kah553

PGP Sample

Reflection on the Year in Education

This may not be my first year in Education, but it has been a year of many firsts. This was my first time getting to teach in a city school, my first time engaging in sanctions, my first time taking on-line classes, my first time letting my grades go, my first time teaching a classroomContinue reading “Reflection on the Year in Education”

My Teaching Philosophy

As an early years teacher the most important aspect of my teaching philosophy is relationships. I believe relationships are the central point to becoming an effective teacher. If a teacher does not have positive relationships with students, students are going to be more reluctant to learn in their class. An important aspect to building relationshipsContinue reading “My Teaching Philosophy”

Assessment

Assessment is a vital aspect to teaching. It is the way to prove or disprove whether a student is meeting curricular outcomes and indicators. There are 3 types of assessment: for, as, and of. Assessment for learning is essentially the pre-learning, finding out what students already know about a topic. This assessment can be formativeContinue reading “Assessment”

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated instruction is extremely important for students as students have very unique qualities and learn different ways. As a teacher you want your instruction to reach each student the same, though we know that doesn’t happen and isn’t practical. One of the most important factors in differentiating is student interest. This is where relationships areContinue reading “Differentiated Instruction”

Personal Learning Style

According to the VARK test I am a multimodial learner (visual and kinesthetic). I believe this is very true based on my personal reflections of how I enjoy learning. I believe this due to the fact when I am stuck on an exam or test, I will use my pencil to draw out in theContinue reading “Personal Learning Style”

How would knowing your students personalities affect you as a teacher?

We as a group came up with this question when we were talking in class and comparing our personalities. I am really happy that my peer brought up this question because it is so important that we apply our learning to our future teaching. My answer to this question is it’s about the bigger picture.Continue reading “How would knowing your students personalities affect you as a teacher?”

Modified Curricula

This week was a week of learning a lot of new things. The biggest being the learnings around modified curricula. I learned modified curriculum in only available in grades 10-12 and must be approved through ministry. It is not an easy process and requires a discussion between ministry, school, parents, and student. As well asContinue reading “Modified Curricula”

Comparison of Manitoba’s and Saskatchewan’s Curriculum

I compared the grade 10 Science curriculum’s of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I found Manitoba’s curriculum hard to find in the beginning, and once I did find it, it was split into multiple PDF’s that I had to download individually to read through. The overall documents were not as in depth or visually appealing though theyContinue reading “Comparison of Manitoba’s and Saskatchewan’s Curriculum”

Unit Plan Sample

Understanding by Design Long Range Planning Template (not formatted in this document properly) Kindergarten (See Appendix 1 for Principles of Early Learning.) Title of program design, project, inquiry, or ECD domain Getting to Know Each Other Time Frame 4 weeks (8, 25 minute periods) Developed By Kaylin Hall Stage 1 – IdentifyContinue reading “Unit Plan Sample”