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UBC Middle Years TC Orientation – 2010-2011: Update for Monday, 7 September 2010

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Welcome to a the 2010-2011 cohort of Midldle Years TCs.  This blog will serve as a record of what goes on in EDUC 310, EDUC 316, and LLED 320 (Term 2).  Those are the courses that I teaach.  Also, you’ll find information related to your practica in addition to bits and pieces on TC-related events.  Please note that this blog continues where last year’s left off.  If you’re curious, you can peruse the old posts and see what happened last year in the cohort.

Here’s what shook down on Day 1 of your “year long job interview”:

Kingpin as a Microcosm for the Year

Everything I needed to know thus far in life I’ve learned from movies.  Honest.  This clip from the Farrelly brothers comedy classic Kingpin condenses the Teacher Ed program into a tight 67 seconds.  It takes you from those nerve wracking early days on campus, to dealing with call outs in your classroom on prac, to the joyous victory that is graduation.  Enjoy!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJaBJW7EOU&p=B4FC1233BE4030C2&playnext=1&index=10[/youtube]

Class Keeping

I took attendance and gathered contact information.

Instructor Introduction

I noted that I work from Monday to Thursday at UBC and, on Fridays, at Hillcrest Middle School in Coquitlam. I threw in a few other bits and pieces, as well.

Perspectives on the Year

The MY program is small – 1 cohort of 25 in a sea of 36 other UBC Teacher Ed cohorts.  Be sure to self advocate so your voice doesn’t get lost.  Also, I set out the year-at-a-glance, indicating how coursework, practica, and breaks are spaced out over the course of 2010-2011.

If you have questions related to the program, please check these publications from the UBC Teacher Education Office:

“Getting to Know You” Goal

One of my main goals in the early part of the year is to get to know you and your cohort mates.  The better I know you, the more able I am to place you with a School Advisor that fits.  To that end, we diid three tasks:

  • Factors That Influence How We Teach Task

Please complete this piece of writing, as per the instructions, to give me an idea of how your background and experiences may impact you as an educator.  Your piece is due on Monday, 13 September and the handout can be found here:

Factors That Influence How We Teach Handout – 2010/2011

  • Name Introduction Information

I plan to have you introduce a partner and share some information about their name in a future class.  To that end, please do a 10-minute write in response to the “Thinking on Your Name” questions that can be found on the bottom of the Factors handout posted above.

  • “Which Object is Most Like My Life?” Poetry

To wrap up this intro lesson, we engaged in a personal poetry writing activity.  In essence, I showed a collection of objects – a broken clock, a dragon heat bag, a coffee mug, a wooden hippo, and an oyster shell – and I asked each of you to choose the one that was most like your life, free write for 5 minutes on the object’s connection to your life, and highlight 3 interesting images, phrases, or words in your piece.  We ran out of time at that point, so I asked everyone to shape the 3 chosen ideas into a poem to be presented in the next class.  You can find more detailed instructions for this activity (and a sample free write and poem from yours truly) on this handout:

Brendan McLeod’s Children’s Festival Ojbect Poetry Task

That’s all for this class.

Cheers,

Lawrence