Efolio Setup
Thanks to Liz and Ali for presenting on how to setup your Efolio.
You can find more information on how to get your Efolio up and running on the TEO’s Eportfolios Resources page. One item of particular interest from that page is a checklist of artifacts that would be suitable for each standard. For ease of reference, I’ve posted that list here:
Classroom Management
We took some time to present the management role plays focused on low-level techniques in two categories:
Responses to misbehaviour
- proximity
- touch
- student’s name
- gesture
- the look
- the pause
- ignore
- signal to begin/signal for attention
- deal with the problem not the student
Preventive techniques
- transitions
- rules
- dealing with allies
- winning over
I’ve posted the details on all of these processes in the previous lesson’s post. For more information on management, please take a look at this detailed and very practical handout, Order in the Classroom. As per the files intro blurb:
“the intent of the following handout…is to help classroom teachers…consider certain strategies/ideas when they are supporting students with specific challenging behaviours within the classroom.”
Hankering for even more CM ideas? Check out this vintage clip:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM[/youtube]
Pre-Prac Prep
Dave and I covered off a few important things as we looked ahead to your upcoming 2-Week Practicum:
– Observation of Your Teaching: Dave or I will observe you once during EDUC 323. We will set up our schedule on the first day back – Tuesday, 3 January 2012. Your SA should observe you a minimum of once per week (or two times minimum) during the 2-week prac. Please submit your plan for the lesson we will be observing at least 24 hours in advance of its implementation.
– Weekly Reflections: During your prac, please send Dave or I via email a weekly reflection. This is due on each Friday of the prac. We suggest the What? So What? Now What? structure or the What’s working? What’s not? What’s next? format.
– Practicum Binder: Schools still very much rely on paper for their day to day business. As such, you’ll need a place for you to store all these hard copies. Below is a Table of Contents for your practicum binder. Please us dividers to set it up and have it handy so Dave or I can look at it when we drop in to observe you:
– Unit Plan: Please complete your plan and submit it to both your SA and FA via email by Monday, 5 December 2011.
– Student Writing Samples for Use In LLED 320 Class: Please collect 4-6 samples of student writing (photocopies are fine). Please black out the names so the author of each piece remains anonymous. The samples should reflect the range of writing abilities you find in your students. The pieces could be from lessons you teach, from work your students do with your School Advisor, or from writing your students have done in other classes. We will be completing a writing assessment task in LLED 320 and the best samples to work with for this assignment are about one-page long (longer is fine, mind you). The following types of work best suit the LLED 320 task:
- Short stories
- Paragraphs
- Poems
- Essays
- Reports
That’s all for today. Enjoy your break.
Oh , and here’s a song sure to get you in the Christmas mood:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycfuj5y7qds[/youtube]
– Lawrence