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(EDI 613) Administration and Supervision of Early Childhood Education
Common Course Assessment: Professional Presentation
(EDI 613) Administration and Supervision of Early Childhood Education
Common Course Assessment: Professional Presentation
Common Course Standards
NBPTS 4:Teachers Think Systematically About Their Practice and Learn From Experience
4a:Continually make difficult choices that test their judgment
4b:Seek advice of others; draw on research and scholarship to improve their practice
Name of Primary Assessment: Professional Presentation
Directions to the Student: Teacher will complete research and present findings on a contemporary issue affecting young children, their parents, and the professionals that interact with them. For example, teacher may examine bullying in pre-schools, family beds, sensory integration and pre-schools around the world. Teacher must research their topic and present findings in an interactive, interesting, and purposeful presentation. Each teacher must provide a copy of their abstract and bibliography for each student in the class. Teacher needs to discuss pertinent information and implications to society, education system, young children as it relates to personal and professional improvement as educators. This presentation should be thirty minutes in length, while encouraging meaningful and purposeful dialogue.
This assignment assesses NBTS standard 4:
NBPTS 4:Teachers Think Systematically about Their Practice and Learn from experience
4a:Continually make difficult choices that test their judgment
4b:Seek advice of others; draw on research and scholarship to improve their practice
Rubric Professional Presentation
NBTS 4: Teachers Think Systematically About Their Practice and Learn From Experience
Elements / Distinguished(3) / Proficient
(2) / Progressing
(1) / Unsatisfactory
(0)
NBPTS: 4a
Continually make difficult choices that test their judgment. / Extensive ability and willingness to take multiple perspectives, be creative, take risks, and adopt a problem-solving approach in the selection of topic to be presented, and within the information provided to peers. / Shows basic ability and willingness to take other perspectives, be creative, and adopt a problem-solving orientation in the selection of topic to be presented, and within the information provided to peers. / Not always able or willing to take other perspectives, take risks, or adopt a problem-solving orientation in the selection of topic to be presented, and within the information provided to peers. / Not willing or unable to take other perspectives, risks or undertake problem solving techniques.
NBPTS: 4b
Seek advice of others; draw on research and scholarship to improve their practice. / Draws from personal experience and is firmly grounded in the literature. Strives to critique practice, sharpen judgment, adapt to new findings, ideas, theories. / Draws primarily from personal experience in making decisions.
Willing to examine own practice and new ideas. / Limited ability to reflect on experience in making decisions; limited willingness to examine own practice in the light of new ideas. / Not willing or unable to reflect upon experiences to lead to decision making. Nor willing or able to examine own practices.