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Standard Seven - Instructional Planning Skills

The teacher plans instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.

          To be an effective educator, a teacher must have a firm and complete knowledge of the subject matter, the students, the goals for each student, and the expectation of the community.  Every class is unique and every lesson will not fit every class.  Because of this, educators must know the information, or know where to find the information, to be able to manipulate lessons so that they will be effective to as many students as possible.  With a wide range of learning styles in each class, we as teachers, must use our knowledge of the students to create the learning because we are not teaching material, we are teaching students.  Also, to know where we are going, we must know where the students have been.  Thus, it is important that we pay attention to the standards to know where we must go and where the students have been.  This will help us to “uncover” the standards to make the material more meaningful to all students.
            This knowledge of instructional planning comes from the educator's own knowledge of the subject matter which is INTASC Standard One.  To be an effective instructional planner, the educator must first have a firm knowledge of INTASC Standard One.

Rationale of Artifact One

Artifact One

            All teachers should know their students as well as know their subject matter.  I have already shown that I have found many ways to know my students; however, I have yet to explain how I know my subject matter.  I have been given the opportunity to teach many different courses during my internships, and I have established many ways to learn the subject matter.  To best display my understanding of the subject matter, I present my Integrated Curriculum Plan which shows that I do understand how to implement the subject matter of World War II, how to involve my students in the subject, how to get the community involved, and how the curriculum goals fits into the subjects.

            Each section of my ICP shows exactly that I know what I will teach my students to create meaningful learning.  The lessons in my ICP show that I can create activities that effectively demonstrate these characteristics.  Thus, from the creation of my ICP, I am able to demonstrate my competency of INTASC Standard Seven because I show my knowledge of the subject matter, the students, the community, and the curriculum goals set for my students.

Rationale of Artifact Two

Artifact Two

            Long Range Planning requires a complete knowledge of what is to be taught in the classroom, what environment the students come from, and what goals we need to reach during the school year.  My second artifact for INTASC Standard Seven is my Long Range Plan because I believe it shows that I can effectively plan based on these criteria.

            In my Long Range Plan, I begin by explaining facts about my students and the community around them. Next, I have a section explaining my goals for the semester and how I will implement these goals throughout the year. 

            From this artifact, I am able to show that I can effectively plan instruction, based on all of the requirements of INTASC Standard Seven.