IDEA

What are your current beliefs about what you value within IDEA? IDEA(instruction, discipline, environment, assessment) has influenced the environment of my classroom a great deal. I have enjoyed taking a much closer look at rubrics and scales. I like the flexibility of trying new activities when doing my instruction. What do you hold true in your beliefs about Instruction? I believe that my instructions and rubrics need to be very clear and need to be followed up with students throughout the unit. What do you hold true in your beliefs about your Discipline area or best practice? I believe that art can be appreciated, created, analyzed, imagined and capable by all. What do you hold true in your beliefs about the Environment you create for students? I believe my students need a safe and encouraging environment for them to succeed. What do you hold true in your beliefs about formative and summative Assessment? That both are equally important. There are many ways to assess and students should be assessed both by the teacher and student often. What do you believe to be the important foundational pieces of IDEA? Classroom management, instruction and community in the classroom. What piece of work demonstrates your change in Instruction? The implementation of the iPad was the big change for me. What changes have you made with your Discipline? More choice given in assignments. How have you changed the physical and emotional Environment in your classroom? I have done more activities to get everyone involved with each other. Getting them out of their seats and working with someone they don't know very well. I have limited headphones to create a better community environment. Limiting personal music has made more artistic and social conversing student to student. What changes have you made with formative and summative Assessment? I make assessment a priority and even more so keep the rubric posted and to critique throughout the creation process. Which content within these artifacts supports those beliefs? I would say multiple intelligence makes understanding the project and expectations more clear. I need to be sure to explain the above rubric and critique in ways that all students can understand.