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Content on this page developed by: Mark Jones, Brenda Maloonly, Brenda Schipper, Megan Thompson, NICL Student Teaching Center 2002, Nick Pace, Coordinator, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA.  Page content last modified November, 2002.


A Student Teacher's Guide to Completing the Teacher Work Sample


A Student Teacher's Guide to Completing the Teacher Work Sample

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 CONTEXUAL FACTORS LEARNING GOALS ASSESSMENT PLAN
DESIGN FOR INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL DECISION MAKING ANALYSIS OF STUDENT LEARNING REFLECTION AND SELF-EVALUATION



In Reflection, the focus of your writing is not what happened, but rather why it happened and how it will influence your instruction in the future. 

Analysis of Student Learning

Creating computer generated graphs will help highlight the data collected on student achievement. Remember to relate this section of your Work Sample to other sections, such as contextual factors. This section should be completed in the past tense. 

Questions to think about: Was the content information over your students’ heads? Did students lack experiences? Was the material taught too quickly?
TIPS FOR CREATING GRAPHS:
  1. Open a blank spreadsheet page in Microsoft Excel.
  2. Enter your data in the cells needed. 
  3. Highlight your data and click INSERT then click CHART. 
  4. Follow the prompts to complete your graph.

TWS TIPS:

Copies of student work including assessment scores will provide the data needed to generate graphs that illustrate evidence of student learning.

Remember:

  1. Do not include students’ names on work samples.
  2. Only include work samples that validate your results.