:07-11:10 am-Language Arts • 11:15-11:45 am-Lunch • 11:45-12:10 pm-Recess • 12:15- 1:05 pm-Social Studies/Science • 1:05-1:25 pm-DEAR time • 1:30-2:15 pm-Specials

7. My thoughts, feelings, fears and strengths as I began Candidate Teaching • Excited! • Nervous! • Worried about time management! • Focused on differentiation! • Prepared to share lots of love! • Eager and Ready to evolve into a wonderful Teacher! • Ready to ROCK!!

8. Domain I: Planning for Differentiated Instruction and Assessment • Every Tuesday, after PLC’s, the 2nd grade team planned together for the upcoming week’s lessons • Discussions of EQ’s, hooks and the intention of the lesson • One person would type lesson plan and one would type collaboration notes

9. Kinesthetic • Verbal • Visual Planning Multiple Intelligences • Manipulatives • Computers • Listening Centers • Webquests • Performance Tasks • Writing • Videos • Glogsters • Flipcharts • Active Inspire Board

10. My Lesson Plans • Science Lesson Plan- 1st Observation • Force and Friction • Math Lesson Plan-2nd Observation • Money and Making Change • Language Arts Lesson Plan- 3rd Observation • Commas in a Friendly Letter • Reading Lesson Plan- 4th Observation • Homophones and Comprehension Essential Questions: What is force? What is friction? What can be moved by a push? What can be moved by a pull? Enduring Understandings: Forces cause objects to start moving, stop moving, and change speed and direction.

11. Pre-assessment of prior knowledge Math-Fulton County Pre-Assessment L.A.-Persuasive Writing/Friendly Letter Format

12. Domain II: Differentiated Instruction and Assessments http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/parkphysics.html Performance Based Task

13. Domain II: Differentiated Instruction and Assessments Ongoing Post Assessment, Group 1

14. Domain II: Differentiated Instruction and Assessments Post Assessment, Group 2 Rubric

15. Domain II: Differentiated Instruction and Assessments Rubric Computer Based Task

16. Domain II: Differentiated Instruction and Assessments Differentiated Choice board for homework

17. Domain III: Impacting Student Learning Student developed Rubric Data Analysis Student self-assessments

18. Domain III: Impacting Student Learning • Language Arts Analysis • Compared from Pre-Assessment to Post Assessment • Math Analysis • Comparison of varied levels Adjustment of Instruction

19. Domain IV: Professionalism in support of differentiation • Professional Development Activities • Professional Learning Committee Meetings (6) • SST meetings (1) • IEP meetings (2) • Parent Conferences (3) • Grade Level Meetings (15) • Curriculum Support Meetings (7) • In-service Planning Days (2) • Faculty Meetings (2)

20. Teaching Philosophy Humanistic Student-Centered Discovery Learning Static Rules Reflectivity Fluid Adjustments Differentiation Assess, Assess, Assess Follow the lesson plan Humanistic Student-Centered Discovery Learning Static Rules as well as fluidity Nurturing yet firm Constant Modeling Independent Expression Performance Based Assessments Differentiation Then Now

21. The end of one journey, and the beginning of another • Goals- • Obtain South Carolina License • Take the Praxis II and Praxis PLT • Substitute teach in various schools to determine where I want to obtain a job • READ research and stay abreast of the ever changing climate of education • Obtain a TAG endorsement and possibly a Special Education certification • Volunteer in various school systems • Garner students to tutor and work with in an education capacity

22. With Love and Gratitude • Ms. Nancy Carter • Dr. Ann Smith • And special thanks to the most wonderful supervisor and mentor, Mrs. Lynn Satterfield • All of my Cohort Family!!