Part One
Performance art and social studies integrate well together. Explain how an effective teacher could use performance art to enhance a social studies lesson.
Part Two
As the teacher in a social studies inclusive classroom, how could you collaborate with other professionals, either in your school or outside in the community, to enhance student achievement in social studies and the arts?
Part Three
Unit planning is a time-consuming process but necessary to provide an overview of the collective lessons. Taking time to plan the alignment of standards and objectives, materials, technology, and assessments is important to a well-structured classroom. In addition, upon identifying students’ needs in an inclusive classroom, as well as aligning content standards, strategies may be created to benefit all students. Teachers are then able to begin the implementation process. Implementing identified intervention strategies during instruction will not only help to meet the students’ needs, but also help teachers to identify where to monitor and adjust instruction as needed. Planning, implementing, evaluating, and planning again is an ongoing, cyclical process when working with all students.
Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Part 1: Collaborate with Mentor Teacher
Meet with your mentor teacher to discuss the student/s you will be working with to implement your Topic 3 Clinical Field Experience B intervention plan. Review the needs of each student, including any IEP, 504, behavior plan, or other relevant documentation. Collaborate with your mentor teacher to determine each of your roles during the lesson and how you will work together to meet the diverse learning needs of students in the classroom. Discuss how you will ensure students are engaged and mastering the learning content while implementing your intervention plan.
Part 2: Implement Strategies and Interventions
With your mentor’s permission, work with the same student/s on the lesson discussed in Topic 3 Clinical Field Experience B or a current lesson chosen by the mentor teacher. Implement the engagement strategies and interventions suggested in Clinical Field Experience B.
In addition, discuss your upcoming 3-day unit plan assignment in this topic with your mentor teacher. This assignment is based on the standards and learning objectives from the Topic 2 Social Studies and the Arts assignment. Ask for any suggestions that could help you in completing the Social Studies and the Arts: 3-day Unit Plan.
Spend any remaining field experience hours observing or assisting the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Part 3: Reflection
In 250-300 words, reflect on your small group instruction and discussion with your mentor teacher. Consider the following:
How did the intervention plan support learning in the inclusive classroom? Describe how you meet your students’ needs in a way that promotes human flourishing. Provide specific examples from your implementation but include pseudonyms to protect student identity.
If the lesson was cross-curricular, how did the integrated content areas engage students? If it was not a cross-curricular lesson, how could integrating other content areas better engage students with this lesson?
What guidance or feedback did your mentor teacher provide you on your upcoming 3-day unit plan? How will you incorporate what you observed in your mentor’s classroom and/or their feedback into your unit plan?
