101+Agendas+-+Fall+2013+MWF

//This is a tentative schedule. Additional readings or tasks may be assigned. Please check back frequently for most updated calendar.//


 * Week 1 - Who are you? **
 * Sep 4 - Service Learning Presentation from CCASL
 * Sep 6 - Course Introduction


 * Week 2 - What are the purposes of schooling? Themes in the History of Education **
 * Sep 9
 * Sep 11
 * Educational Biography
 * Sep 13 -


 * Week 3 - What are the purposes of schooling? Themes in the History of Education **
 * Sep 16
 * Amanda Coulter (certification)
 * Sep 18 - (Mass of the Holy Spirit)
 * Sep 19 - Service Learning Fair (Cataldo, 10-2)
 * Sep 20 -


 * Week 4 - What are the purposes of schooling? Hot Topics **
 * Sep 23 -
 * Sep 25 - Service Learning Placements Due
 * Sep 27 - Labor Day Observed


 * Week 5 - **** What are the purposes of schooling? Hot Topics **
 * Sep 30 - iWebPortfolio training
 * Oct 2 -
 * Oct 4 -


 * Week 6 - **** Who are you? What philosophies of teaching and learning resonate with you? **
 * Oct 7
 * Oct 9 - LEAD day - no class
 * Oct 11-


 * Week 7 - **** Who are you? What philosophies of teaching and learning resonate with you? **
 * Oct 14 -
 * Oct 16 -
 * Oct 18


 * Week 8 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education **
 * Oct 21 - Social Context of Ed
 * Oct 23 - School Visit
 * Oct 25


 * Week 9 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education (Book Club) **
 * Oct 28 -
 * Oct 30 -
 * Nov 1 -


 * Week 10 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education **
 * Nov 4 -
 * Nov 6 -
 * Nov 8 -

Week 11 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education

 * Nov 11- Teaching diverse learners
 * Nov 13 - No class due to New Teacher Panel discussion (7:30-9:00, Foley Teleconference Room)
 * Nov 15 - Teaching diverse learners: Book Club discussions in class (30 minutes)
 * Service Learning Journal (Now that you are nearing the end of your service learning experience, what are your goals to make the most of the rest of the semester? Relate your goals to specific experiences you’ve had working with the child/children in your placement. ~400 words)

Week 12 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education (Book Club)

 * Nov 18 - Book Club presentations (Letters, Short Bus)
 * Service Learning Journal (Go back to your educational autobiography. How does your experience in service learning relate to your personal school experience? How is the life and school experience of the child/children you work with in service learning similar or different from yours? ~400 words)
 * Nov 20 - School Visit
 * Book Club written reflection due
 * Nov 22 - Book Club presentations (Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire, Castle)

Week 13 - Who will you teach? Social Context of Education (Book Club)

 * Nov 25 - Book club presentations (Esme, Fires)
 * Nov 29 - Thanksgiving - no class


 * Dec 2 - Professional Standards in education
 * Service Learning Journal (Overall, what have you learned about yourself as a teacher/advocate for children? ~ 400 words)
 * Dec 4th - Professional Standards
 * Evening with Senator Billig (educational policy discussion), 7:30 - 9:00, Foley Teleconference Room)
 * Dec 6 - No class due to policy event on Dec 4th

Week 15 - What does it mean to be a professional educator?

 * Dec 9 - Professional standards and dispositions
 * Dec 11 - Professional standards and dispositions
 * Dec 13 - Course summary

Week 16 - Why teach?

 * Individual exit-interviews
 * “Why Teach” Paper