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, November 18, 2014

Wrapping up November

Today during our seminar, we're going to do the following:
  • Share one idea or observation from your classroom with your peers.
  • Give an update on progress. EDU 298 people should be nearly finished with their placements and activities.
  • Teaching performance rubrics - any questions?
  • Watch a video clip about "What Makes Great Teachers". Yes, we have talked about this many times but we can never hear this information too many times!
What Makes Great Teachers?

 I have spring registration forms for some of you. We will get these signed and I will give you copies. Others can stop by my office tomorrow. As soon as the Physical Science lab is added, they'll be ready.

We will not meet next Tuesday - the next seminar will be Tuesday, Dec. 2. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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