Welcome Student Teachers

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WelcomeStudent Teachers

• Student Teaching Seminar Orientation
• Featuring Tyler Sparks
• Created Spring 2008

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In this presentation

• Review of Seminar Goals
• Seminar Activities
• Evaluation
• Advice

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Seminar goals

• Impact on learning
• The overarching goal of the seminar is to help
  student teachers articulate their impact on
  student learning. In addition, the seminar will
  provide
• specific examples of activities and work for
  discussion throughout the student teaching
  experience,
• a summative performance assessment of the student
  teachers preparation,
• evaluative data on the quality of the academic
  program(s), and
• Materials that can be included in individual
  portfolios used in a job interview

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Seminar activities

• The following activities outline the seminar
• Journal
• Submitted weekly to the university supervisor
• Instructional Snapshot
• Submitted twice to the university supervisor
  once before and once after midterm
• Culminating Activity
• Work completed throughout the experience
• Activities completed prior to the final
  conference
• Portfolio shared with the Student Teaching Office
  

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Seminar activities

• Journal
• Reflect critically on the student teaching
  experience
• insightful analysis of events
• simple diary of what happened
• University supervisor will formally evaluate two
  of these reflections, they
• may recommend a specific order of topics for the
  journal
• may provide alternate topics for reflection, or
• may ask the student teacher to create their own
  topic based on a unique experience
• will communicate the means and format for
  submitting journal assignments

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Seminar activities

• Instructional Snapshot
• Based on work that has been completed in the
  classroom
• Completed once before midterm and once after
  midterm
• Includes the sample lesson plan and reflections
  on
• Strengths,
• Weaknesses, and
• Ideas for improvement
• Evaluated by the university supervisor

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Seminar activities

• Culminating Activity
• In depth critical analysis of one complete unit
  of instruction designed and delivered during the
  student teaching experience.
• Topic to be selected in collaboration with the
  supervising teacher
• Must represent a minimum of one weeks
  instruction
• Submitted to both supervisors prior to the final
  conference
• Submitted electronically to the Student Teaching
  Office prior to the end of the semester

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Seminar activities

• Things to include for the culminating activity
• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Two journal entries that were evaluated by the
  university supervisor
• Two instructional snapshots that were evaluated
  by the university supervisor
• Copies of two structured observation forms from
  the supervising teacher
• The unit plan
• Samples of students work
• Assessment samples
• Critical Analysis of the unit
• Seminar Scoring Guide from the university
  supervisor

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Seminar evaluation

• To complete the seminar satisfactorily
• Before Midterm
• All weekly journals submitted on a timely basis
• One instructional snapshot completed
• Final draft of the unit plan available for
  discussion during the midterm conference
• After Midterm
• All weekly journals submitted on a timely basis
• Second instructional snapshot complete
• Final draft of the critical analysis available
  for discussion during the final conference

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Seminar evaluation

• Other Considerations
• Rubrics
• Each activity has an associated rubric
• Review the syllabus to know what is expected
• Timeliness
• Staying on schedule is a part of your final grade
• Scoring
• 150 Points Possible
• 9 for timeliness
• 24 for journals
• 42 for snapshots
• 75 for the culminating activity

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Seminar advice

• Stay on schedule and plan ahead!
• Collect the required artifacts as you go
• Assessment samples
• Samples of student work
• Identify Expectations with your university
  supervisor
• When should I turn things in?
• How do you prefer to receive materials?
• Email?
• Hard copy?

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Seminar advice

• Technical Specifications
• The electronic space to submit your final
  materials to the Student Teaching Office will be
  announced
• Digitizing Materials
• Use a scanner at 72 DPI to reduce file size
• OR take a digital photo of the artifact
• OR include written descriptions of the artifacts
  if there is no way to create an image

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• Good
• Luck!!