Standard 8: Reflection and Continuous Growth

Artifact 4 – Intervention Forms

My artifact is intervention forms that I filled out before and after each tutoring session

with two third grade students. Standard 8 states that “the teacher is a reflective practitioner who

uses evidence to continually evaluate and adapt practice to meet the needs of each learner.” After

each tutoring session, I reflected not only on the students’ reading and comprehension skills but

also on their attitudes and behaviors toward the experience. These reflections allowed me to plan

for more effective strategies in helping the students reach their learning goals.

I tutored two students at Hawthorne Elementary School during which time I assessed

their literacy needs to instruct my plans for the next session. After each session, I reflected not

only on the students’ growth but also on the students’ attitudes toward the tutoring. How the

students responded to the readings and tasks helped me determine their level of interest which

then informed what I needed to change to make the tutoring session more engaging.

Furthermore, I heeded the student use of reading strategies or lack thereof to inform targeted

learning goals. I recorded my tutoring observations and reflections for each student in a

designated binder that made it easier to synthesize the information.

For my literacy class, I also designed two lesson plans which I taught to a sixth-grade

class. During and after each lesson, I evaluated what worked well and what could be improved

upon or changed, in both the lesson plan itself and my teaching methods. During lessons, I

assessed student understanding and adjusted as needed to clarify misconceptions. Afterwards, I

reflected on evidence from these formative assessments as well as that from assignments to

determine the effectiveness of the lessons and my teaching; this informed me how best to

improve the lessons and my teaching practices.

 To be an effective teacher, I need to continually reflect on my teaching style and methods

as well as instructional content and evidence of learning to best meet all of my students’ needs.

Moreover, I need to be a strategic learner of my own practice by willing to improve upon and

adapt my pedagogy as needed.