I took the class "Improvement of Instruction" with Mrs. Sue Rasmussen at the beginning of my Educational Leadership journey in the Fall of 2013. Through this course I was able to strengthen my knowledge and skills in the area of effective instruction. I gained a deeper understanding of using the 4-MAT model of teaching, which explains learning in terms of the ways people perceive and process information. The following artifact displays two different lessons written using the 4-MAT model.