Long Term Goal:​ Be a teacher that makes the classroom a welcoming space where all
students feel like they have important abilities to offer. I strive to foster a classroom where
students can solve complex and open-ended problems both on their own and
collaboratively.
Undergraduate Studies:
Objective Steps to Achieve
Implement the In order to achieve this I need to
Dynamic always be reviewing the strategies of
Framework for understanding the problem, devising a
Problem Solving plan, carrying out the plan, and
learned in this reflecting on and reviewing the plan
class in my future and solution. I need to practice using
courses and my these strategies in a less linear model.
career. Finally, I will carry this knowledge
into other classrooms and even trying
to explore how I can implement these
strategies into problems outside of the
context of math.
Learn how to In order to achieve this I need to do
develop a lesson research and observations on what
plan that uses complex instruction looks like in
Complex practice. Then, I will be able to
Instruction to practice developing lesson plans that
capitalize on MI. use complex instruction and will
practice these activities in my
practicums. This way I will be able to
reflect of the effectiveness of the
lessons on complex instruction and be
able to continue improving on my
ability to use complex instruction in
practice.
As a teacher:
Objective Steps to Achieve
Create a learning In order to create a learning
community in my community in my classroom I will
classroom and have consistent expectations that are
combat status fair yet high for all students. I will also
problems. establish a relationship of trust and
Outcome
Problem solving strategies
will become ingrained in
me and I will be able to
betting problem solve
myself and therefore be
able to better teach
problem solving strategies
in the future.
If I achieve this objective I
will have a better
understanding of how to
use complex instruction in
practice and will be able to
use it as a teacher and have
all my students understand
that their input is critical in
the problem solving
process.
Outcome
By achieving this goal I will
improve myself as a
teacher and my students
will be affirmed in their
ability and will have the
 care between myself and my best change at social and
students; I will give students a voice intellectual development.
and value each student’s input and
work as well as treating each student
as an expert in their own right and
give them autonomy in the classroom.
Also, to combat status problems I will
emphasize multiple intelligences and
abilities and the importance of all
abilities. During group work I will
carefully observe the dynamics of the
groups to be able to know where I
need to address status problems

Help my student Some ways I will achieve this goal are If I can achieve this goal in
move from by utilizing signs and tools in my my classroom I will disrupt
elementary classroom that mediate learning. I fossilization and get
psychological will also work jointly with students to students prepared to be
functions to higher model logical thinking and process, able to solve more complex
psychological mediated perception, and being problems because they will
functions. deliberate. Students will learn be prepared with the skills
deliberate behavior such as creating a and metacognition to do
mental plan and having the ability to so.
block out background noise. Through
modeling, scaffolding, and working
jointly with students they will be able
to move toward higher mental
functions such as being self-regulated,
using metacognition and knowing
when to use information, and
intellectualization.