Things are getting pretty hectic as Term 1 wraps up.  Here’s a summary of what’s gone on, what needs to be done, and when it needs to be done by.  Please note that there’s a handy summary of this information at the end of this post:

Microteaching: Presentations, Feedback, and Analysis

Thanks to everyone for  presenting engaging lessons this week.  With respect to feedback, I think Shep has already given his groups their rubrics and his comments.  I will be giving each group a feedback sandwich (I needed some time to type out my dodgy handwriting!)  and the rubrics completed by the assessors on Monday 23 November.

Mmm, sandwiches.  Here’s a clip of Adam Sandler making “The World’s Greatest Sandwich”.  The recipe scrolls like credits as the clip ends:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXAJAyLdUXU[/youtube]

You don’t need to wait for the feedback to complete your Microteaching Analysis, mind you.  This reflection is a collection of your thoughts on the presentation and need not be influenced by the assessment of others.  One co-authored reflection per partnership is sufficient.  You simply need to watch the lesson video and use the questions listed below to structure your critique of the lesson:

The Microteaching Analysis is due on Monday, 30 November. Your response can take the form of any product – piece of writing, poster, collage, PowerPoint presentation, song, or something else – that allows you to demonstrate thorough and thoughtful coverage of the required content.

Wrapping Up EDUC 315, the Tuesdays Practicum

This coming Tuesday, 24 November is the final Tuesday of the Initial Practicum Experience.  As a part of this practicum, here is what you are responsible for:

• Planning a lesson
  • Here’s the template we’ve been using in EDUC 310/316 class: LESSON DESIGN Planning Template
• Sending your plan to your SA and FA in advance of your teaching the lesson
• Teaching the lesson
• Reflecting on the lesson and sending a copy of your reflection to your FA (and your SA, if they want one)
  • You can use the Microteaching Analysis questions (shown above) as a framework for your reflection.  You can structure your reflection differently if you so choose.
• Giving a copy of your teaching timetable to your FA
• Finalizing the subject and specific topic you will be teaching for  your unit during the 2-week practicum in January
  • On average, you should be teaching about 1 hour per day.  This means that – depending on your timetable – you should be teaching a unit of between 6 to 10 lessons.
• Completing the Education 315: Pre-Practicum Teacher Candidate’s Self-Evaluation Form and talking about it with your SA
  • Here’s a copy of the form you fill out: EDUC 315 TC Self-Evaluation Form
  • Here’s a copy of the form your SA will fill out (it has the same 3 categories but is written from the third person not the  first person point of view): EDUC 315 SA Feedback Form
• Emailing the aforementioned 315 Self-Evaluation form to your FA and SA by Friday, 27 November 2009
• Completing the Goal Setting Grid described in the Getting into your Placement: A menu of possibilities… handout and emailing it to your SA and FA by Wednesday, 25 November.  The grid looks like this:

The full handout is in an earlier post but here it is again for easy reference:

315 Getting Into Your Placement Task

Finally, here is the letter I sent out to you and your SAs at the midpoint of the Tuesdays Practicum (Shep sent a similar letter to his TCs and SAs).  It touches on the items mentioned above:

Mid-Point of 315 Letter to SAs & TCs

Calendar of Events and Due Dates:

So, to tie it all together here’s a calendar of events and due dates to get you up to speed at a glance:

• Monday, 23 November
  • Lesson Topic – UBD Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
  • Handing out of suggested unit planning template
  • Scheduling the Unit Planning Conferences held on Monday, 30 November 2009

• Tuesday, 24 November
  • Discuss your completed Education 315: Pre-Practicum Teacher Candidate’s Self-Evaluation Form with your SA
  • Confirm the subject and specific topic for your 2-week practicum unit
  • Enjoy the last day of your first practicum.

• Wednesday, 25 November
  • eFolio Workshop (with your genial and knowledgeable hosts, Adam and Joe)
  • DUE DATE: EDUC 315 Goal Setting Grid emailed to your SA and FA

• Friday, 27 November
  • DUE DATE: Email your completed Education 315: Pre-Practicum Teacher Candidate’s Self-Evaluation Form

• Monday, 30 November
  • Unit Planning Conferences (in lieu of a formal class)
  • DUE DATE: Microteaching Analysis handed in or emailed to your Microteaching instructor

• Wednesday, 2 December
  • Shep’s Introduction to Classroom Management titled Dr. Management or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bumps
  • Shabtika and Lee’s Microteaching Presentation

• Monday, 7 December
  • Completed 2-week practicum unit plan draft due to SA and FA

Well, there you have it.  I think you’re up to date in the world of sports.  Speaking of sports, here’s a collection of sports bloopers from October 1991 compiled by the crew of the long gone but fondly remembered local show, Sports Page:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBq1TBm41nY[/youtube]

Cheers,

– Lawrence