Gorham School District

On-the-job Training

• Knowledge of Student Learners
  • Demonstrates an understanding of students as learners as well as people
  • Demonstrates strategies to create and sustain a comfortable and safe environment for learning (Marzano, Dimension 1)
  • Utilizes reflective practice appropriately in delivery of topics
  • Define the nature of teaching as it relates to the heart and integrity of teachers and how that informs their work with students.
• Learning Environment
  • Demonstrate with examples best practices in teaching
  • Demonstrates various engagement strategies: ice breakers, group work, presentations
  • Demonstrates that “collaboration is the stuff of growth” (Robinson) and utilized that knowledge to create a safe and supportive environment for group work and discussions to take place in the classroom.
• Curriculum
  • Demonstrates the five major Philosophies of Education
  • Applies Constructivism as a Theory of Learning
  • Applies Summative and Formative Assessment practices appropriately and effectively
  • Employs reflective practice
  • Utilizes and consistently demonstrates The Nature of Teaching – heart and integrity
  • Development of a Teacher Platform
  • Development of a major unit using all five dimensions of Learning. Utilizes Robert Marzano’s 5 Dimensions of Learning in classroom practice
• Foundations of Literacy
  • Demonstrates Reading as a message getting/problem solving activity
  • Demonstrates the K-12 Continuum of Literacy Development
  • Demonstrates Guided Reading approaches – all levels
  • Demonstrates “Close” Reading strategies
  • Demonstrates whole to part approaches to reading instruction
  • Demonstrates and practices Assessment for all levels: Concepts About Print, Running Records, Informal Reading Inventories, Observation and note taking
  • Demonstrates the importance of Vocabulary instruction, Effective Reading of Texts, and Study Skills
  • Utilizes Case studies – to exercise best instructional practices with analysis
• Teaching Exceptional Learners
  • Demonstrates the IDEA Principles and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  • Demonstrates and understanding of FERPA and FAPE
  • Demonstrates an understanding of The Special Education referral process – testing and identification
  • Demonstrates an understanding of The Continuum of Special Education Services: - Create and practice the development of an IEP; - Demonstrates the differences between a disability and a disorder; - Defines and exhibits modifications and accommodations for students with special needs; - Applies the concept of Mindfulness in the classroom; - Define and demonstrate the knowledge of autism, ADHD, Emotional Behavior Disorders, TBI, Communication Disorders; - Demonstrates communication and identification of the role of family and larger community in the Special Education process in order to of appropriate programming. (birth to school age)
• Equity and Diversity
  • Develop and define instruction to address culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds of students
  • Establish and demonstrate gender equity in the classroom
  • Develop lesson plans using relevant case studies, to address the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students
• Assessment
  • Describes that assessment drives curriculum and instruction
  • Explains the use of both formative and summative assessment strategies (Assessment OF and Assessment FOR learning, Stiggins)
  • Develop various assessments in reading: Concepts About Print, Running Records, and Informal Reading Inventories
  • Demonstrates the various assessments that are used in the referral process in Special Education
  • Demonstrates the use of Behavior Rating Scales in special education
• Professional Practice
  • Participates in weekly team meetings.
  • Engages in reflective practice with content level, grade; Level teammates
  • Engages in database decision making to review student progress