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K. Suk
EDUC 230-02 Education Field Experience
Spring 2019
Planning Rationale Statement
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by
drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy,
as well as knowledge of learners and the community context ((New Jersey Department of
Course: EDUC 230-02 Education Field Experience and EDUC 212-01 Foundations of
Education
Rational Statement:
The artifacts being used are observations discussing curriculum and planning lessons. These
observations discuss how the teachers I was working with plan for their lessons. They both talk
about what curriculum these teachers use, and how they apply it into their lesson plans. I related
these artifacts to standard 7.i.1 “The teacher individually and collaboratively selects and creates
learning experiences that are appropriate for curriculum goals and content standards, and are
relevant to learners.” (New Jersey Department of Education, 2014, pg. 9). My cooperating
teacher at the private explained to me how he uses their school’s curriculum as a checklist of
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what needs to be learned by the end of the school year. He has the freedom to incorporate skills
into any lesson. My teacher creates his lesson by theme, and extends them throughout different
subject areas. This keeps the information more relevant to them, as it is being taught daily and
relates throughout their different subjects. My cooperating teacher plans his lessons out weekly,
and fine tunes the details on a daily basis. He makes sure that his lessons are appropriate, and are
also keeping the students engaged. At the preschool, the teacher I worked with uses online gold
curriculum. It created a portfolio for each individual child. She would set goals for each student
and the curriculum would tell her how to work on getting the students to reach their goals. She
creates her own lessons but will sometimes use creative curriculum lessons as well. She would
plan a big lesson first, then break it down weekly and daily. We can see commonalities between
These artifacts showed me how different the curriculum is set up for private schools
versus public schools. This private school does not have to follow any of New Jersey’s teaching
standards. This school has set their own curriculum. This was done by past and current teachers,
and gets changed accordingly. The teachers are able to get more creative and use the school’s
curriculum however they please. My teacher uses a cross curriculum method, which I have not
seen before. I have seen lessons that slightly incorporate other subjects. This teacher takes a full
lesson and is able to use it throughout language arts, science and social studies. His lesson
themes also go on for over a month, and he will add on to it if his students show a particular
interest in any aspects of the lesson. My teacher adjusts his lessons accordingly, making sure the
lesson is still age appropriate, and is covering the curriculum. Getting to have this discussion
about curriculum and lesson planning with my cooperating teacher has introduced me to new
ways of coming up with lesson plan ideas and being able to incorporate the curriculum
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appropriately. The preschool teacher I worked with follows creative curriculum standards and
submits lesson plans weekly. Though their curriculum is very different, their methods of
I can use these artifacts in the future as a tool to implement different lesson planning
skills. The way my cooperating teacher at the private school presents his lessons and includes the
appropriate curriculum is different than what I have seen before. Having the knowledge about
different ways to create lessons and present them to students will come in handy throughout my
teaching experience. The preschool teacher I have worked with previously showed me how to
plan lessons based on standards. Every school and every teacher is different. Everyone will have
a different teaching style, and sharing these skills and learning them from different teachers helps
students become more successful in the classroom. Many students need a few different teaching
styles. Being introduced to my cooperating teachers’ style of creating lessons and sharing them
Reference:
New Jersey Department of Education. (2014, April 1). New Jersey Professional Standards for
https://www.state.nj.us/education/profdev/profstand/ProfStandardsforTeachersAlignment
withInTASC.pdf