Professional Music Teaching Portfolio

Demonstration of Kansas Music Teacher Standards

1) Teaching 2) Improvisation 3) Composition 4) Performing 5) Analyzing Music
6) Evaluating Music 7) Historical/Cultural 8) Learning Environment 9) Advocate Music
Entry 2) Contextual Factors Entry 3) Teaching Unit Entry 4) Learning Environment Entry 5) Evaluations Entry 6) Logs

Entry #3 : Instructional Unit Plan
Part 1: Learning Goals and Objectives Part 2: Instructional Design Part 3: Integration Skills
Part 4: Assessment Procedures Part 5: Self-Evaluation of Instructional Unit

Part 5: Self-Evaluation of Instructional Unit

Select the learning objectives where your students were the most successful. Provide two or more reasons for this success (Be specific and provide evidence). Consider your objectives, instruction, and assessment along with student characteristics and other contextual factors under your control.

 

Select the learning objectives where your students were least successful. Provide two or more reasons for this lack of success (Be specific and provide evidence). Consider your objectives, instruction, and assessment along with student characteristics and other contextual factors under your control. Explain any mid-unit adaptations you made to enhance learning for all students. Discuss what you could do differently or better in the future to improve your students’ performance.

 

Discuss how and in what context you have communicated with students, parents, and other professionals about your decisions regarding students’ learning and assessment. You must address all three.

 

Demonstrate that you understand the QPA process in use in your school and explain how your efforts as a professional fit into it. How can you contribute to achieving the school’s QPA goals?

 

Reflect on possibilities for professional development. Describe at least two professional learning goals that emerged from your insights gained while teaching this unit. Identify two specific activities you will undertake to improve your performance as a teacher in the critical areas you identified.

 

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