5 tasks for the assignment.
in this task and others in this program, you will use Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988) as a framework to respond to observations and experiences. Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle encourages you to think systematically about the phases of an experience or activity, first describing the experience, then addressing how it made you feel, next evaluating and analyzing it, then drawing a conclusion, and finally considering how this experience will apply to your future practice.
Task 1: A. Identify three videos from the attached “Task 1 Video List” found in the “Supporting Documents” section.
Note: When selecting three videos to observe, it may be helpful to read the description available on the web page for each video.
B. Reflect on your video observations by doing the following:
1. Discuss specific examples of how the teachers in the observed videos effectively incorporated the needs of individual learners within their learning environments, including at least one example of each of the following from any of the three videos
• cultural needs
• social needs
• emotional needs
2. Discuss two ways that the teachers could have more effectively incorporated individual learners’ cultural, social, or emotional needs in the learning environments.
3. Discuss two culturally sustaining pedagogy strategies that you could incorporate into your future practice as a teacher.
a. Explain how you can apply the two strategies from B3 in your future classroom.
4. Explain how you could involve your students’ caregivers in the execution of the two strategies from part B3, including one specific example for each strategy from part B3.
5. Explain how you could involve the community in the execution of the two strategies from part B3, including one specific example for each strategy from part B3.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
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Task 2:
Maria is a 13-year-old biracial student whose mother identifies as Hispanic and whose father identifies as African-American. Maria’s father transferred towns for work, which uprooted the family midyear from a large city to a small, rural town. Maria’s new school (a public K-12 setting), much like the community, is predominately white and middle class. The move has resulted in Maria feeling high levels of stress and anxiety..
Additionally, students at her new school dress much differently than students at her old school, which makes Maria stand out. Some of the other students make fun of the way she dresses. She just discovered a social media group called “I Hate Maria” composed of some of her seventh-grade classmates, who have been posting negative comments about her. Recently, students at Maria’s school took cell phone photographs of her buttocks while she was walking in the hall and posted them on the “I Hate Maria” website.
Maria knows that she can talk to her parents, but she doesn’t want to worry them. With all of the stress, Maria is plagued by dark thoughts of killing herself and cannot focus on the lessons being taught in her classes.
A. Identify each of the following elements described in the scenario:
• Maria’s family
• Maria’s community
• Maria’s cultural background
Note: Do not make assumptions, just state the facts.
B. Discuss how you, as a public K-12 teacher, would try to help Maria in a culturally responsive, trauma-informed way by doing the following:
1. Describe one realistic action you would take to help Maria with one of the issues she is facing.
a. Justify how the one action from part B1 would effectively address the issue from part B1 in a culturally responsive and trauma-informed way, including two specific examples.
2. Discuss two ways you would involve Maria’s family in this action.
C. Discuss two specific elements of your own cultural background
1. Discuss two examples of how your cultural background could affect the way you might respond to the issues Maria is facing in the scenario.
Note: Cultural background can include relevant demographic information such as race, or economic background. It can also include other defining characteristics, such as family structure, styles of communication, traditions, or family and community educational norms. You are not required to include details relating to personal experience, traumatic or otherwise. Remember to use language that is not biased or makes assumptions.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission
Task 3:
This task has two parts. For the first part, you will interview an educational professional on topics related to mental health or emotional well-being. For the second part of this task, you will identify a community-based location (e.g., library, community agency) that offers resources to address specific mental health or emotional well-being needs. As a teacher, it is important to be aware of these resources so that you can help your students. You will identify a resource available at that location that addresses mental health or emotional needs and explain how you would apply that resource in your professional practice.
Located in Chandler AZ 85225
Part 1: Interview
A. Conduct an interview with a school-based professional in your community on topics related to mental health or emotional well-being, youth suicide prevention, substance abuse, or child abuse.
Identify the following:
• the interviewee’s name and job title
• the interviewee’s organization
• the date and time of your interview
Note: Do not include any identifying information about students or community members in your submission.
1. As part of your interview, address the following topics:
a. Identify two specific mental health or emotional well-being issues that exist within your school community.
b. Identify one specific school-based resource for each of the identified issues and discuss how each of the resources meets the needs of students.
Part 2: Community Resources
B. Identify one specific community-based location (e.g., Oakville City Library, Foothill Branch) that provides resources to address one of the issues identified in part A1a. Include the street address in your identification.
1. Explain how one specific resource, different than the resources identified in A1b, provided by the community-based location you identified in part B addresses one of the issues identified in part A1a.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Task 4:
A. Complete the “School of Education (SOE) Professional Dispositions and Ethics Self-Assessment Instrument” in the Web Links section below. Use the Print Score Summary button on the final page to save a copy as proof of your Score Summary to submit with this task.
B. Using the results of your self-assessment, describe how you will support your ongoing development as a Next-Gen candidate by doing the following:
1. Choose two of the eight SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics from the list below and explain how you have demonstrated each of them within a professional setting.
• All Individuals Can Learn
• Empathy
• Growth Mindset
• Intellectual Courage
• Belonging
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Communication
2. Choose two of the eight SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics from the list in part B1 and do the following:
a. Describe two action steps you will take to improve your proficiency (one action step for each chosen disposition or ethic).
b. Justify how each action step from prompt B2a will help you develop as a Next-Gen candidate in each SOE Professional Disposition and Ethic that you chose in B2.
C. Choose two SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics from the list in part B1, that you did not use in prompts B1 or B2, and do the following:
1. Explain how you would apply each of the chosen SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics to collaborate with families, caregivers, or the larger community.
2. Explain how application of each of the chosen SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics facilitates learner growth.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Task 5:
Select one of the following hypothetical scenarios:
• a school shooting in a neighboring community
• a student’s suicide
• the divorce of a student’s parents
• a natural disaster in the area that affects the community of your school
• the death or traumatic injury of a student in your classroom, not related to a school shooting
A. Identify the hypothetical scenario you selected and explain the context, including each of the following:
• what happened
• who was involved
• examples of the impact on the community
• examples of how the situation impacts students at home
• examples of how the situation impacts students at school
B. Describe a strategy you would use to help students cope with the scenario from part A.
1. Justify why your strategy would be effective in helping students cope with the scenario at school and at home.
2. Explain one anticipated challenge you might encounter as you implement this strategy in your classroom.
3. Explain how you will overcome this challenge. Include specific examples to support your explanation.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.