Artifact Title: Daily Schedule

Date: Spring 2013

Artifact Description

This artifact is a sample daily schedule. I created this schedule as an assignment for my
Administrations and Family Relations in Early Childhood class. I completed this during
my Spring Semester.

Alignment:

Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment:

This experience best aligns with Standard 5: Learning Environment- The teacher uses an
understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning
environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning
and self-motivation.

This best aligns with Standard 5 because this daily schedule represents theoretical
time allotments for classes and time of instruction, all of the content ideas and plans
would be implemented during my times of instruction and community building in any
classroom I may have in the future. I believe community building in a classroom with
peers is imperative, as it also encourages social interaction and group motivation amongst
the class. There are many activities I personally created that I would implement to
introduce instructional times in the classroom which promote engagement amongst our
classroom community.

I am more competent relative to this standard as a result of creating this daily
classroom schedule because I created a schedule friendly to a students needs, but that
could also immerse and engage them with their peers and what was going on in the
classroom. It was also a chance to create activities that would bring my classroom
together as a whole, encouraging each other in all aspects.

UW-Platteville Knowledge, Skill and Disposition Alignment


This experience best aligns with KSD2.b.-Establishes a Culture for Learning- The
candidate can create a classroom environment that established and maintains high
expectations for all students to value content of course work, take pride in work by
initiating improvements, and help peers.

The experience of creating this daily schedule and the most specific contents
allowed me to make my schedule to be engaging, encouraging, thoughtful, meaningful,
responsible and comfortable. All the activities outlined in my daily schedule are meant to
be engaging for students, helping peers and building a community amongst the whole
class and working together to learn as much as they can. As I created this classroom
daily schedule, I understood that the students need to become engaged and motivated to
learn and work together, because I was able to reflect on my own learning experiences
and the things my past teachers did to engage their students and get us excited about our
day full of learning. The importance of this realization has made me aware of just how
important the learning environment is just as much as the content or subjects being
taught.

I am more competent after this experience because I understand the principles of
the effective classroom management within a daily schedule. I can use a range of
strategies to promote positive relationship, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the
classroom.

Secondary KSDs:

KSD2.c.-Manages Classroom Procedures
KS3.c.-Engages Students in Learning

Reflection

What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience:

What I learned most in creating a daily schedule for how my future classroom may be
conducted is the importance of keeping students engaged. In creating interactive,
meaningful transitions, anticipatory activities and content specific instructional activities,
my students will learn to become a community, encourage one another, learn
meaningfully from contextual instruction and stay motivated to learn. In creating this
daily schedule, and realizing some very realistic blocks of time dedicated to specific
content areas, I understood how important it is for my students to learn in a comfortable,
warm welcoming, non-judgmental environment, and that such a place would only
stimulate their desire to continue learning.

What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience:

What I learned about myself as a prospective educator in creating a daily schedule for
students is the level of engagement of the environment; including my students thoughts
and ideas into every discussion and area of study each and every day. Creating an
engaging environment that is encouraging and understanding of everyone involved, will
only promote better learning and comprehension and create eager learners.