For this interview assignment, I had the pleasure to interview Timothy Bradbury. He is a physical education teacher at Lindhurst High School. I have been very lucky to be working next to this wonderful teacher because it has helped me grow as an educator and as an individual. Throughout the time working with Mr. Bradbury I have seen many great strategies that target the teaching performance expectations(TPE) and now I had the opportunity to ask him questions that will help me become a better teacher. The first set of questions I asked were targeting the TPE of engaging and supporting all students learning. One strategy that Mr. Bradbury uses to engage and motivate students to learn is by creating small tasks where students can have success. …show more content…
Some strategies that Mr. Bradbury suggests that help with teaching English Learners is pairing up ELL students with non-EL students, use of visuals, and modeling. I have seen Mr. Bradbury implement these strategies and it works great. There have been times where I have seen ELL students ask wonderful questions to the non-EL students. Seeing EL students engage in activity can be difficult if the teacher does not use proper strategies to help them learn. The strategies that Mr. Bradbury uses to help with gifted students is by modifying the skill or task to make it more difficult. For example, during the handball unit, Mr. Bradbury has a drill where he has students aim at a target but for the students who are gifted he makes a modification where students need to jump before they aim at the target. This makes the task harder and will help the gifted students stay …show more content…
One question that really challenged Mr. Bradbury to answer was, what do you do if students don’t have the background to learn the subject matter according to state content standards? After deep thought, he says that using modify equipment and short goals will help students learn the subject matter through the standards. It will give students the courage to continue the tasks that are targeted to the state content standards. One strategy Mr. Bradbury uses to help English Learners develop subject matter understanding is visuals and modeling. He states that YouTube has been very beneficial in his classroom because there are videos that demonstrate the tasks and activities he is going to introduce. He mentions that you can put subtitles as well so that the EL students can follow