Evaluate Reflection

Standard D: The online teacher promotes student success through clear expectations, prompt responses, and regular feedback.

Standard G: The online teacher demonstrates competencies in creating and implementing assessments in online learning environments in ways that ensure validity and reliability of the instruments and procedures.

Standard H: The online teacher develops and delivers assessments, projects, and assignments that meet standards-based learning goals and assesses learning progress by measuring student achievement of the learning goals.

Standard I: The online teacher demonstrates competency in using data from assessments and other data sources to modify content and to guide student learning.

Answer in a complete paragraph response: How has the Evaluate module prepared you to meet each standard listed above? Link to or provide specific examples from your work in Evaluate. What strategies will you take away from the Evaluate module and apply to your teaching?  What lessons were most beneficial for you?

I have gained a wealth of knowledge to help me meet the standards of teaching online by completing Evaluate.  The Evaluate module has prepared me to meet stands D, G, H, and I.

I was able to meet standard D with Lesson 2: Quality Feedback.  I met standard G with the Lesson  Summative Assessment.  Standard H was met with Evaluate 2 Competencies and Rubrics. Standard I was met with the lesson on Data Driven Instruction and Analysis.   I will take away the strategies of giving quality feedback and the information about summative assessments.  I am new to online teaching and I feel that this entire TOOL course has benefited me well.  I will definitely incorporate more technology into my  live class this school year.   

Evaluate 3 - Self Reflection

Submit evidence of reflection on your individual teaching abilities. Include artifacts, evaluation feedback, your own reflections, e-portfolio links, professional growth plans and anything else that showcases introspection into strengths and weaknesses as an online educator and document all in your individual blog.

Teaching has become my second career.  I am a registered nurse as well.  I never though of teaching, but I have come to love it.  I have been teaching in the classroom now for 3 full years and I am heading into my  forth year.  I really enjoy helping young people reach goals as a CTAE teacher.  I have grown much as a teacher.  I received my teacher certification and training as I taught so my first year of teaching was really rough. I worked really hard and I took a portion of my class online.  We would meet once a week at 5:30 pm and then meet in person 2 times a month.  This experience will help me to be a good online teacher.  I feel that my strengths as a teacher is my support and love for children. This helps me to want to set a good example for them.   As I have completed TOOL, I have to say that one of my weaknesses was using technology. But now, I feel as though I can do anything technical if I have instructions and time.  I have learned so much.  I have never taught online before so if I get this position as a healthcare science instructor, I will have to get used to not seeing the student.  I was chosen to be a mentor teacher at my school.  I received and award from Georgia State University for outstanding student.  This is a link to my e-portfolio which I completed during my first year of  teaching as I was getting certified to teach.  Quiller portfolio 2015 I have come a long way since then and I hope to embark on a new learning experience with Georgia Virtual School as an online teacher.  

Evaluate 3 - Personalized Teaching and Learning

Provide sample data from student results for a course within your field. The data can be entirely theoretical and written out in text form.

Examine your sample student performance data. Create an action plan that you would implement in your classroom to personalize teaching and learning.  Provide both a class and individual approach in your plan.

How could the data be referenced to identify the needs of each student? How could the settings of the LMS be used to create personalized learning paths? How would this data change your teaching plan? How could it help with remediation or enrichment, etc.?

The sample data shows the date and time students signed in and a quiz/test question analysis report. From the data most students performed well on the quiz, however there was one question in with 4/6 students got incorrect.  I can go in and reset the lesson and have the students who missed the question to review the information again.  knowing that on 33% of my students answered the question on the role of spores correctly will make me exam my teaching of this point. I would give different examples in my lecture or find an engaging way to teach this.  The data can help with remediation because I can see who would benefit from more time based on how they did. If I have a student who's data shows he/she is doing well, I may provide an enrichment activity for him/her that is engaging and relevant. 

Evaluate 2 - Rubrics and Competencies

For this section, set up a competency structure using standards for one unit of your sample course. Associate the assignments in that unit with the competency.

