INTASC STANDARD #1 1(b)- The teacher creates
developmentally
appropriate instruction
LEARNER DEVELOPMENT that takes into account
individual learners’
The teacher understands how strengths, interests, and
learners grow and develop, needs that enables each
recognizing that patterns of
learner to advance and
learning and development
vary individually within and accelerate his/ her
across the cognitive, learning.
linguistic, social, emotional,
and physical areas, and
designs and implements
developmentally appropriate
and challenging learning
experiences.
NARRATIVE EVIDENCE REFLECTION
While student teaching, I Through charades, reader’s It is very clear to me that
was constantly looking for theatre, scavenger hunts, students get the most out of
ways to make the content and implementing music instruction when it is made
relevant to the students and art daily, a wide range relevant to their lives and
and use their interests to of strengths and interests their interests are
keep them actively were addressed. I also put incorporated. Students were
engaged. After building together individual early often singing the songs I
solid relationships with finisher packets that were played (about coins,
each student, I was able specifically tailored to the homophones, etc.) or
to dial in on each of their likes and strengths of each recalling certain activities
interests and strengths that student, which ultimately when working to help them
maximized instruction. accelerated learning. arrive at the correct answer.