Instruction

SERENDIPITY SCHOOLING BLOG

This is blog I wrote dealing with many aspects of classroom instruction.

https://martinsarahe.wixsite.com/website-2



RTI

I designed the following graphic to explain how the RTI process works.



BEST PRACTICES GUIDE:
EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR NEW TEACHERS

The following guide lays out effective instructional strategies for new teachers.

https://www.smore.com/1pkhn



BES LITERACY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

This is a project I completed toward my degree in educational leadership.  I analyzed the Ohio grade card for Bucyrus Elementary school and found deficiencies in literacy achievement.  I also noticed the open enrollment out and severe discipline issues were areas of concern.  Determining that literacy was the are in most need of attention, I administered a staff survey regarding reading, analyzed the results, and created a corrective action plan to help raise reading test scores. 



VOCABULARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I prepared this PowerPoint presentation regarding vocabulary instruction and presented it during a staff professional development session.  Vocabulary was an area of focus for Bucyrus Elementary.  An analysis of the released test questions and results showed an need for a focus on vocabulary in all content areas.



IMPROVING LITERACY SCORES AT BUCYRUS ELEMENTARY

The project completed during my internship was to improve literacy scores at BES.  Below is a PowerPoint presentation I prepared at the end of the project as well as a video of me presenting the PowerPoint.  Additionally, I wrote a paper explaining in detail the analysis, action plan, and results of the project.



WORDS OF THE WEEK

As part of the plan to improve literacy scores, I created a “Word of the Week” PowerPoint presentation for teachers to use in their rooms each week.  Below are several examples of these.