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Florida Accomplished Practices

Below are links to illustrations which demonstrate my competency in the twelve Florida Accomplished Practices of Successful Teachers.  For a detailed description of each practice, click the title of each section.
 

Accomplished Practice #1 - Assessment

PKY Second Grade: "The Washington Post March" Rhythm & March Activity
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LCES First grade: "Cuckoo, Cuckoo" Singing Assessment

 

Accomplished Practice #2 - Communication

PKY Second Grade: Patriotic Rhythm Reader Activity
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HBMS: Solo and Ensemble Festival

 

Accomplished Practice #3 - Continuous Improvement

CMENC Membership and Leadership
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Student Internship Notebook

 

Accomplished Practice #4 - Critical Thinking

PKY Fourth Grade: "Armed Forces Melody" Directed Listening Activity
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LCES Fourth Grade: "Wizard of Oz" Activities
 
 

Accomplished Practice #5 - Diversity

PKY Fourth Grade: "Harvest Time" Singing & Orff Instruments Activity
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LCES Third grade: "Don Gato" Bilingual Singing Activity

 

 

Accomplished Practice #6 - Ethics

P.K. Yonge Teaching Experiences
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HBMS: Experience Music Drumming Courses


 

Accomplished Practice #7 - Human Development and Learning

PKY Second Grade: "America" Singing Activity
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LCES Fifth Grade: "Patty works on the Railway" Singing & Drumming Activity


 

Accomplished Practice #8 - Knowledge of Subject Matter

PKY Fourth Grade: "Hava Naglia" Dance Movements
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HBMS: Concert Band intonation Exercise and Discussion


 

Accomplished Practice #9 - Learning Environments

PKY Fourth Grade: "Hot Pumpkin" (potato) Activity
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LCES Kindergarten: Vivaldi's "Spring" Piano and Forte Kinesthetic Musical Response


 

Accomplished Practice #10 - Planning

Second Grade: Lesson Planning
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LCES Kindergarten: "Goin' on a Picnic" Singing and Movement Activity


 

Accomplished Practice #11 - Role of the Teacher

PKY Fourth Grade: "The Ghost of John" Orff Instruments
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HMBS: MPA Festival


 

Accomplished Practice #12 - Technology

Fourth Grade: "Boogie Woogie Ghost" and " The Ghost of John" PowerPoint Presentation
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Online Student Portfolio


 

Key: 

PKY:  P.K. Yonge Development Research Elementary School, Gainesville, FL

Mr. Roberts-Music Teacher

 

LCES: Lawton Chiles Elementary School: Gainesville, FL

Mrs. Johnson-Music Teacher

 

HBMS: Howard Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, FL

Ms. Beres and Ms. La Vay- Directors of Bands


 


 

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