Manchester College Department of Education

Revision of the Goals and Objectives, based on the INTASC Principles

June 2007

Each Manchester College Teacher Candidate…

Curriculum- constructs and delivers appropriate curriculum for P-12 students.

• C1- Plans informative, developmentally appropriate lessons and/or units INTASC 2, 3, 4, 7  NBPTS 1,2
  • My "Rewording Nursery Rhymes" Lesson Plan" demonstrates my ability to develop an appropriate lesson plan for a third grade music class.
  • This Lesson Plan titled "Music Box Identification" leads a fun and kinesthetic group activity gearing towards the appropriate age group of fourth grade.

• C2- Teaches subject matter accurately to insure that students can meet P-12 academic standards  INTASC 1, 3, 4, 7 NBPTS 1,2  
  • My "Can you Compose" Lesson Plan ensures the academic standards suitable for a fourth grade music class in learning music notes and rests.
  • This "Singing Around the Year" Lesson Plan suits a fourth grade music class in preparing them to meet the academic standards.

• C3- Uses interdisciplinary instruction as appropriate INTASC 1, 7 NBPTS 1,2
  • This Ocean Mania lesson plan combines music with oceanography, teaching them about the plants, animals, and life around our four vast oceans.
  • This "Dynamic Fun" Lesson Plan combines music with various types of bodily and kinesthetic movement.

• C4- Addresses subject matter from various points of view INTASC 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 NBPTS 1,2

• This "Baroque Composer" Lesson demonstrates several ways for a child to learn including a "Fun Fact Game", a presentation, and a crossword puzzle.  There are also additional ideas if there is extra time. 

• My Holiday Preparation Unit creates an overview of objectives, use of various instruments, vocal techniques, cultural learning, movement, and many musical factors combined to form a Holiday Program for first through third graders.

• C5- Teaches students to use critical thinking and problem solving strategies INTASC 4, 5, 7 NBPTS1,2
  • This Webquest is designed for students to work as a group to make plans for their own choir and strategize what they will do in certain situations.  Click here to see my rubric for my Webquest.
  • This Pentatonic Scale Lesson encourages the students to think critically by hearing a pentatonic scale and identifying it in other aspects as well as composing their own pentatonic song on an instrument.  The teacher's comments below my lesson plan also exhibits my ability to be flexible and problem solve when I am faced with a surprising situation.  The technology needed for this lesson was not available so the students were challenged in other ways.

• C6- Uses effective questioning strategies INTASC 4, 5, 7 NBPTS 1,2
  • My Start of School Reflection shows my ability to ask questions to a wide range of students on the first day of school.  Through asking my questions, I was able to set the tone of the classroom and to get to know my students as well as for them to get to know me.
  • These Bloom's Questions shows my knowledge and ability to ask lower and higher ended Bloom's questions to meet all of my student's needs.
  • My Poetry Lesson Plan demonstrates my use of including strategies of discussion and questioning, in groups and individually about certain literature.

Assessment- assesses students’ learning and development with a variety of measures to aid in appropriate and effective instructional planning

·         A1- Develops appropriate tools to assess learning INTASC 4, 8 NBPTS 3

• This Rubric demonstrates the tools needed to write an appropriate essay. 

• This Rubric gives the criteria for a Fourth Grade Music Unit Test, grading in several different areas of musical knowledge.

• This Worksheet was created to test student's knowledge of common musical terms used everyday in class.  These terms were also posted all around the classroom so they were always visible for the students to view.

·         A2- Assesses learning through standardized and/or teacher constructed tests to drive future instruction INTASC 8 NBPTS 3

• This Piece is three students' composition written during class.  After practicing weeks on rhythm and notes all together in class, students had to come up front and compose their own rhythm or notes, thus encouraging them to learn for future instruction.

• This Unit Test  and Rubric assessed learning to drive future instruction in the music classroom.  This test shows me what needs to be re-taught or reviewed before moving on to new ideas.  This test is part of a whole unit plan.  Click here to see my rubric for my entire unit plan.

