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North Canton, Ohio, United States
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Dr. Watters' professional mission is to "Inspire lifelong learning in others with trust, integrity and joy."
She has extensive public school special education teaching experience in Preschool and Early Childhood settings. Dr. Watters has experience at the national and international levels presenting papers (e.g. NAEYC, Kappa Delta Pi, CEC, ATE, and ECERI) and in higher education authoring and implementing teacher education curriculums in early childhood and intervention specialist. Dr. Watters values the link between research, authentic experiences, and practical implementation.
Additionally, she holds an Ed. D. in Educational Leadership with expertise in Early Childhood and Special Education Teacher Preparation; an M.Ed. In Special Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and a B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Kent State University. Dr. Watters maintains an Ohio Permanent teaching certificate in Developmentally Handicapped K-12, Preschool Special Education (3-5), and a Reading Endorsement (K-12).
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Effective Collaborator Rubric for Group Projects
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage students to engage in collaborative projects. I use this document, Effective Collaborator Rubric for Group Projects, for group members to assess one another’s contributions, attitude, commitment to the project. This tool serves as a grade differential on the same assignment as well as a feedback tool for students to improve their collaborative behaviors.
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Teaching Guide/Interview Portfolio (rubric included)
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage teachers to develop a Teaching Guide/Interview Portfolio (rubric included) prior to initiating their job search. This portfolio can be used as part of a teacher preparation assignment or for current in-service teachers seeking their next professional position. The final product can be a physical portfolio (e.g. 3-ring notebook; bound copy) or an electronic version (e.g. OneNote).
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Family Interview and Rubric
A Family Interview assignment and rubric is a powerful tool for pre-service teachers to conduct; it provides a view into the everyday dynamics of a family and the stressors experienced. This project can be used as part of a teacher preparation coursework or to learn more about a specific student’s family life for educational planning.
Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences
Artifact Strategy Guide
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage my students to process information and promote independent thinking on topics and concepts. I implement the Artifact Strategy Guide to challenge students. Students are required to identify an item (or physically bring to class) that is an artifact or physical representation of a project/topic that we are learning. The completion of the Artifact Strategy Guide requires careful consideration and rationale as well as individual discovery that complem
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What's My Name activity
Building relationships with our students starts with the first interaction, the first “Hi!” the first “welcome to our classroom!” It is essential that we build relationships with and between students. The What’s My Name activity is a strong start to a successful learning experience. I have the students use the guiding questions to direct their conversation with 2-3 other class colleagues AFTER I have given my “What’s My Name” response as a model. My goal is to have the students make connection
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3-2-1 Bridge Activity Guide
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage pre-service teachers to process class activities and discussion to promote concept mastery. I broadly introduce a topic and have students complete the first part of the document showing what they currently know and think about the topic. Next we complete the content activity and then the students complete the 2nd part. This 3-2-1 Bridge Activity Guide can be used as part of a class activity, as an assignment, a small/large discussion starter or as
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Research Article Critical Reading and Processing
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage teachers, both pre-service and in-service as well as graduate students to read current research to inform practice and build personal educational philosophies. This is the first step towards truly thinking and processing the information rather than just repeating it. I use this document, Article Processing, as an introduction to critical reading of professional research articles. I may give a group of students the same article for class discussion
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Sociogram Project
As an experienced teacher educator I encourage teachers, student teachers and field experience students to complete a sociogram as part of the classroom demographics. This project can be used as part of a teacher preparation assignment or to learn more about a specific teachers’ classroom dynamics. A SOCIOGRAM is a teacher-made device that is used to provide additional information regarding students and how they interact with their peers. It is a valuable tool for determining how students are v
Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Community
3 Vital Things
As an experienced teacher educator I recognize the importance of knowing my students. Back-grounds and experiences regardless of age. I use this document, 3 Vital Things as an early in the year/semester activity. I show the document and have the students complete 3 separate index cards or post-its with responses to the 3 questions ANONYMOUSLY. The key here is anonymously, this allows the students to be honest and gives the instructor a good feel for outside stressors without identifying specifi
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Dr. Watters' professional mission is to "Inspire lifelong learning in others with trust, integrity and joy."
She has extensive public school special education teaching experience in Preschool and Early Childhood settings. Dr. Watters has experience at the national and international levels presenting papers (e.g. NAEYC, Kappa Delta Pi, CEC, ATE, and ECERI) and in higher education authoring and implementing teacher education curriculums in early childhood and intervention specialist. Dr. Watters values the link between research, authentic experiences, and practical implementation.
Additionally, she holds an Ed. D. in Educational Leadership with expertise in Early Childhood and Special Education Teacher Preparation; an M.Ed. In Special Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and a B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Kent State University. Dr. Watters maintains an Ohio Permanent teaching certificate in Developmentally Handicapped K-12, Preschool Special Education (3-5), and a Reading Endorsement (K-12).
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