Spring Year One Syllabus
Spring 2011 Master in Teaching Program Syllabus
MIT 2010-2012
Additional information and resources for this program are available for enrolled students at the program website (on Moodle) which can be accessed from: http://academic.evergreen.edu
This syllabus is subject to change. Please check regularly for updates on Moodle.
Spring Faculty Team
Scott Coleman, Ph.D. colemans@evergreen.edu 867 – 6130 LAB 1 3010
Terry Ford, Ph.D. fordter@evergreen.edu 867 – 6713 SEM 2A 3102
Andrew Gilbert, Ph.D. gilberta@evergreen.edu 867 – 6046 SEM 2A 2106
Anita Lenges, Ph.D. lengesa@evergreen.edu 867 – 6150 SEM 2A 3108
Sherry Walton, Ph.D. waltonsl@evergreen.edu 867 – 6753 SEM 2E 3137
Office Hours: by appointment
Regular Weekly Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | Topics |
| Monday | 9:00 – 12:00 | Anita’s group: Seminar 2A 3109
Andy’s group: Seminar 2A 2109 Terry’s group: Seminar 2A 3107 Scott’s group: Seminar 2A 2107 |
Methods: Elem social studies with Andy or secondary math with Anita or secondary social studies with Terry or K-12 Visual Arts / Theater with Scott |
| Monday | 1:00 – 1:15 | Seminar 2A 3105 Anita
Seminar 2A 3107 Scott Seminar 2A 3109 Andy or… Seminar 2A 2105 – for whole group |
Announcements and Program Meetings: either with your Seminar faculty (same groups as fall and winter) or as a full cohort |
| Monday | 1:15-3:00 | Seminar 2A 2105: Group 1
Seminar 2A 3105: Group 2 Seminar 2A 3107: Group 3 Seminar 2A 3109: Group 4 |
Student Led Seminar |
| Tuesday for those seeking elementary endorsement | Start of your mentor teacher’s teaching day until lunch | In K-8 schools | Teaching practicum |
| Tuesday all others | Your mentor teacher’s full teaching day | In 6-12 schools | Teaching practicum |
| Wednesday | 9:00 – 10:30 | Seminar 2A 1107 | Special Presentations |
| Wednesday | 10:45 – 12:45 | Seminar 2E 3105 | Special Education |
| Wednesday for those seeking elementary endorsement | 1:15-4:00 | Seminar 2A 3107 | K-8 Literacy and Academic English |
| Thursday | 9:00 – 12:00 | Anita’s Group: Seminar 2A 2109
Terry’s group: Seminar 2A 3107 Andy’s group:Lab 2 1234 (and sometimes in Seminar 2A 3105) |
Elementary math with Anita or secondary science with Andy or secondary language arts with Terry |
| Thursday | 1:00 – 3:00 | Seminar E 1107 | Curriculum Project / Preparation for Practicum Teaching |
Spring Quarter Required Books and Articles
Seminar Readings
Week 1: Savage Inequalities, chapters 1-3
Week 2: article – Queering High School Biology Textbooks
Week 3: 4 articles – Alaska Native Education; When Tribal Sovereignty Challenges Democracy: American Indian Education and the Democratic Ideal; Issues in Mathematics Education for Native Americans and Directions for Research; Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms
Week 4: The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children
Week 5: article – Latino Adolescents’ Academic Success: The Role of Discrimination, Academic Motivation and Gender
Week 6: 2 articles – Identity Formation of United States American and Asian Indian Adolescents, Psychic Pain As A Result Of Disrupted Narcissistic Fantasies Among Japanese Immigrants: A Self-Psychological Study of the Stress and Trauma of Immigrating
Week 7: Figs and Fat (alternate title: Santa Claus in Bagdad and Other Stories)
Week 8: Access And Engagement: Program Design and Instructional Approaches For Immigrant Students In Secondary School
Week 9: article: School Transitions Among Military Adolescents: A Qualitative Study of Stress and Coping.
Books for Special Education
Teaching Students Who are Exceptional, Diverse, and at Risk in the General Education Classroom,
Sharon R Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, Jeanne Shay S. Schumm
Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom, Carol Ann Tomlinson & Marcia B. Imbeau
Books For Elementary Mathematics Methods
Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, John A. Van de Walle, Karen S. Karp, Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Exploring Parks & Playgrounds, Catherine Twomey Fosnot
Books For Elementary Social Studies Methods
Black Ants And Buddhists, Mary Cowhey,
Seeing the Whole Through Social Studies, Tarry Lindquist
Book For Secondary Social Studies Methods
Teaching for Justice in the Social Studies Classroom, edited by Andra Makler and Ruth Shagoury Hubbard
Books For Secondary Language Arts Methods
Teaching Grammar in Context, Constance Weaver
In the Middle, Nancie Atwell
Literature Circles, Harvey Daniels
Book For Secondary Science Methods
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
Books For Secondary Mathematics Methods
Connecting Mathematical Ideas, Jo Boaler, Cathy Humphreys
Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, John A. Van de Walle, Karen S. Karp, Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
CHANGES: This plan outlined in this syllabus may change in response to the needs of our learning community. Please check on Moodle for updates. When you miss class, it is your responsibility to inquire about changes.
DISABILITY/HEALTH CONCERNS: The faculty wish to fully engage all persons within our program’s learning processes. If you have a mental health, or health condition, or disability and require accommodation to fully participate in this program, please contact the Office of Access Services. We cannot provide accommodations until we receive the necessary paperwork from Access Services. Phone: (360) 867-6348 – Tdd/Tty: (360) 867-6834 – Fax: (360) 867-6360.
