Goal 5: Teachers facilitate student learning by using assessment to guide planning, instruction, and modification of teaching practice.

5a Understand how to plan for instruction that is based on student needs and curriculum goals.

• Refer to the papers that I wrote in strands 2b, 3b, and 4b. In these papers I discuss the way that I designed my curriculum in order to encompass all learning styles, cultural norms, developmental needs, and content knowledge. These papers show how I based my curriculum goals on the students needs and planned accordingly. These papers not only show that I am conscious of my student needs, but show how I applied that knowledge in my teaching.
  
• Refer to my evaluation where my mentor teacher and supervisor comment on how I planned my instruction in order to encompass my students needs and abilities. I am ranked above average on this assessment which shows that two master teachers think that I successfully tailor my lessons to students needs and remain flexible and adaptive to change.
  

5b Plan, teach, and assess for optimal student learning.

• Refer to my teacher work sample section where I explain how I planned my unit in order to assess student knowledge and learning at the optimal level. I explain how my planning this unit after observing my students led to the optimal student learning for each individual in my class. The results from this unit in my post assessment section and conclusion shows that I was able to teach to the optimal student learning because of the high growth in student scores.
  
• Refer to my evaluation by mentor teacher and supervisor where they explain how I planned and taught for optimal student learning. Both master teachers ranked me high in this category showing that I was able to successfully teach to the students abilities.
  

5c Value assessment and instruction as integrated process.

• Refer to my teacher work sample assessment section where I show that I was able to backwards plan my unit based on the list of things that I wanted my students to be able to do at the end of the unit. I show that the assessment of the unit was a base for my teaching the unit. This organization helped me facilitate success by having a vision of where I wanted to go. Having the pre-test and post-test mirror each other showed that I was successful in teaching my formative assessments to the standards desired.