ED 4361-001 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT Spring 2006 Nancy Coffman Van Office Phone: 972-883-4408 Home Phone: 972-289-5454 Office Hours: Monday Thursday 3:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. 3:30 P.M.- 6:00 P.M. Teacher Development Center GR 2.402 Alternative appointment times available. Make an appointment in advance to insure a meeting. ABSTRACT of COURSE: This course is to make you aware of the various issues associated with the art of teaching other then content. You rarely hear a person s a good teacher because he/she knows the subject matter. Many other adjectives are used to describe a good teacher. Virtually all lists of exemplary qualities include appropriate classroom management and instructional skills including reading in the content areas. We will examine these qualities and how the pre-service and new teacher can acquire them. REQUIRED TEXTS: Wong, Harry, K. and Wong, Rosemary T. How to Be an Effective Teacher: The first days of school. Mountainview, CA: Harry K. Wong Publications, 1998. TExEs Study Sessions. Preparation Manual for the Texas Examination of Educator Standards (TExES): Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities 8-12 #130. P.O. Box 10962, Midland, Texas 79702: TExES Study Sessions, 2002. Fay,Jim and David Funk. Teaching with Love and Logic. Colorado: The Love and Logic Press, Inc., 1995. Golden, Recommended Optional Text: Nath, Janice L. and Myrna D. Cohen. Becoming a Middle School or High School Teacher in Texas. Thomson Wadsworth: Belmont, California, 2005. ATTENDANCE: You are required to be on time to each class. I do take attendance at each class meeting. Two tardies (or leaving class early) and considered an unexcused absence. No absences (excused or unexcused) are accepted. If you have extenuating circumstances, please call as soon as possible. It is your responsibility to schedule make-up assignments, copy notes, and receive information from a peer BEFORE the next class. Homework due on a day you are absent is still due on that day.
PARTICIPATION: I want all students to participate. Personal experience concerning class management techniques, reading activities you observe, and your opinions add to classroom discussions. However, I will not allow one student or small groups of students to dominate class discussions. This is considered disrespectful to your peers and will not be tolerated. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Homework assignments are to be typed and professional in appearance. Please use Courier New font, size 12, double spaced, 1 margins. All assignments have a window of time for turning them in so that procrastinators will not turn in work the final class period. Because I allow for re-writes and returning them to you in a timely manner in case you need to re-re-write, this policy will be enforced. Window Closes means that is the final day that the assignment is accepted unless stated otherwise in class. It is to your advantage to turn in something and have an opportunity to redo the assignment; otherwise, you will receive a zero and no opportunity to make up the assignment. You may re-do up to 3 assignments for a higher grade (full credit); however, if you opt to re-do one, you must turn in that amended assignment with the graded original one within 2 class meetings. If re-do assignments are turned in 3 or more class periods from original due date, I will assess a 50 point deduction. I do not accept assignments on the last day of class. GRADING SCALE: ADA STATEMENT: To receive credit for this course you must Attend class. Participate in class. Pass mid-term and final exams with a score of 75 or better. Complete and turn in all assignments. Attendance (absences and tardies) and Class Participation 50% In Class Activities Mid-term Exam and Final Exam 50% 97-100 A+ 89-87 B+ 96-94 A 86-84 B 93-90 A- 83-80 B- The University of Texas at Dallas, Office of Teacher Education, does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the recruitment and admission of students, the recruitment and employment faculty and staff, and the operation of any of its programs and activities, as specified by federal laws and regulations. The student has the responsibility of informing the course instructor of any disabling condition, which will require modification to avoid discrimination.
