Course+Overview

//If I were teaching in a middle school or high school, what products, practices, and perspectives would I want to see in a new colleague? What might those look like in an interview context? How might we use this course to equip you in that way? One possible response to those questions appears below. Please post your reactions to this in the discussion forum on this page.// //Click here for assignment sheets.//


 * **Date** || **Topic** || **Tentative Assignments** ||
 * Jan. 11 || **The Pressing Issues of Language Teaching & Learning** **– //Organizing for Learning//**: Classroom Management, Paperwork, Time Management || * Read course syllabus
 * Bring answers to reflection questions ||
 * Jan. 18 || **Practices in Language Teaching & Learning –** //**Making Instruction Accessible to All Students**:// Packaging Knowledge & Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Learners (a.k.a. Thematic Planning & Service Learning) || * Bring your textbook and any other materials you might need to plan a unit you'll be teaching during lead teaching ||
 * Jan. 25 || **The Problem with Comparisons in Language Teaching & Learning – //Addressing Social Issues in Language Teaching & Learning://** Abuse, Achievement Gaps, Drugs & Alcohol, Expectations, Gangs, Gender Gaps, Health-related Issues, Hunger, Homelessness, Poverty, Working in under-resourced environments || * Draft of Resume Due ||
 * Feb. 1 || **Perspectives on Language Teaching & Learning –** //**Developing Communicative Competence & Literacy Skills**:// Using Social Technologies to Develop Skills in all 3 Communicative Modes (a.k.a. Tech Tips and Project Development) || * Draft of Cover Letter Due
 * Read article //The Trouble with Trouble//
 * Be sure you have your laptops today
 * Bring any tech questions you have to class with you today ||
 * Feb. 8 || **Creating a Culture for Language Learning //– Contextualization & Cultural Authenticity://** Story-based Instruction

Guest Speaker: Kyle Melton - Planning from a Textbook || * Take the //5 Important Questions Survey//
 * Bring a copy of your textbook to class plus questions for Kyle Melton
 * Bring a children's book in your target language (you can check them out from the library if you don't have one--you'll enjoy class more if you bring a book you really like and would want to develop lesson plans about) ||
 * Mar. 14 || **Connecting with Other Disciplines to Promote Language Teaching & Learning – //Advocacy, Articulation, & Program Development//**: Formal Advocacy, Social Networking, Mock Interviews, Informal Teaching Opportunities, PRing Your Program (Shortened class) || * Professional Biography Due
 * Teaching Philosophy Due
 * Student-focused Videotape Written Assignment Due ||
 * Mar. 21 || **Products of Language Teaching & Learning –** //**Assessment, Accountability, & Understanding**:// Using Performance-based Assessment to Support Student Learning & Inform Instructional Decision-making in the FL Classroom (a.k.a. Oral Proficiency & Grammar) || * Nominate grammar topics for discussion ||
 * Mar. 28 || **Crafting Communities of Language Learners – //Finding, Evaluating, & Using Meaningful Resources & Materials to Support Student Learning//:** Community Organizations, Curricula, Experts, Funding/Grants, Information, Internet Sites, Materials, & Professional Organizations (Shortened class) Portfolio reviews || * Sample Layered Lesson Plan Due
 * Bring portfolios for advice/suggestions ||
 * Apr. 11 || **Setting the Standard for Professionalism** –**//Managing the Legal, Social, and Moral Responsibilities of Language Teaching & Learning//** (Planning for Convocation & Video Reviews) || * Professional Portfolios (a.k.a. Show What You Know Projects) Due
 * Bring your videotapes to show in class ||
 * Apr. 25 || **Becoming Lifelong Learners – //Developing Plans for Ongoing Professional Development//** || * Teaching in the Target Language Demo - You should have presented at one teaching demo to the class by now
 * Swap Shops - You should have posted at least 4 swap shop activities to the wiki by now (or e-mailed them to everyone in class if you don't want to post them publicly)
 * Class Presentation to Family & Friends (more info. on this in class)
 * Course Evaluations
 * Convocation (more info. on this in class) ||