Iowa Teaching Standards

Standard 7: Engage in professional growth

Criteria C: Applies research, knowledge,and skills from professional development
opportunities to improve practice.
Artifact: Student records

My CT actively applies research and knowledge to improve her own teaching

methods. Every week my CT reviews content that was covered with students, takes
notes on what worked well and what did not, and she actively refines lessons to meet
the needs of each student. As a potential teacher, I believe it is very import to always be
improving your practice. Using classroom data is a great way to see how well a lesson
worked. In particular to special education, it is very important to adapt your lessons to
your students and continue to change lessons if it did not work well the first time.
Overall, the use of research, knowledge, and skills to improve practice through the use
of student records/information allows you to improve your lesson, and it allows your
student to be academically successful.

Artifact: Student records (EX: refering to IEP)