Seminar-Jan.+5,+2009

=Tentative Agenda for Jan. 5, 2009=


 * Location:** JFSB 3198
 * Time:** 4 p.m.

=Assignments for Today (Please complete before our meeting next week)=


 * Course Information Survey
 * Bring Teacher Work Sample feedback with you next time (if you were absent today, I have it for you)
 * Complete Technology Skills Assessment in 180 MCKB if you haven't yet done so AND be sure they enter it in LiveText

=Insights & Issues= (Nominate items for discussion here. Please sign your post by typing ~ three times and then clicking "Save.")


 * New wiki page - Purposes, potential uses, location of useful resources
 * Cooperative Learning
 * Instructional Strategies & Activities
 * Interactive Activities
 * Review Games (Click on "Downloadable Templates" for Jeopardy, etc.)
 * Spanish
 * Transforming Worksheets into Interactive Activities - Good templates to photocopy for emergencies, sponge activities, substitutes, etc.
 * Dr. Montgomery's cell phone number (if you were absent, obtain this from a colleague)
 * Dr. Montgomery's office phone number: 801-422-3465 - Please call or e-mail if an emergency arises that prevents you from attending one of our seminar meetings
 * M&M Intro. Game (Templates you can download and modify to align with your curriculum are located about half-way down the page)
 * [|All of the Above] Book
 * Feedback on TWS, etc., from last semester (brief comments re: grades)
 * Discussion of potential seminar topics
 * Discussion of potential seminar format
 * Discussion of emergency substitute plans

=Course Requirements=


 * Seminar Meetings** - At 4 p.m. every week for the first 6 weeks, then every other week unless you just want to meet weekly

Jan. 5 - Course Overview Jan. 13 - Jan. 20 - Jan. 27 - Feb. 3 - Feb. 10 - Feb. 24 - Mar. 10 - Mar. 24 - Apr. 7 - Last seminar meeting Apr. 17 - Last day of student teaching


 * Syllabus -** [[file:Sec Ed 476R Syllabus Winter 2009.pdf]] (Discussion of requirements)


 * Assignments -**
 * CDS
 * CPAS
 * FED
 * PIBS
 * TSA
 * Teacher Work Sample (TWS)
 * Student Evaluations

=Requirements for Student Teaching=


 * Temporary Student Teaching License from the state of UT ($25) - Do you have yours? If so, hang onto it in case someone asks for it. If not, you cannot be in the schools until you have it
 * Contract hours - You should be in your schools when your mentor teachers are required to be there.
 * Legal liability - Remember that your teacher is the teacher of record, but you still have responsibility too.
 * Process sheet - (We'll discuss this during the administrative visit)
 * Communication with me, mentor - (We'll discuss this during the administrative visit)
 * Observations - A minimum of 6 formal scheduled visits, plus I may drop in unannounced if I'm in the area (but I will not take formal notes if I do unless you request that I do so).
 * Feedback - Purpose (improvement), Process (Google Docs?) - (We'll discuss this during the administrative visit)
 * Scheduling - (Administrative visit and first observation visit scheduled within the next 2 weeks)
 * Substituting - Only for your mentor, no payment, no full day substituting without a district substitute in the room (even if you are doing all the teaching)

=First Visit=
 * School schedule - Everyone is on a block schedule (Heidi? Stephanie?)
 * Bell schedule - I need a copy of this during my administrative visit
 * Your mentor's schedule - I need a copy of this during my administrative visit
 * Tentative schedule of when you'll assume classes (NO AP classes) - We can discuss this during the administrative visit
 * Lesson plan expectations - You MUST submit ALL relevant materials to me when I come for scheduled visits. This includes a formal lesson plan, student worksheets, paired work, copies of PowerPoints, vocab. lists, etc.
 * Regular meetings, feedback - (We'll discuss this during the administrative visit)
 * Substitutes - Get some emergency plans ready NOW while you have time in case your mentor puts you on the spot
 * Teacher Work Sample - Dates, fitting it into the curriculum - (We'll discuss this during the administrative visit)
 * CPAS & Letter of Recommendation on school letterhead at end of semester - I will complete this and so will your mentor. Your mentor will have his or her own password so they don't need to use your LiveText account

=Administrivia=

[|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

**Temporary Licenses**

 * Distribute
 * No signatures required
 * Also appear in CACTUS (state's main database)

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