Welcome to EDUC 2110 Field Experience

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Welcome to EDUC 2110Field Experience

• Janice Traylor Sandra Thompson
• Director
  Instructor
  
• jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu
  sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu
• Office of Field ExperiencesProfessional Teacher
  Education Unit (PTEU)
• Bagwell College of Education
• You may find this presentation at
• www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe
• Click on 2110

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Agenda

• PTEU Conceptual Framework
• Field Experience Facts
• On-line Sign-up
• Orientation at Placement School
• Professionalism
• Insurance Criminal History Check
• FX Evaluation

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Conceptual Framework

• When you graduate from the KSU Teacher Education
  Program,
• YOU will be a

• Subject Matter Expert
• Facilitator of Learning
• Collaborative Professional

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Field Experience GOALEDUC 2110

• To acquaint YOU with P-12 school. . . from the
  other side of the desk
• To acquaint YOU with professional behavior
• To acquaint YOU with issues of teaching and
  learning in todays schools
• To help you decide if teaching is the career for
  YOU.

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Field Experience Design

• Must be Active and Participatory and
• of Service to the school
• Must be engaged with students in learning
  activities most of the time

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FX ISSUES

• See Ms Janice Traylor
• Before School Sign-up
• Kennesaw Hall, Room 3221
• If you are a full-time parapro, work full time
  in a public school, or are a full-time ASP worker
  in a public school.
• If you completed two semesters of YAP in high
  school
• If you live outside KSUs nine partnership
  districts.
• Please DO NOT CONTACT ANY SCHOOL DIRECTLY!

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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 max of 8 weeks
• You are responsible for your own transportation
• Signup on-line for your placement school
• Some schools will hold a orientation on their
  campusattendance mandatory.
• You will be assigned to a collaborating teacher
  (CT)
• You and your CT will devise your visitation
  schedule
• FX for 2110 cannot count for any other class nor
  can you get paid for FX
• Must complete FE to pass EDUC 2110
• Must fill out the on-line FX evaluation at the
  end of the semester and present a confirmation
  sheet to your instructor to receive a FX grade.
• Notify your instructor and OFE if you drop the
  class!!!
• Must have a clear criminal history and one
  million dollars of liability coverage before
  going to the placement school.

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• USE ONLY YOUR KSU EMAIL ADDRESS TO CORRESPOND
  WITH SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS

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CRIMINAL HISTORY INSURANCE

• All school systems require clear history and
  liability insurance.
• You cannot participate in the FX without a clear
  criminal history and one million dollars of
  liability insurance.
• Follow the procedure on your handout.
• You will be asked to verify insurance info on the
  online sign-up.

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Activities

• Whatever the collaborating teacher tells you to
  do!
• Work with individual students
• Work with groups
• Monitor/Assist class work
• Prepare content materials/ set up for class
• Routine tasksattendance, hand out materials,
  collect work
• Assist substitute when CT is absent
• Assist with instruction as appropriate
• Participate in lunch duty, playground
  supervision, bus duty
• OBSERVE CT or other teachersespecially Special
  Education
• READ School Handbook, School Improvement Plan,
  AYP Report, CTs lesson plans, text and teaching
  materials
• Attend student activities during or after school
  hoursfield trip, theater performance, special
  school program, sports event, band concert, club
  meeting, faculty meeting, school system board
  meeting (May count up to three hours.)

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How do I sign up for a school?

• On-line Sign-up - http//bcoe.kennesaw.edu/2110/
• View List of schools now.
• Orientation dates and times are listed, if
  scheduled
• Mapquest link to schools provided
• Plan several choices of schools (They fill
  quickly!)
• Sign-up goes live January 27 at 10 pm
• Sign-up closes January 29 at 10 am
• Absolutely no changes after sign-up closes. If
  you forget, must drop the class.
• You need your KSU ID
• Print and Keep your confirmation of placement

Placements are FIRST COMEFIRST Served
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Theres no crying in EDUC 2110.

• If you dont sign up for a placement school, you
  will need to drop EDUC 2110
• No swapping schools or systems.
• Long drives happen.
• Many, many KSU students have child care issues.
• PLANtake care of yourself and make your
  placement work.

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HUGE GOAL

• To help you become a low maintenance,
  professional teacher

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Sign-up SCREEN ONE School Level Teaching Area

• ElementaryK-5, Art, PE, Music (No FL)
• Middle Grades LA, math, science, social studies,
  Art, PE, Music, Chorus, Foreign Language.
• High School English, math, science, social
  studies, Foreign Language, Art, Band, Orchestra,
  Chorus, PE.
• List of Available Schools will appear. As
  schools fill up, they will drop off the list.

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Sign-up SCREEN TWO

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

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EDUC 2110 EDUC 2120

• 15 hours of FX in both courses.
• If both FXs are in the same school, you must have
  a different teacher for each course.
• No guarantee of same school placement.
• Review both lists for possibilities.

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Orientation at My school

• If your placement school is planning a
  face-to-face orientation on their schools
  campus, the date Feb 13 or Feb 20 and a time will
  be noted on the sign-up list 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.
• DRESS PROFESSIONALLY. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN

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No Orientation at My School

• If your school is not planning an orientation
  on their campus, the word EMAIL will appear
  next to the name of the school on the sign-up
  list
• 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 MS and HS or
  sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu for ES.
• Try to resolve the issue yourself before you ask
  for help!

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Whats Next ?

• Once you have the name and contact information
  for your CT, it is your responsibility to contact
  the CT and set up a time for your first visit.

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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.
• 3. Email jtraylo2_at_kennesaw.edu for issues with MS
  or HS sthompso_at_kennesaw.edu for ES.
• Again, try to resolve the problem yourself before
  asking for help.

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First visit to school

• 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 2110, 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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Professionalism

• Wear Teacher Clothes
• Zero Tolerance
• Confidentiality
• Never be alone with a class
• Be Flexible and pleasant
• Wash Your Hands!
• NO CELL PHONE, LAPTOP, iPod
• MySpace/FaceBook/Email AddressCAUTION!
• ROLE MODEL

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FX Evaluation

• You must complete an on-line evaluation of the
  Field Experience after all FX hours are
  completed.
• You should go to bcoe.kennesaw.edu/2110 and fill
  out the evaluation anonymously.
• Print a confirmation.
• Give the confirmation sheet to your instructor in
  order to receive credit for the Field Experience.

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There are three kinds of teachers

• Those who make things happen,
• Those who watch things happen,
• Those who wonder what happened.