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Welcome Letter Dear Members of the MIT Class of 2004-06, Greetings
from The Master in Teaching Program Faculty and Staff! We
look forward to our orientation on Saturday September 18 and
then, starting Tuesday September 28, to our Fall quarter together. Preliminary
information about this orientation and the Fall quarter follow.
You are also invited to visit our MIT 04-06 website for more
detailed information on these and related topics at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/mit2006/ Before
getting down to details about the Fall, let us welcome you. You
are now part of the very thoughtful, exciting and demanding MIT
program, which will include approximately 45 graduate students,
seven faculty and staff, and a variety of guest participants.
During the next two years we will work together to gain a deep
and sophisticated understanding of the nature and interrelationships
of teaching, learning, and schooling. We will explore who we
are as learners and teachers, who the children in the public
schools of this country are and how to develop curricula to meet
their needs. In addition we will examine the history of education
in the United States, the current values and systems in place
in the schools, and what it means to create a good education
for all students. Summer
Reading If
your summer schedule permits, you are encouraged to start the
readings for weeks one and two; this applies especially to the
week two text, which is very engaging and rather lengthy (good
summer reading). These books will be available in the Evergreen
bookstore by mid to late August or you can buy them on-line or
order them from your local bookstore -- but do be careful to
purchase the correct edition. During
week 1 we will be discussing chapter 7 in: Vavrus, Michael, Transforming
the Multicultural Education of Teachers: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 2002, Teachers College Press, Columbia University, ISBN
0807742600 (paper) Also
during week 1, we will be discussing chapters 1,2, 6 & 7
in: Cohen, Elizabeth G. Designing Groupwork: Strategies for
the Heterogeneous Classroom, 2nd Edition, 1994, Teachers College Press, Columbia University,
ISBN 0807733318 (paper) During
week 2 we will be discussing chapters 1-14 in: Takaki, Ronald
T. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America,
1994, Back Bay Books, ISBN 0316831115 (paper) You
can see a more complete Fall book list at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/mit2006/ Orientation The
required program orientation will be held Saturday, September
18, 2004 from 9:00 - 1:00 in the new Seminar II Building, Cluster
A, Room 1105. The orientation will give us the opportunity to
get to know each other, take care of some logistics, and learn
more about the program. We will have some snacks available, but
you are welcome to bring a lunch. Following the structured orientation,
you will have the opportunity to register for the quarter, pay
fees, visit the bookstore, and talk informally with staff, faculty
and your fellow students. Fall
Quarter Schedule Tuesdays 9 AM - 12 noon -- All-Program meetings,
workshops, lectures 1 PM
-3 PM -- Small Group seminars Wednesdays Full
day, teachers' work hours -- Observations in K-12 schools starting
at beginning of your cooperating teacher's day (most weeks this
will be an "all school day" experience) Thursdays 10
AM -1 PM -- All-Program meetings, workshops, lectures Fridays 10
AM - 12 noon -- Small Group seminars 1 PM
-3 PM -- All Program discussions, workshops Special
Dates
Other
Matters Accommodations If
you have a health condition or disability that may require accommodations
in order to effectively participate in the program, please do
one of the following:
Information about a disability
or health condition will be regarded as confidential. Background
check During
our MIT orientation you will complete the paperwork necessary
to initiate the state-required background check for teachers
and teacher education students. As part of this check you will
need to report any violation of the law that resulted in an arrest,
criminal citation, or fingerprinting; this incident will then
be investigated through the Office of Professional Practices
in the State Superintendent's Office. If you have any questions
about this please contact Loren Petty, our Master in Teaching
Field Experience Officer at 360-867-6573/ pettyl@evergreen.edu All
of us wish you a relaxing summer and
look forward to seeing you in September. Scott
Coleman on behalf of Michael Vavrus, Evelia Romano, Patricia
Finnegan, Jacque Ensign, Maggie Foran and Loren Petty |
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