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This assignment evaluates two highly educated teachers in different content areas. My observation describes their classroom management plans, strategies to help students with different physical or academic capabilities, and how they manage behavior.

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Physical Education Learning Tools Website

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This is a website I designed that includes many different methods of student instruction using a variety of technology. Lesson plans, videos, teaching strategies and resources are combined to promote collaboration for teachers and informational sources for parents or students.

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Welcome to your new premier source for Physical Education lesson plans and resources. This blog is here to help you explore different ideas, learn about teaching strategies, and discover new methods for instruction. I love having the opportunity to share my passion and help others in any way possible. Read on and enjoy!

September 9th, 2018
Mikella Ausherman

Hello, my name is Mikella Ausherman and I am a Physical Education enthusiast. Growing up, I loved anything to do with sports and fitness, it has been my true passion since I was a kid. I was always active all year around, playing multiple sports and enjoyed spending my free time at the gym or developing sports specific skills. Shortly after graduating from high school, I got my personal training certificate through NASM and began working at Inshape in my hometown of Visalia, California. Currently, I am still working as a personal trainer at this gym and have almost been with the company for nine years. I love the training aspect of this career, but I do not like the inconsistent struggle to get new clients and maintain a steady income.

Throughout college, I competed in women's physique and powerlifting competitions, setting the dead lift world record in December 2013 for the IPL women's 135 & under weight class. With this achievement, I got asked to help run a strength and conditioning camp over summer at my local high school. My training began to focus more on improving young athletes' level of physical fitness and athletic performance that can help in a variety of different sports. Given this opportunity, I realized how much I enjoy helping the youth population learn the value of fitness and how it affects their performance, as well as develops positive teamwork and social skills through collaborating with others. Teaching students at this age opened my eyes to how many lives I can positively influence, at this moment is when I made the decision to pursue my career in Physical Education.

September 9th, 2018

When it comes to teaching, it is very important to understand your strengths and weaknesses to apply the essential strategies best suited for your classroom and student's needs. Expressing your personality through your work and learning how students react towards your personality will prepare you as the teacher to base instruction that best fits their needs and interests. To gain an understanding of my specific personality type, I participated in the Kisa Personality Inventory test and the Teaching and Learning Styles Personality test. The first test identified me as extraverted sensing feeling judging, which was accurate in my opinion. It described how I am very open, strong minded, caring, understanding, and have a hard work ethic. The second test described me as favoring several personality types; sensing, visual, and sequential. This test was more vague than the first one, but from past learning experiences I noticed I am more of a kinesthetic and visual learner, who also favors an established routine. I do believe my personality type has an impact on my subject area because I have always been very enthusiastic, structured, and disciplined with my work ethic. This mix of information from these tests clarified some of the strengths of my personality, however there are some strengths it did not identify.

My two strengths not identified in the personality tests, creativity and flexibility, are essential to become a successful Physical Education teacher. In PE, these characteristics are especially important because you are outside and have less resources available. The use of technology is often difficult to incorporate without having a classroom, which is why it's important for me to include supplemental materials (visual aids, posters, demonstrations, etc.). Students who are struggling, have difficulties with language barriers (ELL), or anyone with a disability will have different representations of the information or task so they are more likely to comprehend the material and experience successful learning outcomes.

My personality type and teaching style allow my creativity to stand out during lessons. I always provide multiple ways of expressing the information, as well as make the activity fun and engaging for students. It is necessary to be flexible in any teaching career, being a personal trainer for eight years has helped me establish this characteristic because I frequently must adapt to what is available at the time. Being outside has risks for variables that might require you to alter the lesson plan last minute (weather, temperature, time, events), which is why it's important to always be flexible and have a back up plan. Both creativity and flexibility are crucial skills to have as an educator, but it is also equally important to have a good sense of humor and encourage students. Being able to motivate them while making it memorable and entertaining is what develops positive student-teacher relationships. Providing these opportunities will prolong student's participation in physical activities, while demonstrating the value of fitness and health in their lives.

Mikella Ausherman

REFLECTION OF MY 5 DAY LEARNING MAP: VOLLEYBALL UNIT

September 27th, 2018
By: Mikella Ausherman

Creating this 5 day learning map was very beneficial to my learning and also something I really enjoyed working on. The standard I chose was one that I can use for a variety of sports to introduce students to new skills and movements. My learning map focused on developing the essential skills used in volleyball, then applying them in game situations towards the end of the unit.

