Enhancing Professional Practice

Domains and Components

How might this impact student learning?

What mentoring and coaching activities might be helpful?

What artifacts and reflections might be included in my portfolio?

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Classroom

Environment

a. Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport

·  Students learn in a safe environment

·  Precision requests

·  Mainstreaming

·  Bullying training

·  MANDT  training

·  Social Skill training

·  MANDT  training certificate w/reflections

·  Reflections on classroom environment (training and implementation)

b. Establishing a Culture for Learning

·  Student’s time on task will increase

·  Paraeducator training

·  Mainstreaming

·  Activating student prior knowledge

·  Examining student work

·  Celebrating student success

·  Guide used to train paras

·  Examples of student work w/reflections

c. Managing Classroom Procedures

·  More time on task for students

·  Improved classroom atmosphere

·  Increased responsibility/accountability

·  Review of classroom management procedures

·  Observing other classrooms

·  Familiarity of school-wide management policies

·  Classroom expectations

·  Evidence of time management

·  Student growth

·  SpEd role in school-wide behavior management plan

d. Managing Student Behavior

·  Appropriate behavior

·  Improved classroom environment

·  Behavior management plans: FUBAs/BIPs

·  Data collection

·  Precision directions

·  Written FUBA/BIP w/data

·  Contracts for behavior w/data

·  Rewards and consequences

·  Self-monitoring

e. Organizing Physical Space

·  Atmosphere conducive to learning

·  Classroom observations

·  Studying effective classroom designs

·  Matching space to instructional activity

·  Illustrations of classroom design and organization

·  Learning center plans

·  Video of classroom