TED631 Internship Seminar
Lead Faculty: Dr. Clara Amador-Lankster
Course Description
This course is taken concurrently with TED 628I Internship Clinical Practice since it examines and integrates theory and practical approaches to real-life situations experienced by candidates during their Internship Clinical Practice. Candidates will develop practitioner-level knowledge of how to best assess students, how to plan differentiated instruction and how to become responsive to student needs in real life contexts for teaching and learning in K-12 schools as required for the successful completion of TPA TASKS 1, 2, 3, & 4.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine various instructional strategies and ascertain/explain why some instructional strategies/practices are and some are not developmentally appropriate for age and grade level(s). (MCA 1)
- Investigate different types of assessments within subject matter and grade level(s). (MCA 1)
- Explore, analyze and argue the effectiveness of various assessment plans. (MCA 1)
- Collect, analyze and interpret the significance of collecting anecdotal data as part of a quality instructional process. (MCA 2)
- Demonstrate how to adapt and modify instructional planning and delivery in response to differentiated student needs. (MCA 2)
- Reflect on how knowledge of the learners impacts and drives differentiation of instructional planning and delivery. (MCA 2)
- Identify key on-grade assessment measures and explain their structure and purpose. (MCA 3)
- Conduct assessment adaptations that are responsive to differentiated student needs, i.e. English Language Learner, Student with Special Needs and Gifted. (MCA 3)
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Identify what constitutes effective differentiation and reflect on its significance for student learning. (MCA 4)
- Implement a lesson plan that shows evidence of differentiation by level of readiness, interest and/or learning profile for a specific group of students. (MCA 4)
- Reflect on the effectiveness on lesson implementation and provide appropriate rationale for it. (MCA 4)
