Calasanz.MelissaAdylia 1
LEAP 198 Senior Project
Student Supervisor of the Glendale Community College
DANCE 107
Survey of Dance Teaching Methodology Class
Weekly Reflection Paper No. 7
I am beaming with pride! First of all, I
am thrilled to inform you that Dora approved of the “TEMPLATE DANCE 107 Midterm
Portfolio Evaluation” template I put together. However, I am even more thrilled
that she gave me the go-ahead to take a stab at evaluating the portfolios on my
own so she can assess my ability to objectively assess student’s work.
I took the task very seriously; as
seriously as if these were my students, and I would treat my students as fairly
and considerately as Dora treats her students. I am proud to say I have had the
honor to have learned from the best. (FYI, Dora did not take it easy on my
twenty years ago when I was her ballet student, and she expects even more from
me now as one of her academic students! And I am thankful!)
While evaluating each portfolio, I knew how
important it was to hold each portfolio up to the standards that had been set
from the beginning of the semester. I understood that though some of the
students had more dance and professional work experience than others, I could
not take that into consideration. It was my responsibility to remain focused on
the standards outlined in the syllabus and conveyed by Dora to the students
throughout the weeks leading up to the portfolio rough draft deadline. What was required from each component of the
portfolio in order for it to be considered acceptable had been explicitly
conveyed, and I was not to lose focus of that.
I am happy to report that I did a mighty
fine job! Dora approved of my evaluations: “Excellent
(what else, this is YOU). I will miss you terribly when the semester is over.
Dora…” and instructed me to put together the “DANCE 107 Midterm Portfolio
Evaluation” document. I also went ahead and put each of the evaluated
portfolios in order from highest awarded points to the lowest which can been
seen in the document, “DANCE 107 Midterm Portfolio Evaluation Standings.” And
to take it a bit further, I cut each “evaluation standing” out to be placed in
each portfolio so Dora could write in final comments, grades, etc. Though Dora
graded each portfolio individually for her records, following her own rubric,
she informed me that she agreed with my evaluations and that I did a good job.
I loved the process of evaluation. Not
only did it give me the opportunity to review my knowledge and expertise in
creating a respectable professional portfolio, I had the opportunity to learn
from Dora about the guidelines a college dance professor has to follow when
creating rubrics, following them throughout the evaluative process, and how
everything must coincide with the lesson plan and syllabi.
In addition to the midterm portfolio
evaluations, I completed quite a bit of work. I prepared a written assignment
for “Senior Dance” and the corresponding document, “DANCE 107 Written
Assignment Senior Dance.” In addition to the senior assignment and document, I prepared
a document for another senior-related assignment, “DANCE 107 Teaching Dance to
Seniors,” which is designed for the students to apply information they learned
during the “Written Assignment Senior Dance” assignment and apply it to
creating a lesson plan appropriate for active adults age 55+. And though we
thought of the “Interview a Dance Educator” assignment during the week of the
audition workshop, we held off on creating the document “DANCE 107 Interview a
Dance Educator” til now, and it will be sent out on the day the “Written
Assignment Senior Dance” is due.
Though I am loving all the work, Dora
told me to “take the rest of the week and the weekend off!” She’s going to take
a break too! J
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