Major Assignments
Further details about these major assignments are available in separate documents, accessible on Moodle. Other major assignments, those for special education and specific methods strands, are described in the various individual syllabi, available on Moodle as well.
Weekly Seminar Preparation Papers
You will write one entry each week in preparation for the Monday afternoon seminars. These are due at 11 PM the Sunday preceeding the seminar. A document describing the purposes and expectations for these preparation papers is available on Moodle.
Curriculum Project
During weeks 1-6 you will develop a two-week integrative, interdisciplinary, conceptually-based unit, built around a guiding question that includes the concept of sustainability and that promotes equity, embraces diversity, develops critical and creative thinking. This unit is one that might conceivably be used during student teaching. This unit should be developed through a backwards design (UbD) planning strategy as discussed in Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design, and will address standards in the Washington State Pedagogy Assessment TPA (Teacher Performance Assessment) and Standard V found in WAC 181-78A-270. The lesson plans developed will reflect “best practice” and meet Washington State criteria for successfully demonstrating a positive impact on student learning.
Practicum Teaching (Mini-Unit)
During week 9, May 24-27, you will be teaching for three days for at least 30 minutes (ideally longer) each day. Goals for this teaching experience include providing opportunities for you to: teach one concept through multiple lessons, become familiar with the new state Teacher Performance Assessment, the TPA (you will complete many parts of the TPA) and become familiar with Evergreen’s own Student Teaching Assessment.
Advancement to Student Teaching Portfolio
This portfolio will be a culmination and synthesis of your work during year one of this program and will be worked on throughout this quarter. It will provide evidence of what you know about teaching and learning; your teacher disposition towards your work, your students and your colleagues; and what you can do in the areas of lesson planning, and curriculum development.
Keeping Your Work
Protect your computer-based work by always backing it up (storing it in at least two places). Your printed and hand written needs to be kept through at least the end of the quarter.
Daily Schedules and Topics – Subject to Change, check Moodle for weekly updates
Week 1: March 28-Apri 1
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
March 28 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Introduction to Spring Quarter and introduction to the Cultural Encapsulation assignment– | Meet as a full cohort, Sem 2A 2105 | |
| 1:15 | Seminar | Begin weekly cultural encapsulation paragraphs | |
| Tuesday
March 29 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
March 30 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Annotations | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
March 31 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project – do week 1 tasks outlined in the curriculum projects weekly assignments document |
Week 2: April 4-8
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
April 4 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Discussing your Personal Philosophy of Education statement (part of the Advancement to Student Teaching Portfolio)– | Meet with seminar faculty; begin drafting your personal philosophy of education | |
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
April 5 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
April 6 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Special Education Law, Part 1 | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
April 7 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project |
Week 3: April 11-15
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
April 11 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Announcements /Check in | ||
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
April 12 |
Practicum | 4-6 PM: Walk Right In screening and discussion | |
| Wednesday
April 13 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Special Education Law, Part 2 | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
April 14 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project |
Special Event This Week: Walk Right In, Tuesday, April 12th, 4pm to 6pm
Join us for a film screening and discussion with Larry Paros, the director of Walk Right In, a film about the 1968 program that brought high school students of color onto the Yale campus. Drawing from first hand accounts this film documents the students’ experiences and learning as a result of the program and includes where those students are today.
Week 4: April 18-22
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
April 18 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Announcements /Check in – | ||
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
April 19 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
April 20 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Professional Conduct led by Catherine Slagle, Director
Office of Professional Practices Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction |
|
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
April 21 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project |
Week 5: April 25-29
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
April 25 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Mid quarter check-in by seminar | Meet in seminar groups | |
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
April 26 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
April 27 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Classroom Management | Begin your classroom management essay |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
April 28 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project | Full draft, ready for review due |
Week 6: May 2-6
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
May 2 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Announcements /Check in | ||
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
May 3 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
May 4 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Safe Schools Coalition with Gabi and Alec Clayton | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
May 5 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Curriculum Project | Curriculum project due today |
Week 7: May 9-13
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
May 9 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Announcements /Check in | ||
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
May 10 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
May 11 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: Anti-Bullying with Nanci LaMusga | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
May 12 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Practicum Teaching preparation |
Week 8: May 16-20
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
May 16 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Announcements /Check in | ||
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
May 17 |
Practicum | ||
| Wednesday
May 18 |
9:00 – 10:30 | Workshop: To be announced | |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Special Education | ||
| 1:15- 4:00 | K-8 Literacy | ||
| Thursday
May 19 |
9:00 – 12:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 pm | Practicum Teaching preparation | Complete your spring disposition survey by 11:00 PM tonight. |
Week 9: May 23-27
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
May 23 |
9:00 | Methods Blocks | |
| 1:00 | Advancement to student teaching portfolio discussions | Meet in seminar groups | |
| 1:15 | Seminar | ||
| Tuesday
May 24 |
All day | Teaching in Your Practicum Classroom | |
| Wednesday
May 25 |
All day | Teaching in Your Practicum Classroom | |
| Thursday
May 26 |
All day | Teaching in Your Practicum Classroom | |
| Friday May 27 (if needed) | All day | Teaching in Your Practicum Classroom |
Week 10: May 30 – June 3
| Topics / Events | Special notes | ||
| Monday
May 30 |
Memorial Day Holiday, no classes | ||
| Tuesday
June 1 |
All day | Work on your own or in small groups on your self-assessment of your practicum teaching | |
| Wednesday
June 2 |
9-1 | Peer assessment of your practicum teaching | |
| Thursday
June 3 |
9-12 | Peer and self-assessment of your practicum teaching | |
| 12-3 | Potluck and closing | Portfolio due at 3:00 PM today |
Evaluation Week: June 6-10
