Educ 340--Student Teaching

Fall Term 2007

Supervisor: Jim Vandergriff

 

website: http://faculty.knox.edu/jvanderg/340Stuff/Index340.html

 

Course Calendar

 

Mon., Sep. 3 -- Topic: Introduction, Format, and Announcements

                        We’ll discuss the general assignments and the website

 

Sun., Sep. 9 -- Topic: Lesson Planning, Entry slip writing, Classroom Management; Teaching Strategies

Assignment: Bring a question, an observation, or a "bit of wisdom" to share and come prepared to talk about how you (or your cooperating teacher) have been teaching.

 

                        Read the Student Teaching Manual before the meeting; we will be talking about it.

 

I will do some observations this week and next

 

Submit --

Artifact # 7 -- Statement of Philosophy of Education and the entry slip for it. (You may use one you have compiled for another course, as long as it contains all the elements specified on the 340 website.)

Artifact # 4 -- Big Picture plus the entry slip for it

Be prepared to talk about your journal entries

 

 

Sun., Sep. 23 -- Assignment:  Talk to your cooperating teacher(s) about your classroom management plan.  Come prepared to share their comments and your plan. Talk to your cooperating teacher(s) about computerized grading/digital recordkeeping; come to seminar prepared to talk about what is done at your school, and what more could be done

 

I will do some observations this week and next.

 

Submit --

Artifact # 13 -- Classroom Management Plan and the entry slip for it.

Artifact # 10 -- Article Review and the entry slip for it.

Be prepared to talk about your journal entries and about your progress on Artifact # 16 – District, school and student description

 

 

Sun., Oct. 7-- Assignment:  Talk to your cooperating teacher(s) about your legal responsibilities as a teacher. Bring a 5-minute video segment of you teaching to share.  Your video segment MUST be digital. Bring it on a CD.  And be sure to try out your CD before you come to seminar.  It must work. (Keep the camera on you, not on the kids. We don’t want them in the picture. If they are, you’ll have to get permission from their parents and I’d just as soon not have to deal with that.)

 

 

I will do some observations this week and next.

 

Submit—

Artifact # 8 – Involvement in the Broader Life of the School and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 16:  District, School, and Student Description and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 1 -- Case Study and the entry slip for it.

Artifact # 14 -- Videotaped teaching segment – save in Quick Time format), reflection on it and the entry slip for it

 

Be prepared to talk about your journal entries

 

 

Sun., Oct. 21 – Assignment:  Come prepared to talk about Assessment instruments you have used and/or created and to share your annotated resource list..

 

I will do some observations this week

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Submit--

Artifact # 12 – Proof of facility with technology and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 11—Unit and lesson plans and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 3—Assessment tools and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 15—Annotated resource list and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 10--Review of an article from a professional journal and the entry slip for it

 

Be prepared to talk about your journal entries

 

 

Sun., Nov. 4 – Assignment:  Be prepared to talk about your journal entries

 

                        I will do some observations this week and next.

 

                        Submit--

Artifact # 2 – Assessed Student work and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 5 – Report on a union or school board meeting and the entry slip for it

 

 

Fri. Nov. 9 – You are required to attend the Illinois Association of Teacher Educators conference, which is being held at EIU in Charleston. This is required attendance and fills the requirement to attend a professional conference.

 

 

Sun., Nov. 11 -- Be prepared to talk about your journal entries and your portfolios and websites

 

I will do some observations this week.

 

Artifact #  6 -- Account of a conference and the entry slip for it

Artifact # 9 -- Daily Journal Entries

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            Portfolios due: No later than Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007.  Post your portfolio live in your off-campus site and get your CD to me.