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307: Education Practicum in Elementary Education Aligned with ED 401, ED 406, and ED 391 Fall 2008 Mondays: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Rooms: Whitney Seminar Instructors Dave Johnson Teresa McMahon Klotylda Phillippi Phone 734-764-8417 (O) 734-975-8626 (H) (734) 763-9277 (O) (734) 709-2795 (C) (734) 763-5654 (O) (734) 417-0975 (C) E mail djjohnso@umich.edu teresam@umich.edu klophil@umich.edu Office 4112 1302D 1302F Cohort E-mail Groups: 2008cohort1@umich.edu 2008cohort2@umich.edu Coordinator of Undergraduate Elementary Education: Sara Constant Office: (734) 647-6337 scconsta@umich.edu Introduction This document outlines the opportunities, expectations, and requirements for the first semester of the elementary education practicum, which includes a field placement and a seminar. The practicum is designed to assist you in making sense of educational theory and practice by drawing on coursework, your own experiences in schools, your current practicum classroom experiences, and other sources that will inform your developing professional knowledge. We will emphasize questioning, observation, and reflection throughout the term; together with your teaching efforts, these are integral parts of the teacher preparation program and of your developing professional teaching practice. You should be professional and proactive in the practicum, in both the field and the seminar. Make and take opportunities to increase your understanding of student learning, teaching practice and professionalism through observation, conversation, and participation. Develop strong working relationships with your Cooperating Teacher (CT) and others in the school setting, your field instructors, and your teacher candidate colleagues. Klo and Teresa will work with Cohort 1 at: Hoben Elementary 44680 Saltz Road Canton, Michigan 48187 Principal: Dr. Liz Vartanian-Gibbs General School Phone: 734-981-8670 http://web.pccs.k12.mi.us/hoben/ Dave and Kristine Schutz will work with Cohort 2 at: Bach Elementary 600 W. Jefferson Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Principal: Ms. Shelly Bruder General Phone: 734-994-1949 http://bach.a2schools.org/bach.home/home Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela 1 Practicum Professional Responsibilities At the school Responsibilities: You are expected at your field placement on Friday, September 5 and will be at the school every Thursday and Friday there is school during the fall term until Friday, December 5. You must be at the school for a minimum of three hours for each of these days. While the day starts for students at around 8:40 a.m., teachers need to arrive well before that time. Sometimes they have meetings and sometimes they are preparing for the day. You should plan to arrive by 8:20 or 8:30 a.m.1 Be sure to check with your cooperating teacher to make sure that this time works for her. During your practicum placement, you will participate in a wide range of classroom activities. The range of activities you have the chance to experience will be influenced, in part, by your initiative. If you want the widest range of experiences possible, be sure to volunteer for a variety of activities (even the ones that seem a bit scary). These activities may involve working one-on-one with students, teaching a lesson, facilitating the morning routine, working with a small group, overseeing computer use, etc. It is very important to keep lines of communication open with your CT. Please ask any questions and request clarifications when you are unsure. If you feel that you are spending too much time only in observation or on tasks that take you away from interactions in the classroom, and you have spoken to your CT about your concerns, please let us know as soon as possible. As a requirement of your School of Education coursework, you will be required to teach lessons. Your university teachers will describe these to you in their courses. If your CT does not formally address literacy during the time you are present in the field, notify one of us immediately so we can determine how you will successfully complete course assignments. Your CTs are aware that you will be teaching these lessons and they will make time in their schedule for you to do them. It is imperative that you arrange a time with your CT to teach lessons, at least a week in advance. In addition, post the time, date, and name of the lesson somewhere in the room to remind your CT. We will observe your teaching of both informal and course-related lessons. Please let us know well in advance the day and time of your planned lessons so that we can arrange to observe. The usual procedure for these planned lesson observations is: Arrange the time for your lesson with your CT and let us know as well. Provide us with your written lesson plan (usually after your course professor has provided you with feedback). Email works well for this. You and one of us will meet briefly ahead of time to discuss the lesson and you provide us with a focus for the observation (what you want us to pay close attention to). One of us will observe and take notes. One of us (and the CT if possible) will meet for a follow-up discussion. We will provide you with a copy of our notes. As a part of your practicum placement you are required to keep a field notebook. Write your field notes using a split page, on the left-hand side write descriptive observations of things that caught your interest. On the righthand side ask wondering questions about what you saw. Your field notebook is also the place to keep information you obtained from informal interviews with CTs, students, other teaching and non-teaching staff in the school, and administrators. We will use these observations, responses to interview questions and wondering questions as a way to talk about specific issues that are occurring in your practicum classroom. Please be careful to follow the guidelines for protecting the confidentiality of those you observe and interview, as listed below in the section on confidentiality. Procedures: o Attendance: Attendance at the school site is mandatory. You are expected every Thursday and Friday for a total of six hours each week. Please be prompt; arriving a few minutes prior to your expected starting time is a good indication of your dedication. 1 This depends on the school and teacher. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela 2 o Dress: Professional attire is expected. Jeans, leggings, sweatshirts, t-shirts, shorts, sneakers, and revealing clothing (clothing that reveals undergarments and/or chest or rumpage cleavage, very short skirts, etc.) are not professional. Please do not wear these clothes to your schools. o Arrival: When you arrive at the school, please sign in and out of the U-M notebook at the front office. o Identification badges: You must wear your UM identification while at your school. o Absences: If you must miss a day because of documented illness or emergency, you must reschedule the time with your CT. Repeated absenceseven if made upwill be reported to Sara Constant and may affect your grade. Unexcused absences can result in an unsatisfactory grade for the course. If you must be absent from school, you must notify the following people prior to your absence: (1) your CT (2) your practicum partner, and (3) the field instructors for your placement site. A word about professionalism: Remember that you are a guest in your placement classroom. Cooperating Teachers are extremely busy and have volunteered, as a commitment to their profession, to welcome teacher candidates into their work domains. The CTs are committed to the important work of helping to guide