Running head: ARTIFACT AND REFLECTION INTASC STANDARD 3

Artifact and Reflection INTASC Standard 3

Camryn Huffman

Ivy Tech Community College

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Artifact and Reflection INTASC Standard 3

Artifact:
Motivation Assignment
The first letter in the acronym M.U.S.I.C is M which stands for empowerment. Ms.

Jen does a great job of this. Her students have a great deal of control over their own learning.

When they do work blocks, as they do in the morning and afternoons, she explains the steps and

that is all she does. If a child asks for assistance or is being disruptive, then she may intervene.

Overall, the children work at their own pace. They have the choice of whether or not to get all of

their work done for that work block. The way that Ms. Jen maintains this order is by using a

rewards chart. The children are very serious about this and really wanted to end up on purple,

Super Student, by the end of the day. She simply threatens to move their clips down and the

students respond to that.

The second letter in the acronym M.U.S.I.C is U which stands for usefulness. As I

am observing, it doesnt seem like the children actually understand what they are doing.

Therefore, they dont see the usefulness of the work. I havent seen much improvement since I

started in this classroom. Ms. Jen says that the overall grown of the class is extraordinary, but

since I have not been there all year, I dont quite see it.
The third letter in M.U.S.I.C is S which stands for success. I think the students only

mildly understand what is expected by their teacher. When I have been in Ms. Jens classroom,

they mostly do coloring activities and tracing of letters. They think that their teacher only expects

them to get it done, but really, she doesnt care about that. She just wants it done well. When it

isnt done well, she usually accepts it anyway. I dont think the students put forth their full effort.

They just scurry to get the work done so that they can move on.
The fourth letter in M.U.S.I.C is I which stands for interest. Most of the children do not have

any interest in the work they are presented with. They may enjoy the coloring, but dont gain

anything but fun from it. They want to get it done, but only so that they can move on.
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The final letter in M.U.S.I.C is C which stands for caring. I firmly believe that the children

never doubt that their teacher cares for them. They know that she loves them and would do

anything for them. She wants them to be successful and it shows.

Reflection:
The artifact provided above was an assignment I completed in EDUC250,

Educational Psychology. I completed this assignment while completing my service-learning

hours required for the course. I was required to be at my school for twenty hours over the course

of the semester. By completing this assignment, I was able to assess my service-learning teacher.

I was able to evaluate her teaching styles and what it takes to be a motivating teacher.
INTASC Standard 3 discusses the need for a good learning environment that supports

both individual and collaborative learning. In the artifact above I evaluated my service-learning

teacher using the acronym M.U.S.I.C. M stands for empowerment. U stands for

usefulness. S stands for success. I stands for interest. C stands for caring. By putting these

attributes together, an assessment of my teachers motivational skills were evaluated. My teacher

met all of these; she exceeded in performance. She is very skilled in making children feel like
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they are making a difference. She supports their individual and collaborative learning. This

artifact most definitely correlates to INTASC Standard 3.

This standard leads to many goals being made. A teacher must create a safe, encouraging

learning environment for their students. This is what INTASC Standard 3 is all about. I need to,

as a teacher, find ways in order to encourage active learning. Hopefully by observing within the

classroom, I will become more knowledgeable in this area.