Class+Agendas+-+221+-+Spring+2012

FINAL PROJECT INFO
1. Final Project/Key Assessment Directions

2. TPA Context for Learning - **On Blackboard**

(Fill in as much as you can. The point is to explain relevant information about your class context and students, especially students with special needs/circumstances. You are designing your plans with the students in mind that you currently teach in your field placement.)

3. Secondary Lesson Design Plan (You have the option of using/adapting your field teach lesson plan as one of your plans. Also, you only need to do the first two pages __once__ and the chart twice (one for each lesson).

4. TPA Planning (Task 1) Commentary - **on Blackboard**


 * Deadline Window - April 17-24**

__Week 1:__ Thurs - Jan 19 - //Introduction to the Course//

__Week 2__//: Who we teach// Tues - Jan 24 - Diverse Learners Thurs - Jan 26 - Building Community/ Professional Reflection
 * Tomlinson, Chapter 2
 * Microteach
 * Tomlinson, Chapter 4

__Week 3:__ //What we teach// Tues - Jan 31 - Curriculum Thurs - Feb 2 - Specific Content Curriculum
 * Larson, chapter 2
 * Microteach

__Week 4:__ //How we teach// Tues - Feb 7 - Assessment/Objectives Thurs - Feb 9 - Introduction to the Field
 * Microteach

__Week 5:__ //How we teach// Tues - Feb 14 - Field/ No class Thurs - Feb 16 - Direct Instruction
 * Larson, Chapter 5
 * Microteach

__Week 6:__ //How we teach// Tues - Feb 21 - Field/ No class Thurs - Feb 23 - Questioning/ Working with texts
 * Larson, Chapter 6

__Week 7:__ //Who we teach// Tues - Feb 28 - Field/ No class Thurs - Mar 1 - Connecting instruction to learners (students' prior knowledge & experience, multiple intelligences)
 * Date scheduled for formal field observation/ full lesson plan (Ideal window: Mar 6- April 10)

__Week 8:__ //How we teach: planning// Tues - Mar 6 - Field/ No class Thurs - Mar 8 - Introduction to Lesson Design Plan/ Concept Formation
 * Larson, Chapter 7

__Week 9__ Spring Break!

__Week 10:__ //How we teach// Tues - Mar 20 - Field/No class Thurs - Mar 22: Discussion-based Teaching; Introduction to TPA project
 * Larson, Chapter 10
 * TPA handbook assignment

__Week 11:__ //How we teach// Tues - Mar 27 - Field/No class Thurs - Mar 29 - Cooperative Learning/ Differentiation
 * Larson, Chapter 8
 * Tomlinson, Chapter 1
 * Field teach (2)

__Week 12:__ //Bringing it all together: Who, what, how we teach// Tues - April 3 - Field/No class Thurs - April 5 - Differentiation (Easter weekend)
 * Tomlinson, Chapters 3, 6
 * Field teach (1)

__Week 13__ Tues - April 10 - Field/ No class Thurs - April 12 - Differentiation - **Class starts at 9:00!**

__Week 14__: //Being part of a larger school community// Tues - April 17 - Field/No class Thurs - April 19 - Working with parents
 * TPA Projects Due** - 4/17- 4/24

__Week 15:__ //Being part of a larger school community// Tues - April 24 - Field/No class Thurs - April 26 - Politics, Policy, and People Influencing Education

__Week 16:__ //Why we teach// Tues - May 1 - Last day in field/No class Thurs - May 3

__Final Exam Session__ Wed - May 9, 10:30 - 12:30