I Feel Made A Big Impact On Me During This Program

One course I feel made a big impact on me during this program was week 5 of PEDG 5372 Assessment Data to Guide Instructional Decisions. This course was taken at the beginning of this journey to complete my Master’s Degree, in the summer before my second year of teaching. I learned more about data analysis from this course than I did during my student teaching and my first year of teaching combined. I feel that teachers are expected to hit the floor running and there is no true training period or period of transition; you just have to know what you know and learn as you go. This course helped me to be more focused and knowledgeable about data and how to use it effectively. For instance, I learned how to dissect data in a way that I am able to drill down into specific TEKs and see where my students are struggling and focus on that TEK again in later lessons. For instance, I currently teach Juniors and Seniors and we struggle using context clues to determine vocabulary word s. 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