Welcome

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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 12
  hours in school setting3 hours in training.
• 2-3 hours per week for 5-8 weeks
• Attend a training session on Friday, Sept 5 from
  830 to 100, Carmichael Student Center,
  University Rooms.
• Sign up on line for your placement school
• If your certifiction area is
• A. Elementary. You may select any K-5
  placement.
• B. Middle Grades. You must select a 4th or
  5th grade
• placement.
• C. High School. You may select any middle
  grades or
• high school setting.
• D. P-12 (Art, Music,PE, Foreign Language).
  You should
• select an elementary or middle school
  setting. Depending
• on the number of Ells in the school,
  you may or may not be
• placed in your teaching area.

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More Facts . . .

• On September 18 or September 19
• (1)Go to your placement school and pick
  up your
• Placement/ Orientation Folder from
  the receptionist.
• DRESS WELL
• (2)Download, print and take to your
  placement school a copy of the Collaborating
  Teacher Packet, and your Contact Information.
  www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe, click on EDUC
  2120, scroll to each item and print. Fill out and
  put it in a folder. Give to the receptionist.
• Contact your CT and set up the first visit for
  the week of Sept 22.
• Your first visit should be a two-hour
  observation.
• After the initial observation, you and your CT
  will work out a schedule.
• Cannot count for any other FX for any other class
• Must complete the FX to pass the class
• Notify your instructor if you drop !!!

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Placement Arrangements

• See Janice Traylor in the Office of Field
  Experiences, Kennesaw Hall, Room 3221 before
  August 25 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.
• Return Signed forms to Office of Field Experieces
• On or before Sept 1.

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Field Experience Design

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

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Suggested Activities

• Tutor individual ELLs or groups
• Assist collaborating teacher as he/she directs
• Accompany individual ELLs to content classes and
  assist them.
• Read to ELLs/listen to ELLs read.

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Continued

• Prepare materials for class
• Help set up for class
• Discuss best practices with ESOL teachers
• Assist in ACCESS or W-APT testing procedures
  (under CT supervision)
• Prepare a Diversity bulletin board, PowerPoint,
  ELL web page, etc.

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More

• Discuss with ELLs their educational and personal
  challenges
• Assist with/ attend special programs in which
  ELLss are involved.
• Attend extra-curricular activities in which ELLs
  students are involved (up to 3 hours can count)

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How do I sign up for a school?

• View on-line NOW the list of schools available
• School 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 September 8.
  Closes at 1000am on September 10.
• Can change your mind, but you will always GET the
  last school you signed up for.
• NO CHANGES or ADDITIONS after 1000am on Sept 10.
• You need your ID to sign up
• Print your confirmation
• PLACEMENTS ARE FIRST COMEFIRST SERVED!

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Orientation/Placement Packet

• Go to your placement schools Front Office on
  Thursday, September 18 or Friday, September 19.
  DRESS WELL.
• Identify yourself as a KSU student and pick up
  your packet from the receptionist.
• Give the receptionist your folder containing your
  Contact Information and the Collaborating Teacher
  Packet.

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Contact the Collaborating Teacher

• It is your responsibility to contact the
  Collaborating Teacher and set up a day and time
  for your first visit.
• First visit should be the Week of September 22
  and should be a two hour observation.
• Use only your KSU email address (not your
  personal email) to correspond with the
  Collaborating Teacher.

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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 (alcohol) hours before student
  contact
• Your aim is to be a role model

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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
• Go to www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe
• click on FE Eligibility, scroll to forms,
  print and complete these forms
• - Consent Form
• --Undergraduate Personal Affirmation
  Form
• --Verification of Liability Insurance
  Form
• See Q and Q to answer questions
• RETURN ALL THREE FORMS to the Office of Field
  Experiences, Kennesaw Hall, Room 3216 before
  going to your second class.

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Contacts

• Ms Janice Traylor, Director
• Office of Field Experiences
• Kennesaw Hall, Room 3221
• jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu
• and
• Linda Werner, Associate Administrative Assistant
  II
• Office of Field Experiences
• Kennesaw Hall, Room 3219
• lwerner_at_kennesaw.edu