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Domain E Artifacts

Cassidy Alessandra

National University
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DOMAIN E ARTIFACTS

This domain seems to go hand in hand with Domain D. The first artifact that comes to

mind when it comes to creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning is

the continuing education I have received called Love and Logic. These sessions were put

together by Legacy High School administration during our professional development periods.

We attended at least 7 Love and Logic sessions during the 2016-17 school year for an hour a

session. These sessions gave us skills to respect all students, establish a safe learning

environment, improve classroom management, address classroom behavior problems in a

respectful and positive way, and how to appreciate our students and their history. This teaching

has been hugely helpful in my classroom as it gave me a more positive set of tools to try to

address classroom concerns. My population of students tend to have repetitive concerns when it

comes to behaviors but now, in my third year, I am having significantly fewer incidents and I

believe it is at least in part due to my education in this area.

I would like to submit my class titled Classroom Management from National

University as my second artifact. In this class, I learned a great deal about the importance of

properly allocating time during instruction to minimize boredom and misbehaviors and

maximize the time spent learning. I received numerous suggestions on how to establish solid

classroom rules as well as routine so that students know what is expected of them at all times and

can transition from one activity to the next with the fewest infractions possible. I have begun

putting many of these suggestions to practice in my classroom and have noticed a great
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improvement in student learning, student behaviors, and much less time spent getting students

back on task. I will continue to implement more of the suggestions I learned in class and update

my artifacts as applicable.

The last artifact I would like to submit is an article review. I read a very interesting article

on the correlation between teacher burnout and classroom management. The paper found a

correlation with perceived self-efficacy and a reduction in burnout in secondary teachers. I can

definitely understand the findings of this study. When I feel like Im doing a good job in my

classroom, I feel good about my job. On the other hand, if my students do not appear to have

respect for me and they do not follow the rules, I cant help but feel like it is something that I am

failing at and wonder if teaching is the job for me. The longer I teach, the more I understand why

other teachers will say that content is only about 20% of teaching. The rest is patience, classroom

management, and documentation. This study supports that philosophy. I hope I can use this

artifact to remind me that there are options to improve my abilities in management as well as

remind me that there will be days that the students misbehave but that does not make me a poor

teacher.
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References:

Brouwers, A., & Tomic, W. (2000). A longitudinal study of teacher burnout and perceived
self-efficacy in classroom management. Teaching and Teacher Education, 16(2),
239-253.
doi:10.1016/s0742-051x(99)00057-8

Positive Teaching Solutions and Practical Classroom Management. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30,
2017, from https://www.loveandlogic.com/educators/what-is-love-and-
logic-for-teachers