Purpose and Objective

My name is María Edith Jordán Gómez. I am currently a fourth year English

Education student at the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao. This last

semester as BA student, which I anxiously and nervously await, will be my

practice teaching experience.

After three and a half years of studying everything from human growth and

development; principles of language teaching and learning; language acquisition

theories; British, American, Gothic and Young Adult Literature; phonology,

morphology and syntax of the English language; and a variety of methodologies

to facilitate secondary level learning, I can say that I am ready to transfer all of

this knowledge into practice at a real school in a real classroom with real

students.

This blog, which will be my electronic reflective portfolio, will be a

recollection of my experience as a practice teacher. It will serve as evidence of

teaching and learning. This will include: a video of one of my lessons, student

assessments, a sample student portfolio of work from a unit or theme, the

assessment instruments that I will use to evaluate my students, original thematic

units, a nucleus study of my school so I know the facilities my students have

available to them, a group profile to get to know my students a little better, a case

study to take action on an individual case that needs special attention, a special

project to improve the school, classroom, and daily reflections in my life of as a

practice teacher. This blog will also include a Teacher Work Sample (TWS),

with its seven processes and it will be a reflection of my decisions, strengths, and

areas I may need to improve as a teacher. Finally, it will also sample the

manifestation of the four core values within the classroom (diversity, creativity,

leadership, and social transformation).