Content-Specific Lesson Tasks from Beginning Teacher Portfolios – Tasks to be Video-taped

(Various commentaries and reflective writings are included along with the lesson plans, videos, and student work.)

Content Area / Lesson / Tape #1 / Student Work Samples / Lesson / Tape #2 / Student Work Samples
English Language Arts / Lesson that focuses on Students’ Response to Literature – 6-8 hours of instruction / 15 min. segment of a class discussion of literature / Samples from 2 students with different levels of interpreting & understanding; include assignment, criteria for success, and teacher feedback / Lesson that focuses on Students’ Process in Writing – 3 to 5 consecutive lessons (do not need to be consecutive class sessions) which take students through a writing process … not a research paper / 10 min. segment that illustrates students talking about revising their writing / Samples from 2 students (include all stages); include written instructions, assessment criteria, and teacher feedback.
Mathematics / Lesson that focuses on the introduction and development of an important mathematical concept or procedure
(Plan a cohesive set of lessons that covers 5-8 hours of class time; this lesson is within the set of lessons.) / 15-20 min. (may be in three segments rather than continuous) that shows how teacher helps students develop understanding (must use concrete materials, models and/or technology) / Samples of two featured students’ work created during the lesson / Lesson that focuses on students engaged in problem-solving and mathematical reasoning in whole class and small group settings
(Plan a cohesive set of lessons that covers 5-8 hours of class time; this lesson is within the set of lessons.) / 15-20 min. (up to three segments) that show how teacher engages students in problem-solving through different grouping arrangements / Samples of two featured students’ work created during the lesson
Science / Lab-based inquiry lesson that is within an inquiry unit requiring 6-8 consecutive hours of classroom time. / 3 videotaped segments from the lab activity (5-min. pre-lab; 5-min. lab; 10-min. post-lab) / Samples from two students during the lab, criteria for success, and feedback. / Inquiry lesson that involves science, technology and society within the inquiry unit of 6-8 consecutive hours of classroom time. / 10 min. videotaped segment from an inquiry activity / Samples from two students during the inquiry and the unit’s final assessment, criteria for success, and feedback.
Social Studies / Develop a 6-8 hour unit that promotes inquiry, use of essential social studies skills and active learning.
Class discussion. / 15 min. segment of a class discussion / Samples of work from two students for two assessments used in the unit / Develop a 6-8 hour unit that promotes inquiry, use of essential social studies skills and active learning.
Inquiry lesson. / 15 min. segment of an inquiry learning activity / Samples of two students’ work collected during the inquiry lesson
Elementary Education / Develop a sequence of 4-5 lessons in literacy that promotes response, interpretation, and/or critical stance / 15 min. segment of a student discussion (whole class or small group) during literacy sequence / Samples of student work from two students collected prior to and during the literacy sequence / Develop a sequence of 4-5 lessons in numeracy that promotes problem-solving / 15 min. segment of problem-solving lesson from numeracy sequence / Samples of student work from two students collected prior to and during the numeracy sequence
Special Education / Develop a sequence of 6-8 lessons (6 hours max.) for two students in either mathematics or language arts / 10-12 min. segment which shows how teacher engages the two featured students in discussing their understanding of mathematical concepts or literacy / Samples of student work for two featured students collected during the sequence of lessons / Develop a sequence of 6-8 lessons (6 hours max.) for two students in either mathematics or language arts / 10-12 min. segment which shows how
the teacher makes academic and/or behavioral modifications or accommodations that meet the individual needs of students A & B / Sample of the summative assessment, performance criteria, and evaluation of student learning for two featured students