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// An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics. // Name -David DeWitt School -Sterling Intermediate School Teaching assignment - 7th grade math Describe your student population (approximate number, ethnicity, language, etc) Describe your teaching change ** What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) you like to improve? I would like to improve hispanic student achievement and increase student interest in their own growth. Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics. Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change. Technology could help student learning by increasing interest and meeting the needs of their learning styles. Kids might be willing to do more math investigations if they were done on a computer. Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively). I would like to create lesson plans using technology(either virtual or fathom) in areas where kids usually stuggle. I will use these lessons plans as a supplement in teaching problem targets. I will also like to create extensions using technology in areas where kids have mastered the targets. Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals. These actions may or may not use technology but if they do not use technology, explain why technology is or is not the best teaching tool for your teaching change.
 * Action Plan **
 * Describe your teaching situation **
 * 690 in 5-7, 24% hispanic, 43% free and reduced
 * Set Teaching Goals **
 * Describe Teaching Actions **

I believe we need to communicate using as many different styles as possible. Right now I use visual through the projector or whiteboard and speaking through what I say. I also use powerpoint on the computer for problem solving and warm-ups. I think the more I can use the computer and projector this year to show kids lessons and activities will help student achievement because they are seeing a different way of presenting information. Fathom and virtual activity websites are two ways to do this. Identify how you are going to assess each of your teaching goals (simple method of collecting information to see if your teach goals was met). NWEA strand assessments would be one way or I could use a pre and post test wrapped around lessons. Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data
 * Assess Teaching Goals **
 * Timeline **

I will plan my lessons so they flow into the unit I am teaching. In the past number sense has been taught during the beginning of the year, then algebra, measurement, geometry, and then stats and probability. This year with a new version of our targets there is more overlap of targets and algebraic reasoning is toward the beginning with number sense and so on. What this means is I can probably incorporate my technology lessons at any time. I think I will try to incorporate them toward the end of the 1st quarter. This way I can make modificaitons for future lessons based on my evaluations of my first few lessons. Feedback from students and other teachers will be essential. Write a reflection on the results of your action plan. What was difficult? What worked well? How did your students react to the changes you made? What was the impact on student learning?
 * Reflection **