Submit both a screenshot of the structure and a detailed explanation of why you created the structure that way. Include a discussion of the various pathways a student may go through to attain the competencies in the unit and document all in your blog.

I crated a competency structure based on the course standard 11.  I attached assignments under each standard that the student should complete before taking the final assessment.  The Main competency is the standard it self.  The assignments go along with what needs to be covered under that standard. 

The student can complete the competency in in order but must complete one at a time.  

Evaluate 2 - Data Driven Instruction & Analysis

How might the teacher adjust the course in the future based on the previous activity of these students? What uses does data have for online instruction? What advantages do teachers who utilize data have over those that do not?

Based on the activity of the students the teacher could determine if students need more time to focus on a particular section of a unit.  The teacher can also tell if she has assigned too much or to little based on the analytics and she can make adjustments for the next class.  Using date to drive the instruction in online learning is extremely important.  The teacher may never see the student in person, but the data can show what the students are doing.  It can be used to show learning gaps and problems, but also to show who is doing well.  Teachers who utilize data have an advantage of seeing how their online student is progressing.  They are able to give feedback that can help the students do better if needed. Those who do not use the data will have to wait or never know why certain methods of teaching did not work.  

Evaluate 1 - Summative Assessments

Showcase an assessment created and include what method was used to assess the validity, reliability, and security.

Answer: What process was used to determine the validity, reliability, and security of the assessment? What was the result?

I am going to showcase a test from a LMS called Helathcenter21.  I will show various screenshots of the process used to determine the validity, reliability, and security of the assessment.  I normally use the test provided but I used the create exam feature for this artifact. 

To determine validity, I am able to go into courses and then settings and there I can use the pacing feature to direct when the student will have access to the exam. I can also go in manually and close and open quizzes, tests, and modules.  This keeps the student from testing or taking a quiz before I feel they have completed the work. In my live class, I open only what I want the student to work on during a particular time. I allow them to access the online worksheet and I can see how long they have been working.   When everyone has finished, I go over the information with them and I open the quiz and test when I want them to take them.  I can also close the modules when they are not in class and I do that until we are reviewing for final testing.  

The reliability can be checked in Healthcenter21 by going to reports and there I can pull up  analysis reports. 

The security of the assessment is not as good as I have learned it should be.  This works well in a live setting because I am there to watch the student take the test and I give them a time.  The sign in does show who is signed in as a user.   I can limit the number of attempts the student has to test.  This works well in a blended class, but the security is not enough for an online  summative assessment.  

Evaluate 1 - Quality Feedback

In your blog, provide or create a student work sample and accompanying feedback that showcases some of the expectations listed below and offers a sound example of quality, authentic feedback. In particular, your feedback should demonstrate the bulleted items below.Instructor clearly strives to assist all students in meeting and exceeding expectations and considers feedback as the cornerstone of that success.

Encouraging, customized feedback which propels the student to strive for better performance or for deeper thought and application.

Student data drives the feedback provided as individual feedback, as well as the class as a whole.

Teacher is not only assessing current progress on individual items, but is also analyzing each student’s continuous progress from grade item to grade item.

Instructor clearly strives to assist all students in meeting and exceeding expectations and considers feedback as the cornerstone of that success.

Provide a student work sample and accompanying feedback.

Why is it important for an instructor to consider student performance data when providing feedback?  How can feedback be both observational and instructional?

It is important for the instructor to consider student performance data when providing feedback because student data drives the feedback and will motivate the student to want to be successful. The feedback can be both observational and instructional when the teacher uses the feedback as a time to give additional instruction.  The teacher may give the student a link to an article or a resource to use to help the student master the content being studied. 

Student work sample and feedback.

Jesse you answered questions well during our discussion. I see that you had trouble with the question on tuberculosis and droplet precautions. Be mindful when the question ask      " which is NOT".  Please go back and review the module and the CDC website.  I am going to reset your quiz and give you the opportunity to retake this quiz. Your grade will be an average of the two.  I really want you to know this well, because we will use this on a daily basis in the work force. I know you can do it.