EDUC 3403 Field Experience III

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EDUC 3403Field Experience III

• Focus Students and Learning

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Course Standards

• 1. Subject Matter Knowledge
• 2. Human Growth and Development
• 3. Diverse Learners
• 4. Instructional Planning and Strategies
• 5. Assessment
• 6. Learning Environment
• 7. Special Needs
• 8. Communication
• 9. Collaboration and Partnerships
• 10. Professional Development

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Course Objectives

• Self Assessment Goal Setting
• School Analysis
• Curriculum Review (1 formal lesson)
• Case Study of Student

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Course Requirements

• 60 hours or 10 days of classroom observation and
  participation
• Completion of performance tasks
• A Written Final Report
• Attendance at three meetings

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Performance Tasks1 Self Assessment Goal
Setting

• Establish a Professional Development Plan which
  includes your goals drawn
• from Danielsons Domains (see Appendix).
• Two of your goals must be from Domain I
  (Knowledge of Students Learning) and Domain III
  (Creating a Productive Learning Environment).

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School Analysis

• School Enrollment Demographics
• School Structure
• Policies and Procedures
• School Climate

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Curriculum Review and Instruction

• Curriculum Review (particularly of subject you
  will use for your formal lesson plan and
  instructional delivery)
• Instruction (one formal lesson to be observed by
  your mentor teacher)

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Student Case Study

• Observe and research information
• about one student and include the
• following
• Academic profile
• Socialization
• Motivation
• Behavior
• Personal Characteristics
• Your reflection on teaching the student, what the
  observed teacher is doing and what you would do
  if he was your students is to be carefully
  written.

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Format of Written Final Report

• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Field Assignment Data
• Summaries of Tasks 1, 2, 3, 4
• Personal Reflections Conclusions

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Assessment and Evaluation of FE III

• 60 hours in school or 10 days (copy of Attendance
  Report included in report)
• Evaluation Summary from mentor teacher
• Written Report (Four Tasks Reflective Summary)
• Attendance at required 3 meetings

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Field Experience Extensions

• If will not complete your field experience in
  January 2005 and will not hand in your paper on
  the due date, you must complete an Incomplete
  Status Form which is to be signed by you and your
  professor
• specifying when the work will be completed.
• Field Experience papers are due 6 weeks after the
  completion of the field experience
• Field Experience papers cannot be combined, such
  as FE III IVeach is submitted separately

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Grading Rubrics

• Written Final Report Grading Rubric
• covers the content and mechanics of the final
  paper.
• Grading Rubric for FE III covers the 60 hours
  attendance report, the written final report, the
  evaluation summary and attendance at the
  workshops.

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Meetings for FE III

• Madison Thursdays in Rec Center 2nd floor large
  classroom on 12/2, 2/3 , 3/24 _at_ 1 PM.
• Teaneck Wednesdays in Executive Conference Room
  at SOE on 12/1, 2/2,3/23 _at_3 PM.

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Focus of Meetings

• Meeting 1-Distribute syllabus and advise
  students about data collection with reference to
  the four tasks
• Meeting 2-Share information with peers about FE
  III and review questions about the paper, etc.
• Meeting 3-Hand in completed paper or finalize
  Incomplete Status Contract and evaluate the whole
  FE III process.

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Things to Remember

• Make a copy of the Attendance Report and the
  Evaluation Summary prepared by your mentor
  teacher to include as an addendum to your paper.
• Do not place individual pages of your report in
  plastic sleeves.
• Put your paper in a simple binder and staple or
  bind the pages together.
• Keep a copy of your written report on disk.
• Your paper must be labeled with the correct
  professors name, the course number and section
  to avoid confusion.
• Papers are to be presented at the third meeting
  or given to the grading professor or secretary in
  the QUEST Office.