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 9, 2014

Week Two - "Professional Conduct & Dispositions"

Today in class we're going to talk about professional conduct, what it is, and what types of behaviors we are expected to practice in order to be considered "professional".

We are also going to fill out schedules that we can share with our cooperating teachers for our field placements. This is the process for "next steps":

  1. Contact Mr. Sam Azure, Principal, at TJES, about setting up an appointment with him to get assigned to a classroom. This will give you a chance to tell him which grade level you prefer and find out the name of the teacher with whom you will be placed.
  2. Email the name of the teacher and the grade level to me. After I receive this information from you, I will send an email to you and your teacher with some basic information.
  3. As soon as you receive my email, attempt to contact the teacher either via phone or email about setting up a time to visit with him or her.
  4. Share your schedule with the teacher when you visit in person so s/he knows what time you have free. 
  5. Remember - if you have Math with Theresa, you will need to be a in the classroom during Math time. If you have Language Arts with Brenda, you will need to be in the classroom during Language Arts time. And if you have P.E. with Randy, you will need to be in the classroom for a P.E. class. This means that you will NOT be in blocks of time, like in the past. Instead, you will be in the classroom at various times throughout the week.
For those of you in EDU 298 (Antonia, Valene and Angela) - hang tight. As soon as the big group is placed, we'll get you going. Thanks for your patience!

If you have ANY questions, please let me know. Thanks!
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