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=**Standard 2 **= =**Teachers know how children grow. **=

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The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development. ======

Evidence 1: EDT 672 Blueprint

In my EDT 672, I created a hybrid-online class to use with my assistant child care certification class. In this class, juniors and seniors can become certified to work in a child care center as an assistant child care teacher. In addition to this certification students can also become certified to work with infant and toddlers. The on-line portion of this class that I created would allow for students who want to become certified by meeting state criterion related specifically to infant and toddler care.
 * Rationale 1:**

 I have not used this in my class yet, but cannot wait to try it this next school year. This evidence is important to me as a developing teacher because it allows me to take my current curriculum and use technology as a way to deliver the information. By doing this it allows students who are ready for the additional certification to work on it independently with minimal assistance from me. By learning what is necessary and how to construct a site for students to work from has given me additional confidence that I can build an instructional site to use with those students who are developmentally ready to learn in this fashion.


 * 2. K. 2 **
 * The teacher understands that students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development influence learning and knows how to address these factors when making instructional decisions. **

 When designing a lesson plan it is imperative that the teacher develops lesson plans or units so that they are challenging to all students in their development levels. In my family and consumer education classes I have a wide range of student abilities in anyone day. Most of my classes have students who are 9th through 12th graders, English as a second language learners and a variety of special needs students. In the past few years with the increase in personal telephones and electric devices I have also seen an increase in students who are pregnant and or teen parents, depression and anxieties disorders, and live at or below the poverty level. The incorporation of my hybrid-online class should be great for those students who are having difficulties coming to class to keep up with the work and turning it on time when a medical or family concern pops up.

When developing or designing instruction teachers need to look at both individual and group performance so that they can meet the needs of the learner’s needs. Teachers need to look at where their students are in each areas of development whether it is cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and physical. Teachers who incorporate this into their instruction design will always help students to reach their next level. Students who take this class may not have an interest with working with infant and toddlers or may not be ready to work independently or feel comfortable using sites such as a Wiki space or Moodle site at this time in their development.
 * 2. S. 1 **
 * The teacher assesses individual and group performance in order to design instruction that meets learners’ current needs in each domain (cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and physical) and that leads to the next level of development. **


 * 2. D. 2 **
 * The teacher is disposed to use students’ strengths as a basis for growth, and their errors as an opportunity for learning. **

 Teachers who provide detailed assessments and rubrics of what is expected allow students to see what they need to do and after the teacher assess the student’s performance what they need to do to improve. Some teachers will also allow students to make changes to show an increase in their learning and increase in their grade. In addition, allowing students to reflect on their project allows for them to explain what they learned, what they felt went well and why, and what they would improve if they did this project again. In this hybrid course I have included an assessment which includes a rubric for evaluation so students can see where they are currently at and where they might need to work on the next time in a similar situation.

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