new teachers in their professional growth; however, their first responsibility is to the children in their classes. Your responsibility is to learn by observing and questioning, but not to make public judgments. Your focus should be on interactions, patterns of behaviors of teachers and students, school issues, practical ideas for management and planning, and so on. Remember that the people in the schools (adults and children) look at you as a colleague and a professional. Often, exemplary student teachers are offered positions in schools. Do not underestimate the impression that you make! You may be paired in your practicum with another teacher candidate who, in some cases, may be a close friend. You are reminded not to be disruptive. Even casual whispering can be disconcerting to teachers and children and should be minimized. It is important to have professional conversations with your practicum partner about the things that you are experiencing but please make sure to have these conversations at an appropriate time, such as when students are not in the room or before and after school is in session. If you need to speak with or ask questions of the CT, find a time to do so outside of instructional time. The learning time of students always takes priority. You will have the opportunity to discuss classroom experiences during the seminar, in other university courses, and at other times that we meet individually, in small groups, or as a cohort. Confidentiality and respect should always be of paramount concern. We are guests in the practicum classrooms; we need to honor each classroom with kindness and sensitivity that ensures our time spent there will not in any way disrupt or cause harm. What we observe is simply a snapshot of complex and on-going interactions. We often lack the context and experience to fully understand all aspects of the situation we are seeing. Take great care with the information you gather in your classroom For work. example, individual students, teachers, non-teaching staff members, and administrators names should not be used in discussions with your friends or colleagues, in conversations (within or outside university classrooms). In written assignments, you must not use the real names of students, teachers, staff, administrators and schools. (e.g., identifying information must be removed from student work that you have permission to photocopy). In seminar Responsibilities: The purpose of seminar is to help you make connections between what you are learning in your university courses and what you are observing and doing in your field placement classroom. The seminar is also the forum to bring up concerns and questions about your role as a teacher. In addition, you practice and experience collegiality with your peers through the exchange of ideas and by listening to and respecting one another. Procedures: o Attendance: Attendance at seminars is mandatory. These classes are as much a part of your professional development as are your other courses. Please be prompt, so we can also end on time. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela 3 o Absences: If you must be absent from a seminar, you are required to provide documentation, no later than the date of the next seminar meeting, of the emergency that kept you from attending. In addition, you must notify us in advance of the class meeting time. Absence from more than one seminar may result in a failing grade for the practicum. Make-up assignments: If you miss a seminar meeting you will be required to submit a written make-up assignment that covers the topic(s) discussed in seminar on the day of your absence. This will be due no later than the next seminar meeting. If you have questions about the nature of this assignment, it is your responsibility to contact us for clarification. Grading and Course Expectations Your grade for EDUC 307 considers your work in both the field placement and the seminar. You will be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. [Remember: You must receive a Satisfactory grade for your field experiences, in order to be eligible to student teach and to continue in your elementary education sequence.] Our expectations for satisfactory participation include: Attendance o regular attendance in field and at seminar (defined as arriving on time and remaining for the entire time2 hours for seminar and 3 hours in practicum setting) o appropriate pre- and follow-up behavior if absence is unavoidable Professionalism o taking initiative and developing a commitment to learning about the many facets of teaching o taking initiative and developing a commitment to helping students learn o developing appropriate connections and engaging in appropriate interactions with students, CTs and other school professionals, family members, and other teacher candidates o engaging in appropriate interactions with students, CTs and other school professionals, family members, and other teacher candidates o appropriate dress and manner within the school Participation o active participation in field and seminar o keeping a field notebook that includes a) descriptive observations, b) questions asked in informal interviews and responses to these questions, c) wondering questions, etc. Bring this information with you to seminar sessions. o completion of make-up assignments if seminar is missed and/or make-up sessions if time is missed from practicum setting Field Instructors Role Field instructors serve many roles. We are a liaison between the university and your cooperating school and Cooperating Teacher. We meet with you in your placements and also facilitate the seminars. At the university, we will meet as part of a team of instructors to better understand and coordinate information regarding the semesters coursework and the programs goals and expectations. This will also help us clarify assignments for you. However, before coming to one of us, you should always discuss assignments and expectations for the class with your university instructor. It is our responsibility to help you negotiate your relationship with your Cooperating Teacher and your responsibilities in her/his classroom. In order for us to do our job well, you need to keep us informed about any concerns or questions you have as they arise. If, for example, your CTs schedule does not provide sufficient opportunities for you to engage in the literacy-related activities or other university course assignments you need to complete, we will help you work with your CT to resolve this issue, allowing you to successfully complete your assignments. Again, you should always talk with your CT about classroom-related issues before approaching one of us. You need to develop the ability to work with colleagues in a professional manner. Much of our work focuses on helping you develop your ability to learn from and about the practice of teaching. To do this, we will observe and participate with you in your classroom placement serving as another pair of eyes on the act of teaching. Together, we will analyze what was intended and what was accomplished in a lesson or Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela 4 activity, focusing on evidence of the effectiveness of choices made, and working together to deepen your understanding of children and their learning. Seminar Schedule - Version I (9/4/08) Seminars are designed to: o Establish an environment conducive to a fair and equitable exchange of questions and ideas. o Provide a forum through which you critically reflect upon what you are learning from and about the practice of teaching. o Create a connection between your professional coursework and c...

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