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As a teacher is this day and age, to become a teacher, there are a numerous amounts of steps they have to go through before they get their licensee. This is challenging and stressful, but rightfully so. A teacher is one of the most challenging, but rewarding jobs in the world! They create students to be confident, independent, and creative dreamers. 

One of the steps to achieve a teaching license is edTPA. For our Social Studies Methods class-we created a unit plan to use in this portfolio. We have been currently working on a practice portfolio. This is a wonderful opportunity to see how much time we will need in the future when we are applying for edTPA. 

We, as groups, created lessons to teach to second grade, from a unit. There were four groups and there were four units. This opportunity, to teach a full unit with three different types of lessons, was rewarding and very fulfilling. We have to include this in our practice portfolio. 
Another element of edTPA is to determine our philosophy of teaching. For myself, I learned I was a humanism type of teacher. What a humanism strives to learn from the perspective of human potential growth. This does change for each student. The bigger outcome will allow the world to be a better, responsible world. 

Another element of this practice portfolio is video upload. We recorded myself teaching our units and will upload them to this portfolio. Our professor will then watch our videos, as well as myself and my group members. 

EdTPA may be stressful and may be tricky, but I do think it is important for teachers to be able to write a lesson, teach it, go back and reflect on it. That last piece-reflection- is super important to be able to reflect on our own lessons and see what worked for the future and what did not work. This is vital for every teacher, old, new, any grade, and any subject.