Jessie Hulst
Always learning. Always teaching.
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Below are brief descriptions of the courses I completed as part of the
Master of Arts in Education (MAED) program at Michigan State University.
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ED: Education
TE: Teacher Education
CEP: Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education
In the capstone course, I designed this website to exhibit my work from the master's program, describe my experiences as a teacher, display my qualifications and learning, and share reflections on both my experiences and learning. I learned how to develop a website to best present this information while also building a platform that can be used with other educators in the future. Throughout the course, I asked for and gave feedback to my classmates. Finally, I presented the website to the course.
TE 822: Issues of Culture in Classroom & Curriculum
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Fall 2019
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Instructor: Lauren Elizabeth Reine Johnson
This course helped me to examine issues of culture, such as racism, sexism, and classism, and how these issues affect my school, my classroom, and the curriculum I use. I read a wide variety of articles, books, and posts on these issues and reflected on how they impact my students and my classroom. I interviewed a colleague who strives to teach in ways that are socially just. Lastly, I designed an abolitionist, anti-colonialist, and raciolinguistic unit plan for 4th graders studying immigration.
Chosen as an elective, this class taught me about the science practices outlined in Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) and the science standards. I examined what it looks like to use them in an elementary science classroom. I read articles and primers about how students learn science through discourse, modeling, and argumentation. I then chose an AST science practice to research more and developed a model lesson plan. Finally, I created a vision for future science teaching.
TE 848: Writing Assessment & Instruction
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Spring 2019
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Instructors: Dr. Patricia A. Edwards & Tracy Weippert
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While in this course, I learned about writing strategies used by real writers. By reading What a Writer Needs by Ralph Fletcher, I considered the flexibility of strategies needed by writers and how I can teach them to my students using authentic writing experiences. I reflected on my own experience as a writer and how I can model curiosity and creativity with words to my students. Using what I learned, I examined the writing curriculum used by my district, evaluated it, and considered what additions and changes I need to make to better teach my students.
TE 845: Language Diversity & Literacy Instruction & Assessment
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Fall 2018
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Instructor: Dr. Shannon Prince
I took this course to strengthen and refresh my knowledge of best practices for working with English Language Learners (ELLs), particularly when making teaching decisions around literacy. Through partner discussions of Sheltered Instruction (SI), school- and district-wide programs for ELLs, language learning best practices, and much more, I developed better methods for evaluating practices and resources. I therefore determined ways to improve my own teaching and developed literacy lesson plans specifically designed for ELLs.
CEP 841: Classroom Management in Inclusive Classrooms
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Summer 2018
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Instructors: Dr. Troy Mariage & Lake Sweet
I selected because I know how important and difficult classroom management is. Using peer discussion about course readings and videos, I developed my understanding of parts of classroom management such as motivation, reinforcement, mediation, and relationship-building. I selected specific practices to incorporate into my own classroom management while also evaluating the practices I was using at the time. I searched for and chose resources that can continue to grow my knowledge in this area. I chose to examine social skills training in depth in order to build it into my classroom.
Using Randall Sprick's CHAMPS book as well as other articles and texts, my classmates and I discussed key aspects of classroom management. We considered basic human needs, how to give students' feedback, how to organize a classroom, and motivation, along with many other topics. Finally, I developed a classroom management plan which incorporated long-term goals, class rule development, room physical design, teacher and student relationships, and reinforcements and consequences.
TE 846: Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners
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Summer 2018
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Instructors: Dr. Laura Tortorelli
This course examined many aspects of literacy learning, including writing, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and vocabulary. The focus was on how to provide supports for students who struggle with any of these aspects of literacy. The resource-rich course provided many assessments, techniques, practices, and ideas which I incorporated in a semester-end lesson plan project. I was able to use the lesson plans from this project to assess and teach a struggling reader.
ED 800: Concepts of Educational Inquiry
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Summer 2017
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Instructors: Dr. Steven Weiland & Nathan Clason
My first course in the MAED program was about how teachers can use inquiry to shape instruction. The course, which was done entirely independently and asynchronously, had me engage with multiple philosophies and theories of education, pedagogy, and learning. After examining different views, I used various forms of inquiry to consider and evaluate them and to reflect on my own views. I also used forms of inquiry to analyze examples of teaching, including my own.