Assignment:
Discussion
Analyzing Accomplished Teaching and Assessment Practices and Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses in Practice
"Standard V: Assessing Children's Development and Learning" and the "Architecture of Accomplished Teaching from the National Board" from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) (2012) outline the best practices for teaching young children. Along with "Purposes for Assessment" from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (2009), these documents provide a foundation for assessment and analysis of data.
In this Discussion, you will examine your personal strengths and challenges in your assessment practice. You will conduct research and provide information on how to improve your own practice, as well as share this information with others. You will begin to serve as a critical friend to your peers as you suggest resources for their benefit.
To prepare:
• Analyze each element of the "Architecture of Accomplished Teaching," "Standard V: Assessing Children's Development and Learning," and "Purposes for Assessment"
• Then, read the two Bagnato (2011, 2014) articles.
• Finally, review the material from Week 1 Discussion.
Assignment Task Part 1:
Post the following:
• Identify three personal strengths and three challenges in your current assessment practices/teaching. Give examples from your own practice.
• Identify how you can develop two of your areas of weakness.
• Use external research (a minimum of two resources) to support your statements regarding improvement.
• Include in your discussion the NAEYC "Purposes for Assessment."
Assignment Task Part 2:
Read a selection of your colleagues' postings.
Respond to two of your colleaguesin 125 words or morewhose posts are different from yours in the following three ways:
A. Select a colleague who has chosen a challenge you identified as your strength. Use examples from your personal practice to demonstrate how you meet this element. Suggest an external resource to support growth in this area.
B. Select a colleague who has chosen a challenge which you have also identified as a challenge. In your initial post, you were asked to find research to support your statements on how to develop the areas you find personally challenging. Select one of these articles and summarize its main points. Explain how this information can help you grow in this area.
C. Serve as a critical friend to a colleague and suggest an article for his or her benefit. You may elect to choose colleague A or B or select a third colleague for this post.
Note: Cite appropriate references in APA format to substantiate your thinking.