IMPACT ON LEARNING

My curriculum mapping is used to see a direct correlation between my teaching strategies and the knowledge and understanding my students' gain. I use the standards to guide me in the skills my students need to master in order to move on to the next topic. My curriculum practice allows me to give students immediate feedback when needed. I have diversified the assessments so that every learning style is addressed. Deciding what is essential for my students to know and then determining how my students will demonstrate their understanding lets me create the best road map for the learning experience. I am able to give all my time to facilitating my students because I have already designed the process to which my students will be assessed and the skills needed. If a student has to change from one math teacher to another the curriculum's mapping allows this transition to be less stressful and the knowledge gain in one class can be carried to the next. My students are free to explore a topic from all directions. The Curriculum Mapping allows you to change skills as the lesson is being taught and the students demonstrate that they may need more or less time in a particular area.

Mastery of Program Competencies

My Curriculum Mapping shows that I have mastered Program Competencies: #2 teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students, #3 teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning and #4 teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.

My artifact shows that I know my subject by the thoroughness and details contained in my curriculum. My essential questions are open ended and requires students to use their critical thinking skills. Every content is matched with a skill and the assessments are varied to meet the diversities of my students. The skills are incorporated so that my students will gain a complete knowledge of the topic. The various methods used to teach will allow all my students to gain mastery of the skill. My choices of assessments are diverse so that all learners have a chance to be successful.

The combination of worksheets, puzzles, exploratory group activities, individual assignments and technology shows that I have diversified my teaching strategies in order to manage my students' learning. I vary the types of assessment from formative to summative and traditional to authentic. I give immediate feedback. The class activities are student centered. All of these strategies show that I am monitoring student learning.

My curriculum is set up in a very detailed and orderly manner. Each essential question is matched with content, skill and assessment. The standards are also listed. The design of my curriculum mapping is well thought and informative. All the required information is readily available. My artifact shows that I think systematically and by reflecting at the end of the unit and making any necessary change shows that I am learning from the experience of my students and myself.