Beginning of Teaching Practicum or Internship
Your second portfolio submission will be prior to the beginning of your teaching practicum or internship. An individual goals statement should be included in this submission. You may continue to add artifacts from your coursework for this submission, working towards fulfilling the OSU Core Concepts and the Oklahoma General Competencies. A complete checklist is included in this section.
Programs will have designated individuals evaluate your portfolio using the rubric included at the end of this section.
Individual Professional Goals
What is the purpose?
A goal statement guides your development of the portfolio by helping you to focus your future professional plans and the steps required to achieve them. Use the suggestions below to help you write your goals essay.
What are the guidelines?
This personal goals essay is not intended to be all inclusive of the knowledge and skills necessary for any teacher. This is to be a personal statement of the goals that you feel are the most important to you or the goals you think are the most necessary for your own development. To achieve the desired emphasis on these goals, you should focus on no fewer than five goals.
Follow the steps below to write your goals essay and generate your list.
Step 1. Read the OSU Core Concepts and Goals Statement and the goals for the program to which you are applying. Reflect on their expectations for your educational experience.
Step 2. Imagine and describe your ideal teaching position in the year 200? (five years after you graduate). Imagine where it will be geographically, what kind of community, the socio-economic or ethnic groups with whom you might be working, the grade level, the subject area, and the type of school.
Step 3. Once you have described this ideal position consider the following questions: What will you need to know to perform well in that position? What skills will you need to have? What attitudes and dispositions will you need to develop in order to succeed and be satisfied with your work? What experiences do you need to prepare you for this position?
Step 4. Looking over the essay and your reflection, list and describe at least five professional goals you have set for yourself and tell how you plan to go about meeting them.
How will this be evaluated:
The goals essay will be evaluated on:
- Awareness of essential skills, experiences, and attitudes needed as an educator.
- Incorporation of OSU program goals into the development of your professional goals
- Development of a plan to accomplish your professional goals
- Clarity of written expression
- Mechanics of writing
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