INTASC+Standard+2

STANDARD: The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social and personal development
 * INTASC Standard 2**

INTASC.2.C K: The teacher is aware of expected developmental progressions and ranges of individual variation within each domain (physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive), can identify levels of readiness in learning, and understands how development in any one domain may affect performance in others. INTASC.2.A K: The teacher understands how learning occurs--how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind--and knows how to use instructional strategies that promote student learning.
 * Specific Category of Standard 2**

The teacher develops ways to target all students intellectually, socially, and personal development wise. They understand that each student is different and learn differently and incorporate these things into the learning process.
 * Understanding Sentence**


 * Artifacts**
 * Classroom Map [|Classroom Map Project.doc], [|IMG_6424.JPG]
 * Physical observation [|Observation+template1.doc]

The two artifacts I have chosen for this particular INTASC are artifacts that show my understanding of how children learn and develop and how they support children's intellectual, social, and personal development. My classroom map project reflects my understanding of how children learn and construct knowledge in a classroom setting. The map also helps me plan instructional strategies so that I can promote student learning in different ways. I know that students learn differently and acquire skills in different ways therefore; my classroom map allows me to give them many opportunities in learning new materials. My second artifact that I have chosen is a physical observation. This artifact shows my understanding and awareness of the developmental progress children go through and how this development may affect either the child's performance or others. This observation allows me to observe the child's readiness in learning through their physical development and gain a better understanding of the growth process physically and mentally. It also gives me a broad understanding of physical growth and how important it is in a child's life.
 * Reflect**

These artifacts show that I have a variety of ways in which I learn how children learn and acquire skills in life. As a learner I am open to the many different ways children learn and the different types of development they undergo in helping them succeed and grow. Becoming a teacher this shows that I have learned many new things and different ways to accommodate children's needs based on their skills and growth process. I understand the developmental progressions and how to develop instructional strategies to enhance and promote my students learning. What these artifacts say about my future practice is now that I have acquired much knowledge about the development and how children learn I can use this knowledge while teaching in my classroom to promote good strategies for my students to learn. These artifacts have prepared me to understand that every child is different and acquires knowledge in other ways and that they are still developing, mentally, socially, physically, cognitively, and emotionally. Having known this information it helps me to work better with my students and be more understanding of the progress they will make in school.
 * Project**