Artifact # 1: Reflection on observing and giving feedback to second grade writing lesson
"10(c) The teacher engages collaboratively in the schoolwide effort to build a shared vision and supportive culture, identify common goals, and monitor and evaluate progress toward those goals."
During my student teaching, I participated in a school wide activity in which teachers observed other classrooms during writing instruction and provided constructive feedback. I observed second grade writing classes with the third grade teachers, writing down my observations. After these observations, we discussed what we had observed, and these observations were recorded and shared with the other teachers. In order to document this experience, I wrote a reflection about this observation and feedback. This artifact meets this standard because it shows how I worked with others to help the school meet it’s goal of focusing on writing, helping students develop enthusiasm for writing, and giving students the tools to become better writers.