***Readings supplement the day s lessons; please read them before class.*** Class 1--- Introduction Get Acquainted Activity Discuss Domain I and Competencies HW: Read Wong Ch. 1-6 Using the #130 8-12 Pedagogy spiral text, write multiple choice questions (no true or false) for each section of Comp. 1. 2 questions for 1.1 5 questions for 1.2 (1 for cognitive dev.,2 for Kohlberg s stage, 2 for Erikson s) 2 questions for 1.3 2 questions for 1.4 2 questions for 1.5 2 questions for 1.6 1 question for 1.7 3 questions for 1.8 2 questions for 1.9 2 questions for 1.10 2 questions for 1.11 Please type the questions with 12 font, double space between questions, 1 margins. Thank you. Window closes Class 2. Class 2--- Discuss homework reading Activity In groups you will read the Learner Centered Proficiencies, make a chart and present your findings to the class. Paper and markers will be supplied. HW Read Wong Ch. 7-11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Write multiple choice questions for Comp. 2 and 3 1 question for 2.1 2 questions for 2.2 1 question for 2.3 2 questions for 2.4 1 question for 2.5 2 questions for 2.6 3 questions for 2.7 Competency 3 1 question for 3.1 1 question for 3.2 2 questions for 3.3 con t. on next page
2 questions for 3.4 2 questions for 3.5 1 question for 3.6 that includes all steps of lesson cycle 3 questions for 3.7 1 question for 3.8 Window closes Class 3. Class 3--- Discuss reading View 2 Wong Tapes. Write video responses and turn in today. HW: Write multiple choice questions for Comp. 4 and 5 Window closes Class 4. Competency 4 3 questions for 4.1 3 questions for 4.2 1 question for 4.3 1 question for 4.4 1 question for 4.5 1 question for 4.6 3 questions for 4.7 1 question for 4.8 2 questions for 4.9 1 question for 4.10 Domain II Competency 5 3 questions for 5.1 2 questions for 5.2 2 questions for 5.3 2 questions for 5.4 3 questions for 5.5 2 questions for 5.6 2 questions for 5.7 Window closes Class 4 Class 4--- Planning Materials Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective Learning Writing Learning Objectives; Bloom s Taxonomy; TEKS and TAAS objectives Hunter s Lesson Cycle; PDAS Elements that apply to presentation of lessons Lesson Plan Formats, Units, and Curriculum Guides HW: Read Wong Ch. 21 and 22 Write multiple choice questions for Comp. 6 and 7 ***Window closes Class 5***
Competency 6 1 question for 6.1 3 questions for 6.2 2 questions for 6.3 1 question for 6.4 1 question for 6.5 1 question for 6.6 1 question for 6.7 1 question for 6.8 Domain III Competency 7 3 questions for 7.1 2 questions for 7.2 3 questions for 7.3 2 questions for 7.4 Window closes Class 5. Class 5--- Teaching and Learning Student Learning Styles: Auditory, Visual, Haptic Questioning Techniques; Good Presentation Skills Inclusion and Special Needs Students (ARD, IEPs, Sec. 504) Emotionally disturbed students vs. Academically challenged Activities Complete a learning styles survey for yourself Handouts and discussion about Questioning Techniques HW: Read Wong Ch. 23 Write multiple choice questions for Comp. 08, 09. 10 ***Window closes Class 6*** Comp. 8 4 questions for 8.1 1 question for 8.2 2 questions for 8.3 2 questions for 8.4 1 question for 8.5 3 questions for 8.6 1 question for 8.7 Competency 9 1 question for 9.1 2 questions for 9.2 1 question for 9.3 1 question for 9.4 1 question for 9.5 1 question for 9.6 ERROR IN TEXT no 9.7-9.11 1 question for 9.12 1 question for 9.13 con t. on next page
Competency 10 5 questions for 10.1 1 question 10.2 2 questions for 10.3 1 question for 10.4 1 question for 10.5 Window closes Class 6. Class 6--- Control Through Organization and Lesson Management ***Structured Overviews from Class 6 due today.*** Your classroom: desks, work space, teacher s work area, walls Retention of Rates of Information Establish Routines, Extra Time, Avoid Bias Positive Environments Making Positive Requests: I want/need/expect you to and I understand Accept no excuses --- Establishing Rules and Routines Class rules and procedures, rewards, consequences. Legalities Positive reinforcement and motivation Keeping a gradebook Activities: Create 5 Class Starters (bell ringers) Write a list of rules, consequences, and rewards for your own class. Write a grading scale you would use in your class Window closes Class 9. Work on Group Presentation for Class 7. HW: Write multiple choice questions for Comp. 11,12,13. Window closes Class 7. Competency 11 2 questions for 11.1 1 question for 11.2 1 question for 11.3 1 question for 11.4 2 questions for 11.5 1 question for 11.6 Competency 12 2 questions for 12.1 1 question for 12.2 1 question for 12.3 1 question for 12.4 1 question for 12.5 1 question for 12.6 2 questions for 12.7 1 question for 12.8 1 question for 12.9
Competency 13 3 questions for 13.1 1 questions for 13.2 1 question for 13.3 1 question for 13.4 1 question for 13.5 2 questions for 13.6 1 question for 13.7 Window closes Class 7. Class 7---- Group Presentations Class 8--- Mid -term exam Feb.28 HW: Read Parts 1,2,3 of Love and Logic Class 9--- Grading Student Performance and School Scheduling Assessment: Informal and Formal, Rubrics Homework, Failing Students, Keeping Grade Records, Checking roll Schedules in Secondary Schools Activities: Working triads for your content area, develop 3 assessment products: --a table of contents for student portfolio --an informal behavior and reading assessment of students --a Student Progress sheet Window closes Class 10 HW: Read Parts 4,5 of Love and Logic Class 10--- ` Preventive Discipline Techniques Guidelines for Parent-Teacher Conferences Activities: In groups, read various scenarios and respond to inappropriate behavior. Window closes today. Class 11,12---First Day of School Practice Each class member will present an 8-10 minute presentation of his/her first day of school. Wong videos Portfolios due today.
Class 13--- Discussion of Love and Logic and group work Class evaluations Class 14--- Continue discussion of Love and Logic Role playing Class 15-- Final exam