In ITL 528, I was asked to expand my one day lesson into a full week. This was a simple task to accomplish because a new skill can be introduced the first four days, followed by volleyball games on the fifth day. There were four main movements I wanted to teach for the first four days; the underhand serve, review/overhand serve, bumping and setting, and hitting and blocking/rules. The activities incorporated for each lesson were specific to the skill being addressed and allowed me to assess what they have learned throughout the week. I would continually assess each student's performance through observation and interactions with group members as I moved around the volleyball courts during activities. As I walk around I will help with form and accuracy, while also asking students questions about the proper technique. The pre-assessment activity will determine who is ready to move on the main activity, and who still needs additional help learning the fundamentals of this skill. Those who still need support will participate in a different activity, so they are able to experience success on their own terms. Determining students' developmental level through observation will allow me to make the necessary accommodations so they are able to further develop this skill. Each day, this same process is continued by assessing students initially in the pre-assessment, then basing where they go for the next activity off these results. By the end of the lesson, I will be able to identify how much students improved by how accurately they are able to demonstrate the skill. The final day students will be assessed by placing them into teams equal in skill level and begin playing volleyball games.

As a Physical Education teacher, I believe that it's more important to test students through observations in a practical setting where they can physically demonstrate what they have learned. With these results, I can use my experience and expertise to identify what they have mastered and what I have failed to successfully teach. Applying this method will allow me to differentiate instruction based upon a student's individual needs so that everyone is able to experience some degree of success.

Summative assessments will take place the last four days of the unit while students are playing volleyball games. Each day will focus on one of the three skills being assessed, and the fourth day will be for make ups. The three skills being assessed in this unit are: the underhand serve, bumping, and setting.

Example of assessment for the underhand serve: I will pull two students at a time (one from each team) to assess the skill. One student will be testing and the other will be retrieving balls. The student testing gets 5 turns to serve the ball over the net from the serving line using the correct underhand serving pattern. Each ball hit in bounds over the net is worth one point. If they use the proper form and follow through with their serve they get an additional 5 points, making this assessment worth 10 total accumulated points. Modifications will be made for those who need additional support (ex: shortening the distance or allowing more attempts).

When teaching my lesson to a group of 8th graders, I made sure my instruction was clear and concise. I provided demonstrations of the proper technique and gave students an opportunity to ask any questions before sending teams to volleyball courts. During the games, I walked around to help anyone with form and answer any questions about the rules, which allowed me to identify which students are successful in performing all the skills used in volleyball. I found most students were able to bump and set the ball accurately to their target, but some still struggled with the underhand serve. I would go back and re-teach this skill by creating fun activities that utilize this movement and help with its development. One part of this lesson I would change for future instruction is to send teams one at a time to their assigned court and wait till they all got there before sending the next team. Even though I discussed and pointed to each team's court, a few students still got a little confused on which one to go to. Giving instruction with this method will provide more clarity and keep my teaching structured and organized.

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Volleyball Five Day Learning Map Assessments 

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This assignment describes the different assessments that will be used in the five days of instruction for a volleyball unit.

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By: Mikella Ausherman Assessments: Physical Education Volleyball 5-day learning map Day 1 Underhand Serve Lesson Objective: Students will understand and demonstrate how to perform the underhand serve used in volleyball. They will serve from the proper location 80% of the time and

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An essential question, activity, and rational for learning is described in three different Physical Education standards.

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Unpacking the Standards: Physical Education By: Mikella Ausherman Physical Educaton Standard 1 Standard 1 Standard 1 Students demonstrate knowledge of and competency in motor skills, movement patterns, and strategies needed to perform a variety of activities. Essential Question

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This informative presentation is an attempt to prevent or reduce bullying in schools. It is important for students, teachers, and members of the community to understand what to do in different situations that involve bullying. As awareness increases about this topic, preventative measures are more likely to be taken to stop or reduce bullying from happening.

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This assignment describes the learner and teachers role in the lesson plan, while also explaining the different types of assessments used during instruction. The highlighted portion is what was added after being critiqued by a classmate.

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Academic Texts for ELL and SELLs.

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Developmental levels of literacy and language for ELLs.

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Complete learning map of the planning phase through teaching, reflecting, and analyzing.

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By: Mikella Ausherman Setting the Environment in Physical Education Resource 1 Skill Posters Description: Skill posters will be used as an instructional tool to explain how to perform a locomotor skill, different exercises, and activities. Students are able to refer back to these

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