221+Agenda+-+9.2.14

Today's Targets:

 * SWBAT describe key goals, format, and policies of EDTE 221S
 * SWBAT begin to discuss the complexity of teaching and learning to teach

9:25 - 10:15 - Introductions to each other and the course
 * Reviewer: Mary
 * Photographer: Hailey
 * Notetaker: Chanel
 * Introductions - memorable middle school moment
 * Themes from our experiences:
 * Awkward/Embarrassing
 * Emotion
 * Experimental
 * Social
 * Irrational
 * Nature of Instruction in Middle School: effective through actively doing something (class outside, personalization)
 * Content is not the most important thing in a middle schooler's mind
 * Students learn through movement, socialization, experience, imagination, and emotion
 * Syllabus
 * [[file:EDTE221_differentiation_Case_fall2014.pdf]]
 * Pre-Assessment
 * [[file:221_pre-assessment2.docx]]
 * Goals
 * Connection to 240
 * Connection to the field
 * Policies
 * Attendance
 * Participation
 * Integrity
 * Kindness and Respect
 * Technology
 * Wiki
 * Mobile Devices
 * West-B and Fingerprints
 * Expectations for the course
 * Housekeeping
 * Discussion: P.E.T., platform for submitting work, sign-ups

10:15 - 10:30 - What does it take to become an excellent teacher? > Great educators are cultivated, not anointed. Since every child deserves a great teacher and only moves through school once, we need to invest now in developing more excellent teachers. They're not available off the shelf." Dan Brown > [] > > > Experience has taught me that great teaching is more art than science. We’ve all had teachers who broke the mold, who followed their own path despite working in a system that encourages conformity. The shame of it all is that we didn’t have more of them." John Edmondson > []
 * "Many people possess the dispositions needed to be a great teacher. However, actually becoming one means an embrace of one's craft, tremendous dedication to the job and continuous improvement, and participation in a healthy system that provides high-quality preparation, robust support, and environments that facilitate powerful student learning.
 * "Certainly teachers-in-training need to learn their craft, but not by reading a textbook or sitting in a lecture hall. . . . Can a college teacher-training program teach a sense of humor? Can someone learn to give up that need for control that I believe still attracts so many to the teaching profession? Can a person be taught to share their passions with students or admit they don’t have all the answers? In essence, can someone be taught to reveal their humanity? Is it possible to teach the mindset that believes failure is life’s best teacher even though schools preach the opposite? . ..

10:30 - 10:40 - Break

10:40 - 12:00 - What is involved in teaching something?
 * [[image:detroit.JPG]]
 * Things we see in this image:
 * Juxtaposition
 * Reparation
 * Elevation
 * Shadows
 * Awful (negative vibes, nothing appealing, prison)
 * No people on the streets
 * History
 * Architecture
 * Restoration
 * Angle/Perspective
 * Not very much green (mostly concrete, not a lot of nature)
 * Cars, buildings, lamp posts
 * Pixar movie UP (contrast between old and new)
 * What Brian described from this image:
 * Corner
 * Tall structures
 * Building on the right is some type of government structure
 * Masonry work - arch over the second floor windows, beautiful architecture, renovating
 * White peak - roof was probably flat, they want to preserve the building by switching to state of the art roofing system; scaffolding is also all around
 * Building in the lower left was probably built 10-20 years after the government-looking building
 * Dental work = windows beneath the top of the building (windows)
 * Arches
 * The high rise to the right was probably built in the 60s/70s (down turn in architecture)
 * Glass structured buildings on the left (beautiful, but plain)
 * Things involved in teaching something:
 * Professional language
 * Insight
 * Ability to see what is going on inside of a classroom
 * http://www.pixar.com/features_films/Brave#Film-Trailers/node/3980
 * http://www.pixar.com/behind_the_scenes/Creating-Brave
 * Explaining complexity

What is actually involved in teaching a lesson? What do you see? What instructional moves is the teacher making? Why? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbgWXLZ8fU https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/stem-lesson-ideas-bungee-jump

High Leverage Practices http://www.teachingworks.org/work-of-teaching/high-leverage-practices

12:00 - 12:05 Closing
 * Your task, prepare to present a **2 minute** introduction to your class on the first day of field placement


 * To Do for Thursday**
 * Join the wiki (instructions in an email)
 * Read the syllabus and come with any questions
 * Prepare a **2 minute** introduction to introduce yourself to your students on the first day of field placement
 * Interesting - e.g. visuals or other media
 * Interactive
 * Familiarize yourself with the Common Core (spend ~45 minutes exploring these resources). Be prepared to participate in a discussion in class on Thursday!
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbagTYYCXYU - Watch this 9 minute video on the Common Core
 * http://www.corestandards.org/ - Go to the official Common Core website - Find the standards that apply to you and the grade/class you desire to teach. (For subjects other than math and English, go to the ELA standards and look up the "Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects") -
 * http://www.readywa.org/common-core-faqs.htmll
 * Explore some of the issues swirling around Common Core implementation in Washington
 * Against:
 * http://stopcommoncorewa.wordpress.com/
 * http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/6-reasons-why-the-common-core-standards-are-a-big-fail-the-facts-down-and-dirty/
 * http://www.usnews.com/news/special-reports/a-guide-to-common-core/articles/2014/02/27/who-is-fighting-against-common-core
 * In favor:
 * http://www.readywa.org/common-core-faqs.htmll
 * http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/04/21/the-fight-over-the-common-core-standards-is-misguided/

REVIEW:
 * Having a professional skill set is always better than having a great GPA (you need to be able to teach, not be able to ace a test).
 * How is this going to be graded? < How is this going to be relevent?
 * PLC = Professional Learning Community
 * Middle School Memories
 * Awkward
 * Funny
 * Impactful/Emotional
 * Social
 * Irrational (What were we thinking?)
 * Tie in emotional ties to the academics you are teaching to make the lessons stick in their little minds!
 * We learn through...
 * Relationships
 * Movement
 * Experience
 * Emotion
 * Imagination

What we noticed in the video...
 * Teaching is just much a profession as anything else labeled as such. Just like Mr. Case sawa things we didn't, experienced teachers see things in their students, schools, and curriculum that other people can't.
 * Keep the class engaged
 * ask questions
 * use data from the classmates (height vs. shoe size example)
 * Be conscious of movement
 * face the classroom
 * make eye contact
 * use a clear and focused voice
 * keep gestures relevent