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Please make a name tent if you dont already have onePlan on using this the first couple of weeksUntil 9:101TE 803: Professional Roles and Teaching Practice IISession One: January 10, 2013 Introduction and Integration

Instructor: Amanda Baumann

WelcomeThe door is open; the house is yoursInvitation toShare with othersBreatheCollaborateReflect on teachingThink deeply about your practiceClose laptops.

Until 9:15

Is there anyone new to the section?

Where Im coming from: teaching experience, MSU courses/field instruction, my doctoral work, my goals for this course and my work with you (to help you get to the next step in your practice, whatever that is; and to help you be as ready as you can to join a school). I love ELL, simulations, integration, and learning new stuff in order to teach it.3AGENDAWelcomeIcebreakerSyllabusIntegrated curriculumHospital UnitFor Next TimeThe Unit Plan

Until 9:154IcebreakerYou have 15 minutes to ask your question to as many people as you can.

You have about 5 minutes to organize the information you get.

You have about 30 seconds to share your aggregated data (e.g. significant patterns) with the group.

Until 9:455Syllabus/Wiki/Stuff to KnowFoci:Integration surrounding social studiesSpecial EducationLesson Study (FlashPLC)Preparing for the job searchEtc.

Calendar: how it looks and why

Buy One Book

Wiki: do you all know how to use a wiki?

Written workMost via email: look for receipt email from meIf it comes up on spelling or grammar check, fix it

Social media/communication option?

Until 10:00

Informal notes about me as an instructor:-- this is my first time, so we will be making changes to the course as needs arise. I already know I want to do some work on RTI in the latter part of the class and I am hoping you will also let me know about topics or changes that would work well for you.*Technology and food*Deadlines/communication. Excused versus unexcused absences.*Mistakes in written work. *Grading and rubrics and revisions*24h email reply thing; if you text, tell me who you are*The UP is not optional6Professional Language/ToneBehavioral description rather than value-based description

Assumption that noncompliance or nonsuccess are arising out of the students needs rather than the students desire to mess up your teaching

Children or students or learners (or scholars) rather than kids or guys or other less formal terms even if it is affectionate

Careful of undiagnosed diagnoses the closest you want to get is shows some behaviors consistent with (diagnosis).

Frequently or typically rather than always or constantly

Struggles to or struggles with

Active learner or learns best by or does best with

People first terminology: student with ADD or receiving services for ADD rather than ADD student.

NEVER bad kids. NEVER behavior kids. NEVER slow learnersUntil 10:15

What do you know about this already? A major learning curve (or it was for me).

Its easy to forget about these while speaking from the heart or transitioning from a less formal environment. I am working to maintain these professional language standards too. Please lets help each other with gentle reminders about professional terminology.7Professional Language/ToneFOR YOU, TOO!! AND FOR YOUR MENTOR TEACHER AND FOR ME!!

Assumption of blazing intelligence and intensely positive intent

Assumption that even if behavior is less than perfect, we want to succeed

Disagreements, struggles and areas for growth rather than faults, stupidities, and shortcomings

We All Want To See You Grow Into Your Best Teacher Self

Until 10:15

What do you know about this already? A major learning curve (or it was for me).

Its easy to forget about these while speaking from the heart or transitioning from a less formal environment. I am working to maintain these professional language standards too. Please lets help each other with gentle reminders about professional terminology.8BREAK Please fill out the survey (linked on the wiki).See you at

Break 10:15 10:40 10 minutes break, 10 to fill out the intro survey9Integrated Curriculum Lake articleWhy integration? (the research) highlighted in yellow

Effect on student content knowledge (highlighted in green)

Effect on student attitudes (highlighted in blue)

Recommendations for teachers (highlighted in magenta)

Cool visual models of different types of integration (chart)

Lets jigsaw this! Groups of five to start. 7.5 minutes plus 7.5 minutes, until 10:55.

It will love you as long as you love it, as long as it loves itself. It needs to be inspired, it needs spires of cathedrals as a matter of fact. It needs lovers kissing under a streetlight. That woman that you said Im not going home with her and you went home anyway. Thats a city is a body. A body, man. It breathes. It has brains and it breathes. The city is a body.

10Integrated Curriculum Lake articleAn integrated study is one in which children broadly explore knowledge in various subjects related to certain aspects of their environment. (Humphreys et al., 1991)Thoughtful combination of subjectsEmphasis on projectsSources which go beyond textbooksRelationship among conceptsOrganized around a themeFlexible both with scheduling and groupingUntil 11:0011Integrated Curriculum Lake articleIntegration is about connectedness and continuitySupported by brain research (Caine and Caine, 1991)Other research findingsImplementation needs:Planning timeAvailable resourcesSupport services with teaching teamThemes which promote the transference of learning and connectionsAvoid themes of convenienceUntil 11:0012Reading: The Hospital UnitTake about 15-20 minutes to read over the Hospital UnitJot down areas of integration, potentials, questions or doubtsDiscuss in groups

Until 11:3013For Next TimeBecause you know you cant get enough of social studies two meetings rather than one. Thursday morn in this room and Friday morn in 111 Berkey HallNumber one thing: draft unit plan, parts I and II, will be peer reviewed in class on Friday. Get going on this or you will be sad in a week.Review the mentor teacher memo with your mentor.Sign up to facilitate a kickoff discussion. Anyone want to go next week?Readings as listed on the wiki

Until 11:3514Unit Plan At a glanceParts of the Unit PlanQuestions/Ideas?

Until 11:4015Olympic Fanfare and ProcessionaliTunes v7.6.2, QuickTime 7.5FolkloramaASFreakinGFolklorama