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PIERS. Natalia Viso Dr. Lipuma & Tutela Fall 2011. Plan Implement Evaluate Reflect Share. Graphic Organizer. Narration.
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PIERS Natalia Viso Dr. Lipuma & Tutela Fall 2011
Narration • Teachers should be put in the center of every graphic organizer because they are heavily influenced by many outside sources, some of which I have shown in my graphic organizer. As you can see, I have used several different colors in my graphic organizer. These colors are used to color code each area to a specific importance, influence and also to specify how much power a teacher has over that subject.
Red Subject Blocks • First you will notice there are five red subject blocks. These subjects heavily influence the teacher’s style, and are often the base of curriculum planning. In this case, the teacher does not necessarily have much power to choose exactly what will be taught, but more so how it will be taught. This is because the teacher is expected to incorporate state standards in each lesson while preparing students for standardized state tests. These state tests reflect both the teacher and student’s work and share the outcome with the state. However, these tests are not always accurate.
The administration, the students and their learning styles will influence more of the teaching style within the classroom. Teachers must be able to adjust their style to better fit the student’s needs and interests while abiding to the rules of the administration. These red subject blocks will help the teacher plan lessons and instruction.
Green Subject Blocks • There are two green subject blocks in my graphic organizer. These two green blocks are completely revolved around the foundation of the teacher and his/her pedagogy. I have used myself for example and have purposely placed myself in the middle as the center point of all other subjects influencing my teaching. These green blocks will the base of the teaching implementing the course work.
Yellow Subject Blocks • In addition to the two green blocks, you will see a single yellow block. This block symbolizes previous knowledge acquired by the students. It is yellow because the teacher cannot control what the students learned prior to entering his/her classroom. After establishing what the students already know and what they don’t know, the teacher can better plan out lessons for the course.
Orange Subject Blocks • My graphic organizer also contains four orange subject blocks. These subjects vary on the school, administration and time. For example, teachers may or may not have more say in their curriculum formatting depending on how the school is managed. The teacher may be able to be more creative with a lesson or may have to strictly follow the formatting as instructed by the administration.
The same applies for the text books being used. As an English teacher, some schools may allow the teachers to decide what literature fits best for their students while others will not allow for the teachers to pick and will instead have a set of text books already picked to match the standards or the state or to match the standards of state standardized tests. These specific orange blocks will influence the teacher’s planning and implementing of course work and instruction.
The last two orange subject blocks contain parents, parent teacher conferences and department meetings. The teacher has some control but needs to be conscious of time and availability from both the parents and administrators. Here the teacher can share and reflect a students work, progress, and even their teaching style with parents and administrators. By getting the parents involved, the teacher is creating a trustworthy relationship that shows a professional interest in the student. Also, by sharing with administrators, the teacher will have on file the efforts put forth in helping the student.
This will allow defense on the teacher’s end if the student does not perform well on their standardized tests. Reflecting and sharing with other teachers in the department and administrators may also correct faulty teaching and help the teacher his/herself improve his/her method of instruction and even planning.
Blue Subject Blocks • The two blue subject blocks contain outside sources and extra help/tutoring. Here the teacher has complete control if he/she chooses to. It is up to the teacher to introduce outside sources which can be beneficial to student’s learning. It is also up to the teacher to make him/herself available before and after school hours for extra individual help for students. For example, the teacher may designate an hour after school Monday through Thursday for students to come in and receive individual tutoring with homework, tests, projects or readings. Here outside sources may also be useful. This also coincides with the teacher implementing effort and course work.
Purple Subject Blocks • Lastly you will notice four purple subject blocks. These blocks will help evaluate the teacher’s effort and style while also evaluating the student’s learning. First, the professional development will use test scores to evaluate student learning. Using these test scores and other research, workshops will be available to help teachers improve their teaching methods and guide them on what curriculum to focus more on.
For example, these workshops may help teachers learn how to deal with students that are low level reading or students with learning disabilities. • As for quizzes, projects and grades, these will evaluate student progression, their understanding of the subject, their effort put forth in the class and to a certain extent the teacher’s style.
For example, a student who is failing could be failing due to the lack of understanding which is proven through tests and quizzes or could be failing because they are not completing homework assignments. It is vital that teachers keep a record of all assignments so they can prove, if necessary, that the student was not putting forth the effort to learn.
Giving quizzes will break up units into smaller lessons and will allow the teacher to adjust her planning and scheduling of curriculum to focus on trouble areas. These quiz scores will again provide evidence for the administration who the teacher may need to speak to regarding the adjustment of the curriculum schedule.
Conclusion • As you can see, these subject blocks play a very important role in the teacher’s style and student’s learning. These however are only the major influences that occur daily within the classroom. There are still minor influences that affect the teacher indirectly such as a student experiencing trouble at home. All in all, a teacher must be flexible in the sense that so many influences will control the classroom and method of teaching. This again is my PIERS graphic organizer of major influences.
