All meetings will be held in my office. When you come in, we'll look over your portfolio together, check on your blog posts, discuss your professionalism (especially attendance), and discuss your work in your placements. Be prepared to make a case for what grade you think you deserve for the course. Make sure you've reviewed the attendance policy.

5203/5209

• A/A = Higher quality work than most others in the cohort, work consistently turned in/posted on time, excellent class participation, perfect or nearly perfect attendance and overall professionalism
• A/B = Higher quality work than most others in the cohort, work mostly turned in/posted on time with occasional lapses, excellent class participation, solid attendance and overall professionalism
• B/B = Work quality is about average compared to others, work mostly turned in/posted on time with occasional lapses, excellent class participation, solid attendance and overall professionalism
• B/C = Work quality varied - sometimes a lot of effort and other times not so much, work mostly turned in/posted on time about half the time, good class participation, some issues with attendance and/or overall professionalism
• C/C = Work quality varied - sometimes a lot of effort and other times not so much, work mostly turned in/posted on time less than half the time, good class participation, some issues with attendance and/or overall professionalism
• C/F = Work quality not quite at the level expected, work mostly turned in/posted on time less than half the time, scanty class participation, some issues with attendance and/or overall professionalism
• F/F = Work quality below the level expected, work turned in/posted on time less than half the time, scanty class participation, some issues with attendance and/or overall professionalism

5001

A = Often went above and beyond what was required, regularly took initiative, strong host teacher and university observer reports, kept up with logs and other field-based activities, excellent attendance and professionalism
B =  Sometimes went above and beyond what was required, sometimes took initiative, mostly kept up with logs and other field-based activities, solid host teacher and university observer reports, solid attendance and professionalism
C =  Not up to par on one of the following: going above and beyond, taking initiative, reports, logs and field-based activities, attendance, professionalism
F = Not up to par on two or more of the following: going above and beyond, taking initiative, reports, logs and field-based activities, attendance, professionalism

Meeting Dates

Thursday Dec. 5th
10:00 Chelsea
10:20 Ben
10:40 Jessica
11:00 Sabrina
11:20 Leslie
11:40 Rachel

Monday Dec. 9
10:00 Dawson
10:20 Emily
11:00 David
11:20 Chelsea

Tuesday Dec 10
10:00 Rob
3:10 Whitney
3:30 Jenni

Thursday Dec 12
2:30 David
3:30 Kaitlin

Friday the 13th!
2:30 Noel
2:50 Will
3:10 JoJo

Signing up for Observations

I know it seems like you have a long time left in your placement, but really time is running out pretty quickly. Below are some days and times I am free to come observe. Especially if you aren't in Baldwin county, please see if you can arrange for me to see 2 or 3 of you in one trip. And sign up soon - my calendar tends to fill up with meetings pretty quickly. It is your responsibility to make sure you get at least one observation and preferably one from both Dr. Jordan and one from me.
   
Nov. 13, 8-11:30
     9:30-10:30 - Leslie, GCEC
    10:40-12:00 - JoJo and Kaitlyn
     12:30-1:45  - Noel, Putnam HS
Nov. 14, 8-12
    8:45-10:15 Emily, Clifton Ridge
     11-12 - Dawson, Clifton Ridge
Nov. 15, 8-12
     9:24-10:30 - Chelsea W., Gray Station, Jones Co.
Nov. 18, 8-12
    9:45-10:45 - Jenni, 9th academy
Nov. 19, 8-11
    9:48 - Chelsea O.
    3rd period - Will
Nov. 20, 8-12
    10-11 - Rachel, Mount DeSales
Nov. 21, 8-11:30
    7:50 David and Ben

Community building

What ideas do you have about activities that help create community in a classroom?
Describe a classroom you were a student in that had an exceptional level of community. How do you think that happened?
What questions do you have about building community in the classroom?

Emotion and the brain

What questions or comments would you like to make about Ignite (Willis) ch. 3?

Meeting times

I'm in the middle of moving offices, so we'll meet in my new office  which is next door to my old office. It is probably 102 or 103? You have to walk through a little storage room to get to my actual office.

At these meetings I will ask the following…

Are you at the "A" level in terms of…

• Completing the modules with detailed, high quality answers uploaded promptly to Livetext? (We'll look at some of your work together in Livetext)
• Contributing to class discussions face-to-face and through the blog with insightful contributions?
• Maintaining professionalism according to our professionalism rubric and attendance policy? (attached)
  

Placements

• How did your last placement go? What went well? What could have gone better?
• How are you challenging yourself in your new placement? What are your goals at this point for placement?
• I'll see if I can get access to the results of the survey your last host teacher completed.
• Overall, what makes you stand out as an exceptional student and teacher?

