Component 1:
You will explain your vision of the ideal learning environment for the age and subject you intend to teach in a professionally written and typed assignment using correct grammar and spelling. Use the response template Download response template to respond to each question. Your submission should be 3 – 5 pages. (12 point font, double-spaced)
How do you create and maintain a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners? Include how you respond to student needs and incorporate student strengths and personal experiences.
What strategies will you use to build relationships with your students?
How will you physically organize the classroom to ensure flexibility and accommodate the learning needs of all students, including those with disabilities? Consider the wide range of disabilities you might encounter: vision impairment, autism, a physical disability requiring a wheelchair or other assistive device for mobility, hearing disability, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, or others. A “Proficient” response should include physical accommodations for at least three different disabilities. Consider things such as Fred Jones’ three Zones of Proximity and furniture.
Explain how your behavior management plan (see below) supports this vision.
Support the strategies you choose with research. For example, you could say something like “According to the work of Dr. I.M. Authority, primary students need structure to feel secure. Therefore, our day will be structured in the following ways…” Please note that you will not pass the project if you do not properly cite your research. You can use any recognized style format (APA, MLA, Chicago) with which you are comfortable.