Josh Blackburn’s Portfolio
- 2. Table of Contents Planning Skills Teaching Skills Interpersonal Skills Decision-Making Skills Professional Commitment Growth in Diversity Service Learning Self Reflection 1 Self Reflection 2 Choice 1 Choice 2
- 3. Planning Skills I improved my planning skills during my volunteer time at the Volunteer Action Center I had to plan a presentation that would be beneficial for every level of learner
- 4. Teaching Skills In children’s literature, I used my knowledge of the Socratic method to write a children’s book about binary I called the book Ram
- 5. Interpersonal Skills I was awarded the Outstanding Youth Award The achievement was based mostly on my interpersonal skills I also made a speech
- 6. Decision-Making Skills In diagnostic and prescriptive mathematics, I have used my decision-making skills to better differentiate my instruction and assessment This is an example lesson
- 7. Professional Commitment In order to show my professional commitment, I volunteered for Dr. McGovern at a recent event
- 8. Growth in Diversity Working in the Learning Center as a tutor has provided me with many opportunities to work with many different learners I have also had been able to work with many different subjects at many different levels
- 9. Service Learning During my service learning with Faithlink I personally recorded, edited, and finished a video for their yearly benefit dinner
- 10. Self Reflection 1 In order to teach 7 th graders how to multiply decimals, I came up with an interesting means of instruction The children assessed my instruction
- 11. Self Reflection 2 During my reading class, I was assessed on my instruction by the classroom teacher as well as the children
- 12. Student Choice 1 In track and field, I was successful due to my practice and training My hard work paid off and I was all-state in three events
- 13. Student Choice 2 During college, I was able to produce a musical album that was released on the internet I had to use my knowledge of technology and my creativity