Teacher candidates have a strong knowledge of the subject matter they will teach and can facilitate the acquisition of that knowledge in their students.
Artifact #1- PRAXIS
I took the Elementary Education: Content Knowledge PRAXIS in the summer of 2010. I not only passed this assessment, I did well enough to receive a certificate of excellence. This artifact shows that I have a strong knowledge base that I can share with my students.
Artifact #2- Unit Pre/Post Assessment Results
During my student teaching in Fall of 2010 I taught a Language Arts Unit on story elements. I administered a pre and post assessment to my students before and after the unit was taught. This artifact shows the results of those assessments. This artifact shows that I can facilitate the acquisition of knowledge in my students because all of my students assessments show massive improvement from the pre-assessment to the post-assessment.
