Allison Pfeiffer Professor Sheehan Final Growth Statement December 3, 2013

After reflecting back on this semester, I feel that I have learne a lot! "ver# semester I have walke awa# from at $anhattan %ollege has hel&e me become a stronger an more intelligent teacher! 'his class is not ifferent! I have learne abo(t the im&ortance of anal#)ing ata an (sing it to create effective lesson &lans an (nits! 'his was m# first class where I was onl# learning abo(t the assessment &art of teaching! $ost of m# other classes were on metho olog# an &e agog#! It was interesting to learn something that was not isc(sse , in e&th, earlier in m# college career! *ne of the most infl(ential lessons I learne in this class was abo(t +tI, +es&onse to Intervention! I learne how im&ortant it is to tier the st( ents accor ingl#! In m# math &rogram that I am (sing at school, the tiers are alrea # set (& for (s an allowing (s to reteach lessons an give the st( ents the hel& the# nee ! I also like en,o#ing abo(t the referral &rocess necessar# when recommen ing a st( ent to s&ecial e (cation! I was not aware of the e-tensive &rocess that was necessar#! It has hel&e me this #ear while observing a chil in m# class that is constantl# falling behin the class! I have recor e things that she has sai an i an m# reaction to her behavior!

! At the school that I am c(rrentl# teaching at, P!S! 30. in 'hroggs /eck, we (se a lot of o(r ata to ictate how an what we teach! It was goo &ractice for me to be activel# learning this in m# fiel work b(t also learning abo(t it in the classroom! I like

(sing a test like the 0IA'1III beca(se it allowe me to get e-&erience with a formal test an something ifferent than normal tests I (se in the classroom! It was beneficial beca(se it gave me the o&&ort(nit# to learn something new! It also allowe me to assess someone formall# b# following e-act irections an &rom&ts! I en,o#e anal#)ing this ata as well, beca(se I ha not ha &ractice in oing that! %onverting the scores to fin a stan ar score was interesting beca(se I was able to see where m# st( ent2s scores line (& with other chil ren that were her age an gra e level! *verall, I think I walke awa# from this co(rse a m(ch more &re&are teacher! All of the information an lessons I was ta(ght, will be e-tremel# beneficial for me in the f(t(re while teaching! I look forwar to contin(ing this co(rse, while contin(ing m# teaching e-&erience, so that I can contrib(te more to the class an relate the information that I am learning to m# active involvement at m# school! I look forwar in learning more abo(t I"P2s an the &rocess an ste&s necessar# to take in or er to write one, anal#)e one an contrib(te to one!