Essential Academic Learning Requirements Project EALR Project Definition and Description of the EALRs Project Through the EALR Project the Teacher Candidate systematically documents the learning of a representative sample of students during a unit of instruction and the teacher candidate s positive impact on student learning The EALR project is typically done during the solo student teaching experience The Teacher Candidate selects 3 5 students of various ability levels and closely monitors the students development towards mastery of some of the unit s Essential Academic Learning Requirements EALRs Grade Level Expectations GLEs or Frameworks The planning of the curricular unit its assessment the teacher candidate s positive impact on student learning and the teacher candidate s reflections are documented through this project The purpose of this project is to demonstrate positive impact on K 12 student growth in the chosen EALRs as a result of the Teacher Candidate s teaching Assessment Documentation This is primarily a student assessment project It determines students growth toward target EALRs GLEs and Frameworks as well as the candidates positive impact on student learning The core assessment documentation includes Pre assessment instruments and results showing each selected student s knowledge and skills in relation to the unit s EALRs GLEs or Frameworks Formative assessment instruments and assessment results showing student learning at multiple points during the delivery of the curricular unit Summative assessment instruments and assessment results documenting student learning at the conclusion of the unit A written narrative supported by the assessment data which describes the unit s impact on student learning This narrative should include information gathered in the interviews described below as well as the candidate s reflections about how this information might inform his her teaching Written notes from interviews with each of the 3 5 targeted students two interviews per student at different times during the project describing their responses to the following questions What learning outcome are you working toward Why is this learning important How is your learning being evaluated What progress have you made with regards to this learning How do you know What steps would you need to take next What resources might you use Background Information and Planning Documentation The EALRs project is integrated with the written sources of evidence required for the State of Washington s Pedagogy Based Assessment The information you provide about your classroom students planning rationale lesson unit plans will meet the needs of both the EALR project and the state pedagogy assessment We strongly urge you to design your EALR project to include the lessons to be observed as part of the Pedagogy Assessment See pages 50 56 in Section 2 of the MIT Student Teaching Handbook Specifically the EALRs project documentation must also include Classroom characteristics describe the classroom in which you are teaching the unit You should also describe the classroom rules and routines physical arrangements and grouping patterns that affect learning and teaching Student characteristics describe the students in the classroom including the number of students and their ages and gender range of abilities cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds native language s and levels of English proficiency and special needs You should specifically note students who are on Individualized Education Plans IEPs and any objectives cited in the IEPs that pertain to the unit you are teaching Instructional Plans for each of the lessons related to the EALR project that follow the guidelines of the State Pedagogy Assessment Instrument One Instructional Plan Rationale for the lessons related to the EALR project that follows the Pedagogy Assessment guidelines Some samples of your students work during the unit that provide visual evidence of their learning and or degree of mastery of the intended learning outcomes You can find additional instructions in Section 2 of the Student Teaching Handbook Classroom and Student Characteristics on page 52 the Instructional Plan on pages 5354 and the Instructional Plan Rationale on page 55 The completed EALR project documentation should be placed in the Student Teaching Portfolio Teacher Candidates are required to also submit an electronic version of the EALR project this version need not contain the documentation student work that is included in the written version Teacher Candidates are also encouraged to make a copy for their own professional records of the entire document that they eventually submit to their faculty
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