Discuss ways in which you have used feedback from your instructors or supervisors to improve your practice.

Application Essay

This essay is specifically designed to further your reflective practice on the impact you
have had working with youth and children, as well as to help you establish measurable learning and professional development goals for your growth within the program.

In addition, you will begin to anchor your self-examination within the language of the  College Candidate Learning Outcomes (CLOs).

Your essay should be limited to no more than 500 words double spaced, typed (two
pages).

It is to be completed in two parts: Looking Backwards: Reflective Practice and
Looking Forward: Goal Setting.

You must construct your work in a narrative format but can cite relevant educational literature to support your work.

Looking Backwards: Reflective Practice

Examine your prior experiences working with youth and children and their impact on
your professional practice (in your classroom(s) or other educational setting(s)).

Consider the grade/functional levels and the content/disciplines for which you designed and implemented instruction.

Consider the learning outcomes that resulted, the challenges you faced, and your core beliefs about teaching and learning.

Afterwards, address the following questions:

• Name and describe impacts you have had on P-12 students’ learning.

• Discuss ways in which you have used feedback from your instructors or
supervisors to improve your practice.

• Identify a minimum of two Touro GSE Candidate Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
that you view as your strongest attributes and discuss why. Identify the specific
outcomes and corresponding elements by name.

• Discuss any areas of concern you might have regarding the development of your
ability to meet the needs of diverse learners and explain why.
Looking Forward: Goal Setting

For this section construct two (2) professional goals, anchored by your Looking Backwards:\Reflective Practice exercise.

Your goals should address areas of growth that you wish to develop early in your program. Each goal should be measurable with a clear outcome (e.g., To move from a primarily lecture style of course instruction to the use of interactive learning in mathematics;

Once you have established clear, measurable goals, enumerate each:

1.
2.

Explain how each is aligned with a particular Touro Candidate Learning Outcome.

 

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