·         A3- Assesses learning through appropriate alternative measures to drive future instruction INTASC 4, 8 NBPTS 3 

• This "Bad to Good Singing" Lesson Plan encourages future instruction with the use of YouTube videos, vocal exercises, using props such as chairs and mirrors, and allowing the students to move around the classroom while doing the activities. 

• This "Classroom Builder" Lesson supports future instruction by allowing the students to talk about music amongst their classmates in a safe and comfortable environment.  They also connect a song to their everyday lives while looking at the literacy components of it.

·         A4- Uses a variety of appropriate, authentic assessment tools and methods INTASC 4, 8 NBPTS 3

• This "Swingin and Rockin Decades" Lesson shows various ways of assessment for a High School Choir when given a lecture about the 30's, 40's, and 50's music era.

• This "Shaving Cream" Lesson and Quiz is a fun way for students to learn various musical notation.  They are able to use their tactual, smelling, and visual senses for this activity while having a bit of freedom to draw what they have learned.  This activity will be followed up with a quiz about what they learned.  Here are some pictures of this lesson in progress.

Relationships- Establishes professional and reciprocal relationships with others invested in P-12 students’ learning

• R1- Demonstrates sensitivity for diversity with students, colleagues, parents, college faculty, and/or community agencies  INTASC 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 NBPTS
  • My Diversity Workshop Paper demonstrates my understanding of diversity and how I can incorporate it into my classroom.
  • This Diversity Paper expresses my thoughts about diversity in a music classroom, and more so in my own music classroom.
  • This Poverty Certificate shows that I have been through a Poverty Simulation and experienced money shortage in a life imitation.  This workshop opened my eyes to what children may go through in a poverty-stricken home and how I can adapt my lessons to their needs.

• R2- Demonstrates with full awareness of ethical and legal responsibilities of teachers INTASC 7, 8, 9 NBPTS 4,5
  • My Field Experience Evaluation demonstrates my awareness of the responsibilities of a teacher.
  • My Teacher Candidate Disposition Evaluation shows that I am fully aware of the responsibilities of an educator.  I have played the role of a teacher for a whole semester and this Evaluation rates my teaching ability in the categories of Learning, Faith/Commitment, Service, Diversity, Integrity, and Community.

• R3- Values life-long learning, personal/professional development, and/or service orientation INTASC 9 NBPTS 4, 5
  • This Reflection Paper reflects on my teaching observations in Intro to Teaching and exhibits my strengths and weaknesses in preparing to be a teacher, illustrating my goals I would like to pursue in furthering my education.
  • This Fit 4 Learning Certificate shows my participation in life-long learning and professional development at an educational workshop ran by Cathie Summerford, President of the Fit 4 Learning Program. 

• R4- Models appropriate oral communication skills INTASC 6 NBPTS 1, 2
• • This Oral Presentation PowerPoint demonstrates my ability to create a presentation and use my oral skills effectively. 
  • This Mock Interview Evaluation Sheet expresses my outstanding capability to communicate with a higher authoritative figure.  This ability also carries over to my oral communication with my students in the classroom.  Here is one of my observation notes from my professor while student teaching.

• R5- Models appropriate written communication skills INTASC 6 NBPTS 1, 2

• This Literary Analysis written in Writing Through Literature, demonstrates my appropriate communication skills in writing in which I took a poem out of a book and analyzed it's meaning and connection to the author and the rest of the book.

• This Film Analysis Paper shows my ability to analyze and compare two separate films.  Through research and viewing the films, I compiled and wrote my ideas and thoughts about how women are portrayed in each film compared to how women are viewed in actual society.

• R6- Motivates students to learn individually, collaboratively, and cooperatively INTASC 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 NBPTS 1,2, 3

• This "Peanut Butter and Jelly" Rhythmic Lesson Plan encourages students to clap out rhythms by themselves, with a group, as a class, and then improvise their own rhythm at the end.

• This Major/Minor Lesson is a fun, technological lesson that pushes students to think and work by themselves, with a small group, and then with the whole class to guess whether a given YouTube song is in a Major or Minor mode.  This lesson is geared towards fourth graders, but can be fun for fourth grade to twelfth grade.

