1 Teaching Portfolio 2000-2003 Michelle S. Hayes Inman Middle School Atlanta, GA Home Educational Philosophy Content Knowledge Teaching Methods Assessment

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Teaching Portfolio2000-2003

Michelle S. HayesInman Middle SchoolAtlanta, GA

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Biographical Sketch

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Educational Philosophy

One of my greatest desires for my students is that they realize the relevancy of learning in their lives…they are not empty urns to be filled…we are all consumers and producers of knowledge in the classroom…we all have a lot to share and much to learn… We will be learning from and with each other -I assure them - because I am their teacher as they are mine… Home | Philosophy | Content Knowledge | Teaching Methods | Assessment Processes

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Content Knowledge

Includes skills, processes, and ideas that are selected, organized, and presented using varied methods and

strategies.

Students learn about figurative language with everyday objects that I brought to class: an apple, a cucumber, a lemon, coffee and tea. Then they created their own.

“My grandmother is cool like the underside of my pillow.”

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Teaching Methods

Conor rebuilt The Parthenon

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Differentiated to maximize the learning experience, to incorporate various learning styles, and to address the abilities of diverse learners. Supports a student-centered learning

environment.

We'll never know, but we must try to imagine the plight of the children.

“I didn’t think that having no lights, sitting close together, crossing-your-legs and hands-under-thighs really stimulated the slave ship, but….”

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Assessment ProcessesDiagnostic, learning, and teachingtools allow students, parents, and teachers to identify areas that are strong, as well as those that need support. In this way, the curriculum may be adapted to the students when necessary. Varied assessment strategies are a valuable way of acknowledging different intelligences and learning styles.


Name___________________________________________________Date_____________________ Core Group ____________________________________Grade__________________________ Instructor: _____Ms. Hayes______________Parent's Signature_____________________________ Read all of the direction carefully as I read them aloud. Be sure to use correct spelling – it matters. Communicating while the test is distributed will result in a zero grade. No exceptions

Match the terms and definitions by inserting the correct letter response from the right column onto the line adjacent to the numbers. ___1. Protagonist A. character who undergoes no change ___2. Antagonist B. French term for type or category of literature or art ___3. Plot C. time and place of a story, a poem, or a play ___4. Genre D. the person, idea, or forces opposing the protagonist ___5. Dynamic character E. the vantage point from which a story is told ___6. Static character F. arise as the character takes steps to resolve the conflict ___7. Complication G. the main character and focus of the story ___8. Setting H. character who undergoes great change ___9. Point-of-view I. series of related events that make up a story ___10. Exposition J. introduction of the characters, the setting, and the background

Fill in the blank: A prepositional phrase begins with a (11.) _________________ and ends with a (12.)______________ or (13.) ____________________ called the (14.) _____________________________________________. A preposition shows the relationship between its (15.) ________________ and some other word in the sen-tence.

Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence. Underline the preposition and its object(s). This is the same process demonstrated in class.

16. You need a calculator for that problem.

17. During the sale, my mother purchased a new blouse and some earrings.

18. The child grabbed the toy from his brother.

19. Set the groceries by the microwave oven.

20. At that restaurant the waiters carry large trays.

Daily journal writing

Book responses

Formative test

Parental assessments

Rubrics

Peer assessment

Contracts

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Journal Prompts

What shapes or molds our personalities more (who we are, how we think, etc.) - our social experiences or our biological makeup (nurture vs. nature)? 8/14 What would you do if you knew your fate? Would you attempt to accept it or try to change it? ~ “Medusa’s Head” (Coolidge) 8/19 Has television replaced the bedtime story? Are we more influenced by the stories we read or the shows we see? 8/26

With the development of cloning, the notion of duplicating or prolonging someone’s life is no longer just the subject of movies and myths (explain). Do you think cloning is the modern man’s miracle or his madness? ~ “Pygmalion and Galatea” 8/27

What’s more important: the face and form of the one you love or his or her heart and soul? ~ “Baucis and Philemon” / “Cupid and Psyche” 8/28 Can you imagine an invited guest in your home stealing something precious from your household? How would you feel and what would you do? ~ The Iliad (Homer) 9/3 Has the meaning of the word hero changed since ancient times? How would our culture de-fine hero? What is a hero to you?

~ The Odyssey (Homer) 9/11

What’s more honorable-duty to your family or service to your country? the individual or the society? How might the ancient Greeks have responded to these questions?

~ The Odyssey (Homer) 9/12

Research asserts that a person’s name can determine their fate. What do you think? Does ones name make the person, or does the person make the name? ~ The Odyssey (Homer) 9/23 Do you think women and men command the same respect in our society? Or, is it still “a man’s world”? ~ The Odyssey (Homer) 9/30 If you had to choose between great physical strength and immeasurable mental prowess, which would you choose and why?