Calendar ( I will also post this on our blog)

Wednesday October 9
1:00 Emily
1:20 Jenni
1:40 David
2:00 Dawson
2:20 Jessica
2:40 Will
3:00 Chelsea W.
3:20 JoJo

Thursday Oct. 10
4:00 Noel
4:20 Leslie
4:40 Whitney


Wednesday Oct 16
1:00 Ben
1:20 Rob
1:40 Sabrina
2:00 Rachel
2:20 Kaitlyn

2:40 Chelsea O.

3:45 Sam

LGBTQ in the USA

You can try singing "LGBTQ" in the USA to the song "R-O-C-K in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen, but it doesn't work very well. Anyway, load this blog up with questions and comments, then go away for a while while your colleagues work their magic, then return and, voile!, tons of amazing ideas to respond to.

Delpit ch. 7

Delpit Ch. 6

Delpit Ch. 5

Delpit ch. 4

Delpit Ch. 2

Delpit Intro and Ch. 1

There is No Achievement Gap at Birth

Race in the U.S.A.

• By 2pm on Thursday, post at least one comment/piece of interesting information and at least one discussion question. 
• Between 2pm and 5pm on Thursday, go back and respond to at least 2 comments and 2 discussion questions.
• Between 5pm and midnight on Thursday, go back and check out what everyone had to say and then add 2 more comments.

Teaching with Cynthia - August plan

8th grade class is 9:30-10:30 in the room across from our summer room
9th grade class is 11:15-12:30 in A&S 354
In between we'll prep for the 11:15 class and you can work on learning names. We'll probably do that in my office.

August 5
Kaitlin
August 6
No one signed up yet

August 7
Kaitlin, Dawson, Jessica

August 8
No one signed up yet

August 9
Whitney, Rachel, Jenni

August 12
Chelsea W., Leslie, Noel

August 13
Sabrina, Chelsea O., Will

August 14
Ben, David, Emily

August 15
No one signed up yet

August 16
Rob

Atwell Ch. 9

Lemov July 20-21

Sorry I forgot to put this up!

Hillocks ch. 6

What would be interesting discussion questions to go with Hillocks ch. 6?

Hillocks ch. 6 - Eng. Pedagogy class

What would be interesting discussion questions to go with Hillocks ch. 6? Don't worry about coming back and responding to questions like we usually do. We'll discuss these in class.

Atwell Ch. 10

Foundational Philosophers

Dewey, Freire, Wink, constructivism, critical pedagogy.... Weigh in!

NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English

English folks - What great stuff did you find while surfing around at www.ncte.org?

Placements

In the fall, we generally only place students at...
- Baldwin High School
- Oak Hill Middle School (Baldwin)
- Early College (on campus)
- Georgia Military College Middle School
- Georgia Military College High School
- Jones County High School
- Clifton Ridge Middle School (Jones Co)
- Gray Station Middle School (Jones Co)
- 9th Grade Academy (Jones Co)
- Carson Middle School (Greene Co, a longer drive, but one of the best teachers in the state is there)
- Lake Oconee Academy Middle School (a longer drive, this is a posh public charter school in Greene co)

In your post, tell me as much or as little as you want. Things you might want to tell me...
- I'd prefer to start with middle/high
- I live in X county, so I'd like to be placed there
- I want the best possible host teacher, so put me with Mr. Monell in Greene Co.
- I don't care where I am placed, I just want a host teacher who is _____
- A friend from last year's cohort said that Mr./Ms X would be a great match for me.

Atwell Ch. 1

Introduction to Lemov's "Teach Like a Champion"

Questions for Noel Schornhorst

Questions for Sabrina Chandler

Questions for Rachel Moldovan

Questions for Cynthia Alby

Questions for Kaitlin Alvin

Did you get to see any schools in Jamaica or get a feel for what education might be like there? -Cynthia

Questions for Rob Hudgens

Questions for Chelsea Werner

Questions for Ben Rawlins

Questions for David Brannan

Questions for Lee Carter

Questions for Leslie Smith

Questions for Chelsea Oglesby

Questions for Whitney Cutler

Questions for Samantha Peluso

Questions for Jennifer Jensen

Questions for Emily Doster

Questions for Dawson Roberts

Questions for Will Cannon

Questions for Joseph Whidby

Questions for Jessica Greeson