Professional Presentation

Alexis Teitelbaum
Why do I want to teach?
 Why do I want to teach?

 Have always admired my own teachers

 Realized I had a talent for teaching material in middle school
 Love the feeling of helping a child finally “get it”
Teaching Interviews

 Research the district and school beforehand

 Prepare artifacts to show or discuss
 Come up with questions for the interviewer
 Show your interest
My Teaching Progress
Lesson Plan Comparison: Objective

Not measurable

No degree
No conditions for how
this will happen
Lesson Plan Comparison: Objective

Measurable terms
used

Conditions are Degree given

thoroughly explained
 Lesson Plan Comparison: Big Ideas

• Not geared toward the students

• Repetitive in nature
• Focused more on the product than the actual learning
 Lesson Plan Comparison: Big Ideas

• Directed toward the students

• Clear and understandable
• Focused on the knowledge to be attained
Lesson Plan Comparison: Content

• Written for the

teacher, not the
students
• Not enough detail
• Could not be utilized
by a substitute
Lesson Plan Comparison: Content

• Students are the

focus, not the
teacher
• Aspects of lesson
are described in
detail
• Step-by-step
instructions given
My Teaching-Related Skills
Website-Building
Unit Planning
Managing Student Behaviors
Teaching Experience
Practicum Locations
 Tenth Street Elementary School (Oakmont, PA)
 Verner Elementary School (Verona, PA)
 West Hempfield Elementary School (Irwin, PA)
 Amos Hutchinson Elementary School (Greensburg, PA)
 Center Elementary School (Plum, PA)
 Clairview School (Greensburg, PA)
 Linden Elementary School (Pittsburgh, PA)
 Queen of Angels Catholic School (Irwin, PA)
 Hartwood Elementary School (Fox Chapel, PA)
 Riverview Junior/Senior High School (Oakmont, PA)
 Seton Hill Child Development Center (Greensburg, PA)
 Riverside Children’s Center (Verona, PA)
 Related Work Experience

 Running children’s activities and weekly crafts

 Demonstrating and teaching toys and games
 Participating in management and upkeep of
store
 Children’s Library Assistant
 Planned and led children’s crafts and events
 Supervised children’s area of library