Learning to teach is an intricate, painstaking, time consuming task. There are no easy shortcuts. Like all acts of performance, one learns to teach by teaching. To facilitate this process you will be assigned to an educational situation where you will have adequate opportunity to teach under the guidance of a master teacher. This person was selected because of his or her professional competence and a desire to work with prospective teachers.


Field experiences should be thought of as a time to study teaching as well as practice teaching. It is a time to put untried ideas to the test in a variety of real situations and to evaluate the results. The factors of: what to teach, how to teach it, and why teach it, are equally important and inseparable in the teaching process. You should reflect on these continually as you carry out your teaching assignments. The teacher education program of study is designed to offer a continuously expanding experience with these factors under the guidance of an experienced teacher. Taking full opportunity of these experiences will guide you as you journey to becoming a “competent, caring teacher” who will make a difference in the lives of children.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Week 5 Seminar

As you know, we will not be meeting today. I am in Washington, DC, right now at a Project Director's meeting for a new grant we were awarded.

I emailed you this weekend and gave you the following assignments that are due today. It must be emailed to me before 3 PM today. Again, I sent you the email this weekend so you had had this information in advance - the info below is word for word as it was in the email I sent.

EDU 298 - Level 1 Assignment:
Per your syllabus, you have a list of observations/tasks to complete in your placement. These are as follows:

1. Tutoring a Student – One on One
2. Music Room
3. School Library
4. Assist School Personnel (Secretary, Janitor, Cafeteria Personnel)
5. PLC (Professional Learning Community) Activity
6. School Staff Meeting
7. Assisting with Students with Disabilities
8. Assisting with Students who are ELL or in a Language Immersion Setting
9. Interactions with Families
10. Extracurricular Activities (i.e. sports, music, etc.)
11. After School Programs
12. School Board Meetings
 Your assignment is to type up a document that has these items listed. Then describe how you are going to complete each one. For example, for "After School Programs". Tell me what you are going to do or what you are going to observe. 


I know the majority of you have this done already because you have shared it with me verbally or you have it written in your syllabus. All you have to do is send me a Word document attached to an email with the details typed up on it.

EDU 348 - Level 2 Assignment:
Communicating Teaching Requirements to Cooperating Teacher: Develop a list of assignments (from all your courses) that will be completed in your field placement classroom. This list must be typed and will be shared with your cooperating teacher and the instructor for this course. This list will include lessons you are required to teach, any observations, or other tasks required in your 300-level courses. You will take a copy of this list with you to share with your cooperating teacher so he or she knows the expectations for your actual teaching experiences.

Don't forget to add any field experience assignments from your classes with Colette and Leah, in addition to your lesson planning/teaching requirements.

 Send me a Word document attached to an email with the details typed up on it. You will be sharing this info with your cooperating teacher, as well.

Thank you.


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