6.3 Field Experiences
Candidates engage in appropriate field experiences to synthesize and apply the content and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards. (PSC 6.3)
Artifact: Field Experience Logs
Reflection:
The artifacts I am using to demonstrate my learning in the area of field experiences are my field experience logs. On this page, one will find both structured and unstructured field experiences I completed over a period of time through my courses at Kennesaw State University. The structured field experiences reflect time spent on certain assignments in each of the classes listed; at least 15 hours per structured experience were documented. The unstructured field experiences were various assignments working with individuals about different technologies; these had to be at least five hours long for each experience.
I engaged in each of these field experiences to gain practice in applying what I have learned over the course of each of the classes listed. For each of the experiences, I listed the content that was synthesized and applied as well as identified the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions I needed to complete the experience as a whole. The dispositions, skills, and professional knowledge mentioned in each of the documents were aligned with the PSC standards mentioned in each of the logs.
The field experience logs help me to document and reflect on each of the experiences I completed throughout each semester, both structured and unstructured. These experiences pushed me to work with a variety of grade levels and abilities. Reflecting on these experiences helped me to improve my practices as a teacher and a student. If I could do anything different with these artifacts, I would have saved them with a more consistent name. When posting them, it was hard going back to find the different artifacts after they had been completed and turned in each semester.
The work that went into these field experiences vastly improved school improvement, faculty development, and student learning. Assignments for my structured field experiences were helpful in my career and consisted of documented time for websites created, workshops taught, engaged learning projects, and much more. The unstructured field experiences also impacted a variety of aspects in my teaching career, as they focused on time spent with students with disabilities through the use of assistive technologies, with students who were English Language Learners, and other varying populations. The impact can be assessed through lesson plans, observations, test scores, student work samples, surveys, etc. Overall, these experiences pushed me to be a better teacher as well as technology leader and coach.
The artifacts I am using to demonstrate my learning in the area of field experiences are my field experience logs. On this page, one will find both structured and unstructured field experiences I completed over a period of time through my courses at Kennesaw State University. The structured field experiences reflect time spent on certain assignments in each of the classes listed; at least 15 hours per structured experience were documented. The unstructured field experiences were various assignments working with individuals about different technologies; these had to be at least five hours long for each experience.
I engaged in each of these field experiences to gain practice in applying what I have learned over the course of each of the classes listed. For each of the experiences, I listed the content that was synthesized and applied as well as identified the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions I needed to complete the experience as a whole. The dispositions, skills, and professional knowledge mentioned in each of the documents were aligned with the PSC standards mentioned in each of the logs.
The field experience logs help me to document and reflect on each of the experiences I completed throughout each semester, both structured and unstructured. These experiences pushed me to work with a variety of grade levels and abilities. Reflecting on these experiences helped me to improve my practices as a teacher and a student. If I could do anything different with these artifacts, I would have saved them with a more consistent name. When posting them, it was hard going back to find the different artifacts after they had been completed and turned in each semester.
The work that went into these field experiences vastly improved school improvement, faculty development, and student learning. Assignments for my structured field experiences were helpful in my career and consisted of documented time for websites created, workshops taught, engaged learning projects, and much more. The unstructured field experiences also impacted a variety of aspects in my teaching career, as they focused on time spent with students with disabilities through the use of assistive technologies, with students who were English Language Learners, and other varying populations. The impact can be assessed through lesson plans, observations, test scores, student work samples, surveys, etc. Overall, these experiences pushed me to be a better teacher as well as technology leader and coach.