Clinical Field Experience B: Educational Goals

1. Clinical Field Experience B: Educational Goals

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Review the “Student Personal Educational Goal Setting Form” to complete this assignment.

Modeling and guiding students through the goal setting process can be a time consuming, but extremely valuable experience. The deeper the understanding that students have, and the more practice they get, the more natural goal setting and self-assessment will become.

Part 1: Educational Goals

For this field experience, you will be working in the same classroom setting as in Clinical Field Experience A. Observe a math or English language arts lesson and identify the learning objectives delivered during instruction.

Following your observation, work with your mentor teacher to identify a small group of 2-3 students. Guide them through the process of setting educational goals directly related to the learning objectives identified in the lesson.

Have a discussion with the students about their understanding of the learning objectives. Use the “Student Personal Educational Goal Setting Form” to guide each student independently to set educational goals from the learning objectives. Reflect with students individually through this process, guiding them to formulate their own educational goals. Complete a “Student Personal Educational Goal Setting Form” for each student in your small group.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your experience guiding the students through setting their personal education goals.

• How does this process foster student ownership and independence in their own learning?
• What is the correlation between creating personal education goals and self-directed learning?
• How can you use this process in your future professional practice?

Submit the “Student Personal Educational Goal Setting Form” and reflection as one deliverable.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

2. Learning Objectives versus Personal Educational Goals

Identifying the correlation between learning objectives and educational goals is crucial in guiding students to take ownership of their learning. Educational goals are broader and long-term, whereas learning objectives are specific and short-term.

Fostering student ownership helps students to understand and set long-term educational goals to continuously monitor their own learning. This process allows students to participate in assessing their own progress and helps the teacher in adjusting learning outcomes.

Review the “Learning Plan Template” to complete this assignment.

Complete Part 3: Learning Objectives versus Educational Goals

Part 1: Learning Objectives versus Personal Educational Goals

Using the grade level, academic standard, and learning objectives from your Clinical Field Experience A observation, create a long-term individual educational goal.

Along with creating a long-term educational goal, develop one formative assessment and one summative assessment to check for understanding and complete “Part 2: Learning Objectives versus Educational Goals.”

Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, research and reflect on the correlation between learning objectives and educational goals. Consider the following in your reflection:

• What is the significance of engaging students in achieving their educational goals?
• How can formative and summative assessments support the desired learning outcomes to achieve long-term goals and drive modifications in instruction to meet student needs?
• How do assessments help to develop appropriate differentiation based on students learning needs?
• Does the teacher have a personal responsibility to align instruction with goals?
• When setting educational goals, why is it important to consider input from students, colleagues, families, and the community?
• Research and provide an example of how technology can provide learning experiences and assessments that inform instruction and involve students in goal-setting, ownership of learning, and progress monitoring.

Support your findings with at least three scholarly resources.

Submit the “Learning Plan Template” with your reflection as one deliverable.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.