• R7- Plans lessons in collaborative teams INTASC 6, 10 NBPTS 5

  • This Oral Presentation PowerPoint and Lesson Plan is put together by another classmate and myself, providing several ways of teaching our class including the use of a PowerPoint, a Charades game, note cards, candy, lecture, and question and answer.  Click here to see comments on our presentation.

  • This Collaborative Document shows the combined efforts of many teachers, including myself to plan and organize a Veterans Day Program for the Kindergartners at Sycamore Elementary School.  This document includes email sent back and forth to coordinate the program.

Environment- Creates positive and caring environments for student development and learning

• E1- Differentiates learning opportunities that respond to individual learning styles and learning challenges INTASC 2, 3, 4, 5 NBPTS 1, 2, 3

• This "Swingin and Rockin Decades" Lesson has various methods of learning along with a wide range of Gardner's Intelligence and Bloom's Taxonomy questions and tasks.

• This Tiananmen Square Presentation meets the needs of many different learning styles in my World Literature class by including a timeline, pictures, a YouTube video, discussion, and various discussion questions.

• E2- Uses a variety of teaching methods and materials INTASC 2, 3, 4 NBPTS 1, 2, 3

• This Unit Plan teaches students the basics of music in a new and exciting way than they may have learned before or they may be learning for the first time.  This plan includes trade books, standards, and lessons that suit many ways of learning.  Here is the Rubric I received for my Unit Plan. 

• This Kindergarten "Ukulele" Lesson uses a variety of teaching methods and materials such as instruments, white boards, kinesthetic vocal techniques, and learning a new language through echoing.

• E3- Uses a variety of appropriate media and technology INTASC 2, 3, 4 NBPTS 1, 2, 3
  • This Webquest is for a Fifth Grade Music Class to explore different styles of music.  The Webquest in itself is a high use of technology but the project also encourages students to use the internet for research and the computer to present their project.  Click here to see my rubric for my Webquest.
  • This "Performance Etiquette" Lesson utilizes media and technology through the use of a YouTube video and CD tracks.  By using the video, the students learn the proper way to perform at a concert in a fun, technological way, rather than being told through repetitive  verbal communication.

• E4- Keeps records to monitor, document, and report student progress INTASC 8, 10 NBPTS 1, 3

• This Progress Sheet will allow me to keep record of my students for four weeks at a time.  It will help me to monitor what major things need worked on or what has improved over an extended time.  This sheet can also help me keep track of the progress of each class, so I can keep each class and grade organized.

• This Project was given to the students as a way to see how the student's were progressing in an individual way rather than a collaborative way.  By asking what the students have learned in music so far and what their favorite thing has been, we see the progress in vocabulary terms, musical notation, and ideas that have stuck.  Here are some impressive examples that were completed and helped me to monitor and report each student's progress.

• Here is a Participation Log that can be used for High School or Junior High Choir.  It is a great way to allow the students to gain responsibility for their actions by grading themselves every day and turning it in at the end of the week for a participation grade. 

• E5- Manages student behavior in positive, safe ways INTASC 2, 5 NBPTS 1,3
  • This "Sing Sing Sing" Lesson Plan models a lesson plan modified in a positive and fun way, for students with a behavioral disorder.
  • These Observation Notes from my College Advisor show that I can manage student behavior in a positive, safe way even when things occur unexpectedly. 

• E6- Models conflict resolution skills INTASC 2, 5, 8 NBPTS 1, 3
  • Click here to read seven conflict situations and how I would resolve the conflicts in a positive manner.
  • These Observation Notes from my College Advisor demonstrate my ability to handle conflict in various situation with different age groups including Kindergarten through Fifth Graders.

• E7- Engages in research and reflection on best practices in teaching strategies INTASC 1, 2, 7, 9 NBPTS 4, 5

• This ARC Reflection summarizes my efforts and abilities to communicate with people with disabilities and use of different strategies to engage their interest in the event planned.

• This High Stakes Assessment Paper demonstrates my thoughts about standardized tests and future results.  I am aware of different teaching strategies and continue to seek for new ideas.

  • My Student Teaching Final Reflection Paper is evidence that I reflect on my teaching preparation experiences and teaching practices and find what is best for my students' learning styles.