Clinical Field Experience D: Targeted Teaching Activities
Objectives, learning activities, and assessments are all aligned to a standard. It is important to align these components so teaching can be targeted to meet the students’ needs. The data collected from the pre-assessment drives the creation of targeted learning activities. As always, reflection on these practices is a key element in improving practices. Use the data collected from your pre-assessment to determine an appropriate targeted teaching activity to implement during this field experience.
Prior to teaching your targeted activity (kindergarten), discuss with your mentor teacher your objectives, activities, and assessments. Use any feedback to improve the targeted teaching plan. Implement the targeted teaching activity and related assessment with the same student you have been working with during your field experience. Then debrief the experience with your mentor teacher.
In a word summary, discuss the results of your targeted teaching activity. Describe the conversation you had with your mentor teacher regarding the objectives, activities, and assessments. Reflect and explain how you designed, delivered, and assessed your targeted teaching activity. Indicate how you plan to implement what you learned in your future teaching practice.
Sample Answer
Here are the steps involved in designing, delivering, and assessing a targeted teaching activity:
- Identify the learning objective. What do you want the student to learn? This should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
- Develop learning activities that are aligned to the objective. These activities should be engaging and challenging, and they should provide opportunities for the student to practice the skills they are learning.
- Create an assessment that measures the student’s progress towards the objective. This assessment should be fair and accurate, and it should provide feedback to the student and the teacher.