INTASC+Standard+1

STANDARD: The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
 * INTASC Standard 1**

INTASC 1.A K: The teacher understands major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s) s/he teaches.
 * Specific Category of Standard 1**

The teacher knows the core concepts of the classroom and knows their own structure and discipline that he/she will teach. The teacher knows how to create meaningful learning experiences to ensure that the children understand the subject matter.
 * Understanding Sentence**


 * Artifacts**
 * Classroom Management Plan [|Classroom Management Plan.doc]

Understanding the central concepts in curriculum, the tools of inquiry and structures of discipline is very important because being an educator you have to be knowledgeable about these three different understandings in order to achieve many goals in the classroom. Having awareness of these concepts can help the teacher create many learning experiences to make the subject matter for students’ very meaningful. My classroom management plan artifact is a plan that I can directly relate to myself. It is my foundation for integrating meaningful learning experiences and discipline approaches in my future classroom. Having my classroom management plan says a lot about who I am as a future educator and the philosophies that I believe in. It helps me maintain structure and ways of knowing the discipline I will teach. I believe I have learned a lot from creating this classroom map and it has definitely made me realize where I stand on my philosophies and what kind of teacher I will be in the future.
 * Reflect**

This artifact shows my approach on progressivism by incorporating a cooperative group learning classroom to enhance my students’ social and academic development. It also incorporates my essentialist philosophy because I would like to have my students' think on a more critical level when it comes to the subject matter. My artifact shows that I have learned many things in my classes and ways to construct a good management plan. It shows the depth I have for my classroom and the goals I have set out to maintain this classroom plan. As a teacher my artifact shows that I have developed complex ways to incorporate several types of learning environments in order for my students' to have the chance at experiencing many fun and meaningful learning areas. In the future I feel I will be very organized just as my management plan is to ensure order and many learning opportunities for all my students'.
 * Project**