Seminar-Jan.+27,+2009

=Tentative Agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009= 
 * Location:** Carol Lynn McConnell's room at Provo High School (C1-3) (Walk down the main hall toward the auditorium, turn right down C hall, go down the short flight of stairs and her room is the first one on your right)


 * Time:** 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Next Tuesday, January 27, class will meet from 4:00 to 5:30 in Carol Lynn McConnell's classroom at Provo High. More details forthcoming.

=Assignments for Today (Please complete before class today)=


 * Sign up to do La Bienvenida (includes song, prayer, and scripture or spiritual thought)
 * TWS: Turn in a copy of your unit overview and unit planning grid if you haven't already done so
 * Complete the FED if you haven't already done so THIS semester
 * Bring a copy of your bell schedule and your class schedule to leave with me if you haven't already done so
 * Complete Technology Skills Assessment in 180 MCKB if you haven't yet done so AND be sure they enter it in LiveText
 * Discuss with your mentors potential dates/times for a reception

=La Bienvenida - 4:00 - 4:05= //Vamos a hacer este segmento en español. ¿Hay un voluntario para enseñarnos lo que el Se////ñor te ha ense////ñado esta semana (por medio de la canción y una escritura relacionada (o un pensamiento espiritual)////?//

Jan. 27 - user:Angelab5 Feb. 3 -user:stephaniert Feb. 10 -user:hmecham Feb. 24 - Mar. 10 - user:ToddLager Mar. 24 - Apr. 7 -

La canción - La oración - La escritura o pensamiento espiritual - [|Thoughts from Elder Scott's excellent talk on teaching effectively] (Si no hay otro voluntario) user:chericem1

=Professionalizing Our Practice - 4:00 - 5:30=

Agenda & Principles for Effective Discussion: ////

Outline of Carol Lynn McConnell's Presentation:


 * Goals for Native Spanish Speakers in Spanish 3 Honors
 * Meeting Native Spanish Speakers' Needs
 * Create a Class Climate of Mutual Respect
 * Capitalize on Their Strengths
 * Contextualize
 * Challenge Them
 * Give Them Structure
 * Question & Answer Session

Materials Distributed:


 * Placement Test
 * Descriptive Adjectives Critical Thinking Activity
 * Maratón de verbos
 * Detective Simulation
 * Sample of Leveled Readers

=For Your Reference=




 * Assignments -**
 * CDS
 * CPAS - [[file:CPAS FL Criteria for Clinical Practice.pdf]]
 * FED
 * PIBS
 * TSA
 * Teacher Work Sample (TWS)
 * Student Evaluations


 * [|Important Dates]**

Jan. 5, 2009 - First Day of Student Teaching Jan. 15, 2009 - Student teaching applications for Winter Semester Due Jan. 19, 2009 - NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Day) Feb. 16, 2009 - NO CLASS (President's Day) - [|Secondary Teaching Placements] Posted Mar. 1, 2009 - Application for [|Scholarships] Due (Available January 1) Mar. 18, 2009 - [|BYU Teacher Fair] Apr. 2-4, 2009 - [|Southwest Conference on Language Teaching]// in Norman, OK Apr. 15, 2009 - Application for Exit Interview for August Graduation Due Apr. 16, 2009 - BYU Foreign Language Fair (encourage your mentor teachers and their students to participate) Apr. 17, 2009 - Last Day of Student Teaching (unless your school's Spring Break backs up to this, in which case the last day of school will be your last day of student teaching) Apr. 23-24, 2009 - Graduation End of Semester - Complete PIBS, CDS, FED, and TWS and click electronic signatures in LiveText to send to placement office so you can get your teaching license

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