Know+Content

**Dimension of Effective Teaching:** Know Content || **Description:** Knows the content of the discipline, including concepts, facts, research, inquiry methods, and how they relate to the BPS curricula, materials and assessments. || **Successes:** I am very familiar with the MA standards for foreign language, and know the vocabulary, grammar, academic language and culture that allow me to ensure that all students acquire Spanish and understand the grammar and culture behind it. I incorporate research and information from the ACTFL SmartBrief, from classroom guests and independent reading and research. |||| **Challenges:** Seeing students only two or three times a week, it is difficult to choose which elements of the content are most important to present. || **Area for Growth:** I would like to increase my application of cross-curricular learning, which I have started with classroom teachers and the music teacher. We are hiring an art teacher for the coming school year, and I look forward to connecting there, as well. || **Artifacts:** Design of a school-year instructional plan: http://rianagood-eportfolio.wikispaces.com/Lesson+Plans%2C+Curriculum+Maps%2C+etc. Evidence of my learning include my knowledge and use of websites that incorporate information about Spanish and related subjects, to which I provide links on the same page of the e-portfolio listed above. |||| **Resources:** Web-based resources from the sessions that supported my growth: Bilingual Education: http://www.colorincolorado.org || **Reflection:** The links in my e-portfolio demonstrate that I integrate concepts and underlying themes within and across the curriculum. It shows that I have increased my use of web-based technology. I also show my design of a school-year instructional plan based on BPS curricula and scope/sequences to demonstrate the range of relevant materials and resources that I use to enrich student learning. || **Future Learning Goals:** To support my growth in this Dimension, I can continue my professional development by pursuing a grant to study abroad next summer, furthering my knowledge of Spanish and culture that I can integrate into my instruction and pass along to my students. ||