christ the king portfolio

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K A C I E T R A V E R

Welcome to My Portfolio



Cover Letter & Resume

y Thank you for taking the time to look at my information. I look forward to discussing how my

services would be of best fit for Christ the King

School.y Cover Letter

y Resume



Praxis Domains

y The following slides provide examples of proficiency of the Praxis Domains. Additionally, I have added a

link to a professional evaluations, my current license,

and transcripts from my Master¶s Degree. I feel thatthese pieces of evidence demonstrate further proof of

my efficacy as an educator.

y Professional Evaluation

y Ohio Teaching Licensey Master of Educational Technology with a Technology

Integration Specialist



Organizing Content Knowledge for Student Learning

y Two years ago, I was given a new student with a troubledpast. Had I not opened his files, spoken with hisgrandmother, and really learned about this boy, our school

would have let him go. We would have been the 7th schoolin as many years to make that mistake. After many monthsof conversation with case workers, psychiatrists, etc., andsifting though his sorted personal and academic history, wereally got to know what made him tick. He is currently a

thriving sophomore in high school. This student will always be a reminder to me how vitally important it is to find asmuch background about a student as possible.




y Below are examples of lesson plans and teacher-created SMART notebooks. I regularly create my own resources to tailor to the classes with whom I

am working.y Sample Lesson Plan - this is the format I use for all my lessons

y Sample SMART notebook ± a short lesson starter on context clues

y Sample teacher created assessment - a mini-quiz encompassing many higher level thinking questions

y Online Portfolio ± this portfolio is a collection of all my web pagescreated during my Master¶s program. I frequently use many of these

pages for supplemental material for students.

y OAA Power Verb Web page ± I created this page as a supplement forstudents practicing for Ohio Achievement Assessments.




y Below is a web page and scavenger hunt activity Icreated in a graduate class. I use this activity withmiddle school students to help them learn the

process of research without plagiarizing.Plagiarizing is a very difficult concept for students tomaster, so I try to give them ample support in thisparticular area to clarify the subject matter as much

as possible.y Scavenger Hunt web page and activity




y Our district currently uses Scantron testing as ourformal standardized testing. We test twice yearly,once in the fall and again in the spring. After the fall

assessment, I spend a lot of time analyzing scores,looking for class strengths and weaknesses as well asindividual need for remediation or enrichment. Theprogram allows me to tailor what I teach, when I

teach it, and to whom I need to teach certain topics.Using Scantron allows me to better differentiate my teaching to reach all students.



Creating an Environment for Student Learning

y This domain is very fitting in the regular classroom. Obviously, muchof this domain regarding safe physical space and fairness in the

classroom do not fit the virtual setting. However, I have included somepictures of my classroom to show the organization of my room, which

was purposefully set up to aid in student organization, readingselection, and physical space and safety.

(book bins ± separated by genre,

author, series, etc.)(My personal workspace)

(tables with bins for post-its, date

stamp, hole puncher, dictionary)



Teaching for Student Learning

y As a teacher, it is vital to communicate learningexpectations to students. Students should not haveto guess at what they are expected to do. Any time I

give students an assessment or project, I providethem with a rubric, either separate from the projector at the beginning of a written assessment. This isan easy way to clearly express expectations and can

be done in all academic areas.y Sample Rubric




y It is also very important to assess student knowledgethrough a variety of tools. While written assessments areimportant, there are also many other forms that can be justas effective and help to keep students engaged in the

learning process. Below are some examples of student work.

y Sample research paper - a 6th grade student example

y Sample multimedia presentation ± a Utopian Community

project based on The Giver

y Sample digital story - a student written mystery using the elements

discussed while reading The Westing Game




y On a recent planned absence from work, my students werein the middle of writing a non-fiction piece of work and Idid not want to disrupt their flow. The teacher that wascoming in was not very comfortable with the topic, so I

recorded my lesson and left the substitute instructions on what to pass out, when to stop the recording, etc.. It was my first experience with this type of instruction, so it wasdefinitely a novice effort, but the students received the

material and were able to continue with minimalinterruption.

y Recorded lesson plan



Teacher Professionalism

y Below are Letters of Recommendation from fellow educators. I am very lucky that two of these ladies

were not only my co-workers, they are also parents of

past students. Therefore they can attest both to my attributes as a fellow educator and how they view my teaching from a parent perspective.

y Letter of recommendation 1

y Letter of recommendation 2y Letter of recommendation 3




y Parent communication is key to a successful school year. Ialways ensure regular e-mail communication, which is

answered in less than 24 hours, and maintain a website thatis updated daily with announcements and daily homework

and/or send out digital weekly newsletters. I have hadextensive training in moodle and am able to maintain thosesites as well. These communication tools are a much moreeffective and efficient way for our middle school team to

communicate as a whole with parents.




y In addition to the emails and website, I also keep parentsupdated on student progress with online grades. I am

trained in Easy Grade Pro, which allows the exporting of grades to the internet for parent and student viewing. Also,

any communications that I have with parents are logged ina communication journal. This helps if there is ever adiscrepancy in communication and makes for better

personal organization.

y Sample page from communication journal




y As a teacher, it is important to stay current with new trends in education. One way to stay abreast withthe latest academic news is to subscribe to journals.

Currently, I am a member of both the National Middle School Association and theInternational Society f or Technology in

Education. Additionally, I subscribe to RSS feeds

for Educ

au

se, eS chool news, Te

chlearning, and the National Center for Education Statisti cs.



Additional Information

y Thank you again for your time and consideration. Ilook forward to future communication. If you haveany questions, please feel free to contact me using

the following information:

Kacie Traver

Cell Phone: (419)343-3018

Email address: [email protected]

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