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Lezli Renee Gill

Early Childhood Education


My Philosophy 
of Education
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College of Education  Standards
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Electronic Education Portfolio

This electronic portfolio, prepared by a teacher education major, was developed using the INTASC Standards and Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching Components. These standards and components have guided curriculum development at Valdosta State University throughout the program of study for the B.S. Ed. degree

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List of INTASC Standards and Charlotte Danielson's Framework
for Teaching Components



Standard #1: Knowledge of Subject Matter
 The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the fields of knowledge s/he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
Standard #2: Knowledge of Human Development and Learning
The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and provides learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
Standard #3: Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs
The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
Standard #4: Multiple Instructional Strategies
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
Standard #5: Classroom Motivation and Management Skills
The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard #6: Communication Skills
The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques, including technology, to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
Standard #7: Instructional Planning Skills
The teacher plans instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
Standard #8: Assessment of Student Learning
The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
Standard #9: Professional Commitment and Responsibility
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates, using qualitative and quantitative resources, the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, families, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
Standard #10 Partnerships
The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, families,businesses, and agencies in the larger community to support students' learning and well-being.
 
 


Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education
Program of Study for Early Childhood Majors
Valdosta State University

Professional Semester 1
MATH 3161
Mathematics for Early Childhood Teachers 
PSYC 3120 Psychoeducational Aspects of Early Childhood Education
ECED 3000 Integrating & Applying Technology into the ECE Curriculum
Established my  instructional Web Site for teaching and learning.
http://www.valdosta.edu/~lrgill/index.html
Hub Page    Kid's Page    Topic Page    Cutting Edge of Technology
ECED 3400 Planning for Instruction and Classroom Management
READ 3200 Integrating Literature and the Fine Arts in the Teaching of Reading
ECED 3190 Practicum I:  Classroom Management and Environmental Design PreK-K
Name of School: W. G. Nunn Elementary School
Name of Teacher: Mrs. Brown's Kindergarten
Practicum included working with Kindergarten level students on various activities including technology integrated lessons from my Kid's and Topic Page.

 
Professional Semester 2
SCIE 3000 Science for Early Childhood Education Teachers
MATH 3162 Mathematics for Early Childhood Teachers II
KSPE 3330 Health and Physical Education Methods for Early and Middle Childhood Methods for Early and Middle Childhood Teachers
ECED 3300 Teaching Mathematics and Science to Young Children
READ 3500 Teaching Children to Read in the Primary Grades
ECED 3690 Practicum II:  Classroom Management and Environmental Design K-3

 
Professional Semester 3
MATH 4161Mathematics for Early Childhood Teachers III
READ 4100 Assessment and Correction of Reading Difficulties
ECED 4300Teaching Language Arts in Early Childhood Education
ECED 4400 Social Science Methods in Early Childhood Education
READ 4200Reading and Writing to Learn in the Intermediate Grades
ECED 4690 Practicum III:  Classroom Management and Environmental Design 3-5

 
Professional Semester 4
ECED 4720 Collaboration with Family, School, and Community Agencies to Support the Education of Young Children
ECED 4790 Student Teaching and Reflective Seminar in Early Childhood Education


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