ipts4

Standard Four | Planning for Instruction

**The Roadmap** During student teaching, the district's roadmap was a tremendous resource when I was creating units and lessons for the class. Current and former teachers created the roadmap for Civics to adhere to state guidelines as well as personal goals and outcomes for the district. For each unit, the map provided the standards involved, topics/concepts, important vocabulary, one or two critical thinking questions, and a list of resources for the students and teacher. As a teacher, I used the roadmap as a starting off point, but had to also consider how my students learned best before creating lessons.

The artifact that I have chosen for this standard is a set of plans that I created for two different units. The planning process is always a challenge, as I sometimes found myself having to change plans on the spot during the actual lesson. However, I would plan a week ahead (per my cooperating teachers' recommendation) and share my plans with them for clarification and critique. I have also included a full lesson plan that I created out of the initial planning process (to show an end result) and my reflection on the lesson after I presented it.

This artifact demonstrates my thought process as a teacher. Many of the basic ideas I had came from the roadmap and book activities, but once students had developed the basic understanding of the concepts I taught, it was easier to manipulate the information into something that could engage the students' interest and become more learner-centered.

| | ||