EDUC 2120

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Welcome !

• EDUC 2120
• Field Experience
• Assisting English Language Learners

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Field Experience Focus

• To acquaint teacher candidates with the
  TEACHING and LEARNING issues of P-12 students in
  public schools who do not speak English as a
  first language
• To sensitize teacher candidates to the
  cultural, economic, social impact on P-12
  students who do not speak English but live in an
  English speaking environment.

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Field Experience Facts

• 15 hour Field Experience in a public school
• 2-3 hours per week for a minimum of 5 weeks up to
  maximum of 8 weeks.
• May be assigned to a classroom teacher whose
  class has several ELL students.
• OR
• May be assigned to an ESOL teacher.
• Cant get paid for FX hours.
• Cant count FX for any other class.
• First visit in the classroom should be an
  observation.
• After the initial visit, you and your CT will
  work out a visitation schedule.
• Must pass the FX to pass the class.
• Notify your CT and your instructor if you drop
  the class.

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Criminal History and Insurance

• Must have clear criminal history and one million
  dollars of liability insurance to be eligible for
  participation in the field experience.
• If EDUC 2120 is the first education course with a
  FX you have taken at KSU, you must
• Come to the Office of Field Experiences and pick
  up
• -an Instruction Sheet
• -a Yellow Consent/Affirmation Form
  
• -a green Verification of Liability
  Insurance Form
• -Follow the directions for completing
  each
• If you need to complete the above, and are also
  taking EDUC 2110 , follow the directions in EDUC
  2110.
• See Q and A to answer questions on
  www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe

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Field Experience Design

• Teacher candidates must be actively engaged in
  learning activities with English Language
  Learners (ELLs) most of the time.
• First Visit should be an Observation.

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Placement Arrangements

• See Janice Traylor in the Office of Field
  Experiences, Kennesaw Hall, Room 3221 TODAY if
• (1) You are a full-time or part-time parapro or
  an ASP worker in a public school and would like
  to complete your FX at that school.
• (2) You live outside KSUs nine partnership
  districts and would like to complete your FX in a
  school close to your home.
• .

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After School Opportunities

• Cobb County Adult Education
• 600-900 MW or TT
• Off South Cobb Dr. near Lockheed
• Starhouse
• 230-500 MWF. On Mimosa ES campus
• Clarkdale ES Family Program
• 400 to 600 Wednesdays only

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How do I sign up for a school?

• View on-line NOW the list of schools available.
• Schools will be listed with Mapquest
  links.
• Go to bcoe.kennesaw.edu/2120
• Plan several choices of schools (they may fill
  quickly!)
• Sign-up goes live at 1000 pm on January 27.
  Closes at 1000 am on January 29.
• Can change your mind as much as you like, but you
  will always GET the last school you signed up
  for.
• NO CHANGES or ADDITIONS after sign-up closes.
• You need your ID to sign up
• Print your confirmation
• PLACEMENTS ARE FIRST COMEFIRST SERVED!

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Screen One Select level and teaching area
(interest only)

• ElementaryK-5, Art, PE, Music
• Elementary4th and 5th only (MG majors)
• Middle Grades LA, Math, Science, SS, Art, PE,
  Music.
• High School English, Math, Science, SS, Art, PE,
  Music.
• List of Available Schools will appear. As
  schools fill up, they will drop off the list.

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Screen Two Information School Selection

• Enter your KSU and personal information (e.g.
  email, phone number, address, etc.)
• Verify your liability insurance
• Select a school

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ORIENTATION at MY SCHOOL

• If your placement school is planning a
  face-to-face orientation on their schools
  campus,
• 1. the date (Feb 13 or Feb 20) and time
  will be noted on the
• sign-up next to the name of the
  school.
• 2. the Orientation is mandatory for you.
• At the Orientation Session, the school will
• Give you the name and contact information
  for your Collaborating Teacher
• OR
• indicate that the school will email to you
  the name and contact information of your CT
  within a few days.

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No Orientation at my school?

• If your school is not planning an orientation on
  their campus,
• 1. Email will appear on the sign-up list
• next to the name of the school.
• 2. The school will email you via your
• KSU email address the name and
• contact information for your CT.

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What do I do if I dont hear from the school?

• 1. Dont contact the school until 5 or so
  days have passed since you should have received
  communication from the school.
• 2. Call the school. Be extremely polite. Ask
  the receptionist which administrator is in charge
  of placing students for field experiences. Ask to
  speak to this person. (Write down the name.)
• 3. Continuing to be very polite, explain that
  you have not received your placement information.
  If you leave a messageleave your email address
  and phone .
• 4. If you do not hear from the administrator
  in charge of FX placements in the school within a
  couple of days of your call, email
  jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu for MG and HS placements,
  sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu for ES placements.
• Try to resolve the problem yourself before you
  ask for help.

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Whats Next?

• Once you have the CTs contact information, it is
  your responsibility to contact the CT and set up
  a day and time for your first visit.
• The first visit should be a two-hour observation

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What if the teacher does not call (email me) back?

• 1. Keep trying for a couple of days.
• 2. Call the school and very, very politely ask
  the receptionist to leave a message for the
  teacher. Wait a couple more days.
• Email jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu for MG and HS
  placements, sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu for ES
  placements.
• Again, try to resolve the issue yourself before
  asking for help.

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First Visit

• Download, print and take to your placement school
  a copy of the Collaborating Teacher Packet.
  Go to www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe, click on
  EDUC 2120, scroll and print.
• Fill out your contact information on the top of
  the Contract Form. Put the CT packet in a
  folder. Give this to your CT on orientation day
  if you meet him/her. If not, hold until your
  first visit in the classroom with your CT.
• Read the entire packet yourself before your first
  visit to the classroom.

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Theres no crying in EDUC 2120

• If you dont sign up, you will need to drop the
  class.
• No swapping schools or systems.
• Long drives happen.
• Many, many students have childcare issues or some
  other issue.
• Plan--take care of yourself and make your
  placement work.
• Resolve issues professionally yourself. Dont
  expect someone else to fix your situation.
• Be low maintenance. Part of professionalism!

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Professionalism

• Wear teacher clothes
• Be on time and stay the full arranged time.
• Everything you see and hear is confidential
• Be pleasant to everyone
• No cell phone, laptop, iPod
• MYSpace/FaceBook---Caution
• Zero smoking or alcohol hours before student
  contact
• Your aim is to be a role model

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Contacts

• Ms. Janice Traylor, Director
• Office of Field Experiences MS and HS
  Issues
• Kennesaw Hall, Room 3221
• jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu
• and
• Ms. Sandra Thompson, EDUC 2110 Instructor
• Office of Field Experiences
• Kennesaw Hall, Room 3216 ES Issues
• sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu