The focus of my student teaching was on fostering a safe learning environment with the implementation of Culturally Responsive Teaching and empowering the students by providing them the opportunity to apply their students' Funds of Knowledge. I performed my student teaching at South High Community High School, in Worcester, Massachusetts. My placement was with Joseph O’leary as my teacher mentor, and I taught high school chemistry grades 10-12th for a semester long. During this experience I enhanced my educational practices by observing other teachers, adaptation and improvement of my lessons, incorporating the feedback from my supervisor practitioner and my mentor, and following the rubric of the CAP elements defined by the Massachusetts department of education. Culturally Responsive Teaching demonstrated to benefit the students' learning, given that it increased their participation, engagement, and motivation to learn chemistry.

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Creator

• Velez Diaz, Joelis

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Keyword

• Funds of Knowledge
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Chemistry
• Teaching Practicum

Advisor

• DiBonaventura, Jillian
• Chen, Katherine C.

Year

• 2024

Center

• Worcester Teacher Preparation Project Center

Related url

•  https://sites.google.com/view/jmvdteachingportfolio/home

Resource type

• Report

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-07-19