Schedule --- Assignments, Face-to-face meetings, Online work, Homework and Due Week/Date Topic Inquiries Activities Weekly Work Location Week 1 Work with Acclimate yourself to role in Take on planning for teaching Mentor’s Classroom – 9/1 Mentor to plan the classroom. schedule. for Document routines and Blackboard independent Self-study for introduction expectations. posted to teaching Make notes on students. Blackboard by 11:59 pm schedule. (midnight) Sunday 9/4 Blackboard Introduction See – Who am I? announcement and follow expectations. Reflection on Who What is my am I and How am I growing as a learning teacher? landscape Week 2 Teachers at Introductions/Syllabus Extensive explanation of syllabus Component 1 of TRP due – 9/8 work in their and TRP to Blackboard by classrooms What qualities must an TRP Contextual Factors midnight Sunday 9/11. – – Face to Face individual exhibit in the Mentor’s classroom in order to be an Classroom Student Learning Bring hard copy of effective teacher? Goals vs. Classroom Component 1 and your goals Management (T chart) and ideas for what student What elements of classroom learning goals (TRP) you knowledge, beliefs, & practice Choice Words might address in your are essential in the Jigsaw sections of Chapter 1 classroom to class on 9/15. classroom? 1-5, 5 8, 8 - 10 – Read --- Chapter 7 Choice Brainstorm qualities of a teacher Words for Class on 9/15 – in class self-assessment. Set goals – for yourself. Week 3 Building a What elements of community Community Building Activity --- TRP Component 2 posted – 9/15 community of are you seeing in your What does a teacher do to build to blackboard by Learners: mentor’s classroom? community in a classroom? Why is midnight Sunday 9/18 Face to Face Making Short and Simple Rules/ it needed? Learning Principles & Beliefs
Schedule --- Assignments, Face-to-face meetings, Online work, Homework and Due Week/Date Location Topic Inquiries Activities Weekly Work Week 1 – 9/1 Blackboard Work with Mentor to plan for independent teaching schedule. Who am I? What is my learning landscape Acclimate yourself to role in the classroom. Self-study for introduction Take on planning for teaching schedule. Document routines and expectations. Make notes on students. Blackboard Introduction – See announcement and follow expectations. Reflection on Who am I and How am I growing as a teacher? Mentor’s Classroom posted to Blackboard by 11:59 pm (midnight) Sunday 9/4 Week 2 – 9/8 Face to Face Teachers at work in their classrooms Introductions/Syllabus What qualities must an individual exhibit in the classroom in order to be an effective teacher? What elements of classroom knowledge, beliefs, & practice are essential in the classroom? Extensive explanation of syllabus and TRP TRP – Contextual Factors – Mentor’s Classroom Student Learning Goals vs. Classroom Management (T chart) Choice Words Jigsaw sections of Chapter 1 1-5, 5 – 8, 8 - 10 Brainstorm – qualities of a teacher – in class self-assessment. Set goals for yourself. Component 1 of TRP due to Blackboard by midnight Sunday 9/11. Bring hard copy of Component 1 and your goals and ideas for what student learning goals (TRP) you might address in your classroom to class on 9/15. Read --- Chapter 7 Choice Words for Class on 9/15 Week 3 – 9/15 Face to Face Building a community of Learners: Making Learning What elements of community are you seeing in your mentor’s classroom? Short and Simple Rules/ Principles & Beliefs Community Building Activity --- What does a teacher do to build community in a classroom? Why is it needed? TRP Component 2 posted to blackboard by midnight Sunday 9/18