~ The Odyssey (Homer)

Journals are assessed for content and critical thinking, not writing mechanics.The role they serve in the classroom is one of supporting dialogue. The are invaluable.


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Professional Growth and Development

“We have found that when professional development and technical assistance start with a …strategy that the teachers believe will benefit their students…and then help teachers discover ways technology is a tool that supports the strategy, teachers are usually eager to try both the new instructional strategy and the technology.”

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Partial listing of Professional Development 20 Clock Hours (under construction)

Module Course Hours/SDU's satis-fied

Date Completed Instructor

Modern Red Schoolhouse 20/0 1/07/02

Social Work Services and Child Abuse 10/30/01 Jamison

Tenure Workshop 10/30/01 Dr. Cheatham

Atlanta Teacher Evaluation Process - ATEP 10/04/01 Dr. Cheatham

Portfolio Workshop 10/04/01 Dr. Cheatham

AIDS/HIV Workshop 8/21/01 Norman

Child Abuse Workshop 8/6/01 Jamison

Safe Schools Workshop Fall '01 Dr. Cheatham

Discipline Workshop 8/6/01 Dr. Cheatham

Core Knowledge Foundation 20/0 08/03/01 Matthews

Project Challenge 50 5/17/01 Jones & Hill

Standards Based Curriculum 1.0 11/29/00

Quality Work 1/0 11/01/00

Foundations of Reading Workshop 04 Fall '00 Atlanta Speech School

Coaching Forensics - 991110 32 7/28/99 Maddox

Microsoft Office 5 11/9/98 Rhoney

Everything You Want To Know About Using The New Social Studies textbook - 991348

2.5 6/11/99 P. E.

Lightspan 7.5 Baker

Multicultural Education in Our Schools - 990516

5/0 3/25/99

African and African-American Infusion - 990202

10/1 2/8/99

Behavior Management - 990384 1/21/99 Greiner

The Urban Child - 990376 3/0 1/20/99

National Reading Styles Institute - 400093 10/1 11/18/99

New Employee Mentor Workshop - 999081 12/10/98 M. S. Bouldin

Sexual Harassment Awareness - 999242 2/0 10/21/98

New Employee Orientation - 999386 25/0 8/17/98


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Technology and Multimedia

“Technology is changing the way we think about and teach literacy.”

~ Dana L. Grisham

My class web page has become indispensable. It provides access to announcements, class resources, homework, and online sources. It has become one of my most prized tools of communication

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Visit my original portfolio! There you’ll find links to many of my

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The Harlem Renaissance

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Oral and Written Communication

Technology has literally transformed the contemporary classroom…The computer has provided students and educators a virtual multimedia classroom. Sophisticated technology, made user friendly, has made it possible for the vast array of information to be a click of a button away. For teachers and students it is spectacular.

RE: Inman visit Dear Ms. Hayes, We thoroughly enjoyed the visit to Inman this morning. I believe both Secretary Paige and Gover-nor Perdue were very impressed with the caliber of teaching and learning that is taking place. You and your students are to be commended for the high quality of work that is so evident in your classroom. I hope to visit again and spend some more time in the near future. Sincerely, Beverly Hall

-----Original Message----- From: Michelle Hayes Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:12 PM To: Beverly L. Hall Subject: Inman visit Greetings Dr. Hall: It was a delight to have you visit our classroom today. My students and I hope that you found the visit as pleasurable as we did. Thanks for all you do for Inman and for the Atlanta Public Schools. Faithfully, Michelle S. Hayes Inman Middle School


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A congratulatory email from Dr. Hall after Sec. Paige and Gov. Perdue’s visit.

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Oral and Written Communication

Parents and students really

utilize the Homework Info-line maintained by the PTA. Reportedly, my mailbox receives more hits than any other.


Biographical Sketch

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Biographical Sketch ~ Excerpt

Through community-based organizations (e.g., PTA’s, Apple Corps, The Council of Intown Neighborhood Schools, The Atlanta Project) Michelle came to understand the administrative and political infrastructure which affects children and educators. She shared the platform with Governor Zell Miller when he launched his technology initiatives for the state of Georgia. She grew passionate in her belief that each of us has the responsibility of insuring that initiatives translate into richer learning environments for children, instead of political rhetoric; each of us shares in the responsibility of coping with the challenges facing public schools, instead of abandoning them; each of us is charged with the mission to procure engaging learning that is joyous for all children, instead of teaching that castrates their love of life and literacy.

“The knowledge that I acquired at Agnes Scott College through the teacher education program and my commitment to scholarship, have enabled me to see myself as a facilitator for children on that journey to selfhood that we call education. ”


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