512+Learning+Contract


 * EDTE 512 – Learning Contract – Summer 2013 **

**Level 1** (Required to earn a B-/B)

1. Complete to standard five activity plans (with a partner)
 * Professional Skills **
 * Direct Instruction
 * Cooperative Learning
 * Text-Based Activity
 *  Inquiry-Based Activity
 * Discussion-Based Activity

2. Complete to standard the lesson planning task (out of class)

3. Present to standard a planned teaching demonstration & submit a 1-2 page reflection.
 * Your reflection should be grounded in specific examples from your lesson and might address the following questions:Reflection must be turned in on GoogleDocs before the next class period.
 * What went well?
 * What didn’t go as well as you had hoped?
 * What evidence do you have of student learning?
 * How and why did you make adaptations to your plan?
 * What did you learn about your students?
 * What did you learn about yourself as a teacher?
 * What would you change if you had the chance to teach this lesson again?

4. Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in each class session.
 * Personal Investment **
 * Day 1
 * Day 2
 * Day 3
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 4
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 5
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 6

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Level II** (Required to earn a B/B+) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition to completing level 1 tasks to standard,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Choose one of the following options.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Professional Engagement **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Join the professional organization for your subject area and complete the “vision of the field” questionnaire
 * Show proof of membership (e.g. forward your confirmation email)
 * "Vision of the Field" (Answer these on GoogleDocs)
 * Based on your perusal of the website, how would you describe the organization's "vision" for K-12 education in your content area?
 * How does this "vision" resonate with your personal vision for your field?
 * What teaching resources are available that you could imagine using?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a professional, public “web presence” (e.g. a website, wiki, livebinder, pinterest, del.i.ci.ous, or other approved online venue) where you plan to showcase your work and collect professional resources
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over the span of the course (at least three different days), contribute a minimum of six, signed and annotated high-quality resources to the Gonzagateach wiki

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Level III** (Required to earn an A-/A) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition to completing level 1 tasks to standard,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Choose one of the following options.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personal Investment **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reflect on your own learning/professional development by keeping a learning journal (three, 1-page, single-spaced entries across the span of the course) OR
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reflect on your own learning/professional development by submitting a three-page reflective synthesis at the end of the course
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Note these reflections can incorporate the daily reflective writings you did at the end of class sessions.)