LEARNER PROFILE

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LEARNER PROFILE

Heather Thompkins

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Professional Studies

Bowie State University

ECED 301: Theories and Practices in Early Childhood Education

Prof. Nate Hamilton, M. Ed.

February 17,2026

Introduction of Assignment: The learner profile, allows me as an educator to collect meaningful social behavioral, academic and cultural information in order to design, intentional and responsive instruction as I continue with this assignment, I observed and able to have a one on one with the second grader student named Heather. This will allow me to comprehend her learning preferences, the streams interests in growth areas by creating this profile for her, it helps me analyze how her characteristics influence instructional planning how the classroom environment affects her growth and how I can have great engaged for strategies for her success. The report also connects the traits to her social, cultural learning theory, and has a simple outline on how cultural lead, responsive certain teaching prices can support her academic and social development.

Student Profile

Students Information

Students Pseudonym:

Heather

Age:

8 years old

Gender:

female

Current Grade/Special Class:

2nd grade

Language (s) spoken:

english

Students cultural background:

black/African american

Learning preferences:

Visual learner; benefits from hands-on activities, small group instruction, and teacher modeling

Classroom Description:

Heather is enrolled in a second-grade general education classroom consisting of 22 students with diverse academic abilities. The classroom includes students receiving reading and math intervention support. Instruction is delivered through whole-group lessons, small-group rotations, and independent work time. The classroom environment includes anchor charts, visual schedules, manipulative, and literacy centers to support differentiated learning.

Students Traits, Interests, Strengths, and Areas of Growth

Traits

Cognitive

Heather demonstrates grade-level reading comprehension when material is supported with visuals or read aloud. She benefits from guided instruction when solving multi-step math problems.

Physical

Heather displays age-appropriate fine motor skills. She writes legibly but occasionally rushes through written tasks.

Behavioral

Heather is respectful, cooperative, and responsive to redirection. She may become distracted during independent work but refocuses with minimal prompting.

Interests

Interest 1

This students favorite color is purple

Interest 2

She enjoys reading books about friendship and adventure.

Interest 3

Drawing and coloring are her preferred creative activities.

Students Areas of Strengths and Areas of Growth

Areas of Strength (Academic & Functional)

Areas of Growth: Academic & Functional)

Strength 1: Reads fluently at grade level.

Growth 1: Increasing math fact fluency.

Strength 2: Participates actively during class discussions.

Growth 2: Sustaining attention during independent tasks.

Strength 3: Demonstrates creativity in writing assignments.

Growth 3: Strengthening written sentence structure and grammar.

Strength 4: works well in cooperative group settings.

Growth 4: Building confidence when attempting challenging tasks.

Strength 5: independently follows the class routine.

Growth 5: Developing problem-solving strategies for multi-step math problems.

Learner Profile Report

Importance of Creating a Learner Profile

By creating a learner profile. Its very important because it allows the teachers and the other departments in the school to plan instruction based off Heathers needs rather than rely on general teaching practices when we are able to understand, Heather, strength, and reading and collaboration along with her need for different support and mathematics and writing instruction can be differentiated effectively Tomlinson (2017) elaborate on the topic of differentiation, and that happens when educators create a different way of delivering a concert process and that is a result in the students readiness and their interest in their learning profiles that were doing today. The learning style that best assist Heathers growth would include hands-on and visual learning. While learning the content, the teachers will incorporate- modeling, using manipulative and social collaboration( turn- and -talk discussions, small group problem solving, partner reading, and math center where students explain their thinking. This style of learning would be based off of Vygotskyss theory, children have cognitive growth when they have peers or adults that push their current learning levels.

Associated Theory based on Students Traits and Interests

Heathers learning aligned with Vygotsky social cultural theory Vygotsky (1978) focuses on that focus on learning through social into action and scaffold support within the zone of proximal development (ZPD) this will help Heather with guided practices and the teaching modeling. With collaborative learning, this will help reflect the need of scaffold instruction before independence.

And that there will also connect a culture background. Learning is culturally and socially constructed, meaning her experiences, identity and peer relationships influence how Heather processes information so her life experiences, and her opinions are valuable in instruction.

Planning for Instruction for Selected Student

The soul instruction for Heather should have visual styles, interactive task and structured routines. When it comes to mathematics, there should be number lines based 10 blocks math games and think aloud modeling that will strengthen her math fact, fluency and multi step problem-solving skills. During the instruction that deals with literacy, graphic, organize and successor, starters can support grammar and organization. When Heather is doing independent work, it should be broken into different segments with clear expectations and regular check-in to support proper attention a helpful reinforcement strategies and goal setting will help build academic confidence in the classroom having Heather have a voice in a certain assignment such as selecting books related to friendship and adventure increases internal drive to succeed.

Methods for Engagement for Selected Student

To help Heather, connect with the literacy I would try to incorporate different culture, relevant text and books that have a strong, black female and things of friendship and adventure. It has been proven that students are more engaging when they see themselves reflected in curriculum materials (Ladson-Billings, 1995). When it comes the mathematics, there will gamified fact fluency practices group, problem-solving, challenges, and movement-based learning activities would be on her focus. She loves drawing, so it is a grading art. Its a literacy and allow her to illustrate story responses would connect creativity to the academic content that we have in a classroom remembering that Heather needs verbal praises go tracking in reflection journals in order to sustain motivation when she starts to respond successfully to modeling and incorporating interactive think aloud sessions that will sharpen her comprehension and engagement in class.

Rationale of Resources for Selected Student culture carrying means that us to educators recognize and value the students culture identity in a classroom practices. Heather is an African American student, and she should have access to books class and videos and materials that reflect diverse voices and experience according to Gay (2018), being costly responsive in the educational world, strengthens the academic outcomes by securing and confirming the students’ cultural identities. I know that when I was in elementary school, I did not see anyone that looked like me, so I was limited in engaging and responding in class. I had some teachers that look like me, but the structure of education was not like what I experienced in high school where those teachers were more understanding of the culture as I step into the educational world I realize that my students should be representing classroom even in the books and the posters and the songs everything so they could feel comfortable learning and know that me as educator, is there to support their future. Some reasons may include multicultural lectures featuring African American, authors and characters. The next would-be classroom visit standing for diverse leaders, sciences, and writers. Writing prompts that connect to family traditions and community experiences. When we do this in a classroom, it confirms Heathers identity while increasing engagement in the classroom. When Heather sees herself in all the activities all around the classroom that is proven that his strength as academic self concept and confidence.

Suggested Classroom Environment and Rationale for Selected Student

The classroom should be flexible, yet have structure while incorporating, visible schedules, cautiously diverse images, and organize learning centers a supportive classroom for Heather would include clear, visual expectations, collaborative, seating groups for group test, a reading corner with diverse literacy, ankle, chart, supporting writing in math strategies and a calm down space for focus and regulation. This type of environment will allow Heather to not only floors but feel comfortable in her skin being an African American young black girl in school that will create a safe in affirming classroom to support her academic and emotional development.