Vince Laverick vlaverick12gmailcom March 5 2015 OCTEO Conference Why the topic Informal conversations with cooperating teachers All but one said they were no longer taking student teachers 5 of 6 ID: 675129
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Student Teachers in the Reflective Practice of Cooperating Teachers and the Connection to High Stakes Testing
Vince Laverick
vlaverick12@gmail.com
March 5, 2015
OCTEO ConferenceSlide2
Why the topic?Informal conversations with cooperating teachersAll but one said they were no longer taking student teachers- 5 of 6Slide3
Problem?OTESCooperating teachers did not want personal evaluation affected by student teacher.Slide4
So…Student teachers had to offer some benefit to cooperating teachers beyond intrinsic.Slide5
Seems like a problem“The student teacher experience has been identified as one of the most influential factors in preparing beginning
teachers” (Hertzog &
O’Rode
, 2011).Slide6
Reflection Theory Used
“...a
meaning-making process that moves a learner from one experience into the next with deeper understanding of its relationships with and connections to other experiences and ideas
.”
“…
a systematic, rigorous, disciplined way of thinking, with its roots in scientific inquiry
.”
“…
needs to happen in community, in interaction with others
.”
“…
requires attitudes that value the personal and intellectual growth of oneself and of others
.” (Rodgers, 2002, p.845) Slide7
So, I thought of the Reflective Benefit
“Even with all of the benefits of and importance placed on reflection, there are still several barriers that teachers face when they try to reflect on their teaching. Teachers are often isolated, the only adult in a room with twenty or thirty or more children” (
Morgret
,
n.d.
)Slide8
Matches My ResearchCooperating teachers indicated they reflect 1-3 times with other educators per day
Median time indicated was 2-5 minutes in totalSlide9
However,…Qualitative data indicated:All defined reflection as a personal activity
“
Reflection is looking back at your lesson/unit and deciding what went well and what could use more work for improvement
.”
“
After a lesson reflection is an evaluation of what worked and what did not. What should be enhanced and what should be fixed
.”Slide10
DisconnectLacks two items of community and improving self/others Not enough time to effectively reflect in K-12 classroomSlide11
Connection to Test ScoresCollaboration between educators and time for reflection has shown a direct increase in test scores (Hargreaves & Shirley, 2012) Slide12
Student Teachers Fill the VoidSatisfies areas for reflection to occur with healthy student teacher/cooperating teacher relationshipSlide13
Missing DataCurrently, no data on this area with current PARCC test in Ohio
Will need to be addressed
Does a teacher’s test results go down when a student teacher is present?Slide14
SourcesHargreaves, A., & Shirley, D. (2012).
The global fourth way: The quest for educational excellence
. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
.
Hertzog
, H.S. &
O’Rode
, N.O. (2011). Improving the quality of elementary mathematics student teaching: Using field support materials to develop reflective practice in student teachers.
Teacher Education Quarterly,38
(3), 89-111
.
Morgret
, K. (
n.d.
). Developing an online community for
preservice
and
inservice
teachers.
Online Learning.
Rodgers
, C. (2002). Defining reflection: Another look at John Dewey and reflective thinking.
Teachers College Record
, 104(4), 842-866
.Slide15
Questions?