Education and Schooling

Session #4

Week of October 1st 2007

Asst. Professor G. Sharpe

Today at a Glance

• Attendance-Please sign in!• Please hand in your assignment • Web Site of the Week• Observations to make-Oct. Practicum• Thoughts on today’s film• Review of Today’s Discussion Questions• Film-30 minutes• Break-10 minutes• Discussion on reading assignment and E.T.F.O. film- “It

Can Happen to You.”• Discussion Questions for Session #5

Web Site of the Week

• Teachers.Net Mentor Support Center• The site is dedicated to fostering peer support

and development for both teachers and school administrators

• Lesson plans are posted• You are able to post lessons• Chat connections are available to share ideas• A “Community of Learners.”• Supports the notion of teacher collegiality

“Look Fors”/Advice

• Make note of and record applicable classroom management strategies

• Inquire about I.E.P.’d students and record teaching strategies used• Talk to your Librarian-Look through the school’s Resource Room• Seek out the Mathematics Course of Study and Year at a Glance• Ask your Associate what he/she would like you to do on his/her

planning time• Start to collect as many curriculum-related hand-outs as possible• Start your “subject hand-out folders.” • Introduce yourself to the Principal- always think about the

“networking possibilities.”• Complete your classroom preparation the night before• Rehearse your lessons• Being organized steadies one’s nerves!• Thoughts? Questions?

Today’s Session

• I’m not here to discourage or frighten you from connecting with your students

• I want you to make appropriate connections

• Establish, early on, those boundaries with your students

• Knowledge, in this regard, will help guide your practice

• Knowledge is POWER!

Points to Consider while watching the

film

• A. When does a teacher’s professional life end and his/her personal life begin?

• B. What are some of the hazards teachers face when they establish “dual relationships,” with their students?

• C. From the article and film, list and describe strategies teachers could use when establishing and maintaining professional boundaries with your students?

• Film- 30 minutes • Break- 10 minutes• Discussion

• Preparing for Session #5’s Discussion

Session # 5• What worked in your respective classrooms? (classroom

management strategies, lesson plan ideas/strategies, assessment, problem solving with students etc.)

• What you are going to do differently in your next practicum session.

• General Observations- life as a teacher, the staffroom, collegiality, support systems, problems in the school, working with J/I students, pleasant surprises, breakthroughs with students, OTHER related experiences

• Let’s discuss the above in the first 50 minutes of session number 5

• Please be prepared to share, we will have an open forum.• Sharing with our section mates will foster collegiality and

establish a community of learners- GROWTH!