16 Nov Create a teacher toolkit using an online tool of your choice
Part of becoming an effective teacher includes gathering valuable tools that you can use in your professional practice. Some lessons end up being incredibly successful, leading to optimal learning, while others require adjustments as you take note of gaps in student learning. As an aspiring educator, it is important to create a toolkit you can refer to when you are in the classroom. Collecting resources, researching new instructional strategies and tools, and collaborating with other educators will be integral to your success as a teacher. As you progress through this program, there will be several assignments that can be used as resources in your future classroom and shared with colleagues.
Part 1: Toolkit
Create a teacher toolkit using an online tool of your choice (e.g., Padlet, Trello, OneNote) and reflect on its use. Throughout this course and your future coursework, you will have opportunities to add artifacts to your toolkit. Your teacher toolkit must include the following:
A clearly labeled structure for organizing future toolkit artifacts into at least five categories that you will be able to refer to when you step into your role as a classroom teacher, such as, standards, learning objectives, assessments, instructional strategies, differentiation, communication, professional development, etc. Include at least five categories.
For each category, create placeholders for a minimum of two artifacts. An artifact can be an assignment you completed in class, or resources in the form of articles, blog posts, and other helpful information you come across during your program. Your goal will be to add these artifacts throughout the remainder of the coursework in your program.
A minimum of two assignments you created in this course and two additional resources must be added to the toolkit as artifacts before submitting.
Part 2: Reflection
In 200-350 words, reflect on the use of the teacher toolkit created. Include the following in your reflection:
Description of how your teacher toolkit was structured and a justification for the structure.
Explanation of how your teacher toolkit can be used to prepare for or support you in your future professional practice.
Discussion of how this teacher toolkit can support collaboration with colleagues locally in your school and globally outside your community.
Note: Future coursework assignments will be suggested as artifacts to add to your toolkit. The artifacts you add in future courses are for your professional practice and will not be submitted as part of your graded assignment.
