Early Childhood Elementary and Middle Level Education Department ELE 3000 Instructional Strategies for the Elementary Classroom Instructor Dr Jeanne Okrasinski Office Buzzard 2208 Email jeokrasinski eiu edu Office Hours TTH 9 30 11 00 am W 12 30 1 30 pm Phone 581 7885 Class Meetings MW 8 9 40am Buzzard 2441 Unit Theme Educator as Creator of Effective Educational Environments Integrating diverse students subjects strategies societies and technologies Catalog Course Description Topics include instructional strategies models for classroom management and discipline parent school community involvement and school law Forty five clock hours of field based activities primarily in reading and language arts Prerequisites ELE 2000 and ELE 2320 Concurrent enrollment in ELE 3280 and ELE 3350 or permission of department chair University Teacher Education requirements apply and department requirements for enrollment must be met including an expectation of second semester Junior standing Course Purpose The purpose of this course is to provide proven teaching methods coupled with effective instructional theory best practice to pre service teachers We want to develop the premise that the teacher is an educational leader and decision maker who both directly affects the students and influences the presentation of subject matter We will offer a broad spectrum of instructional methodologies techniques and approaches that are workable in today s diverse classrooms Course Textbooks Arends R I 2007 Learning to teach 7th ed New York McGraw Hill Charles C M 2008 Building classroom discipline 9th ed New York Longman Supplemental Materials Live Text Account Professional Portfolio Packet Instructional Technology Center ITC Proficiency Packet Teaching Model The Social Family Models Building the Learning Community When we work together we generate a collective energy that we call synergy The social models of teaching are constructed to take advantage of this phenomenon by building learning communities Essentially classroom management is a matter of developing cooperative relationships in the classroom The development of positive school cultures is a process of developing integrative and productive ways of interacting and norms that support vigorous learning activity The Behavioral Models Behavioral models concentrate on observable behavior and clearly defined tasks and methods for communicating progress to the student Joyce B Weil M Calhoun E 2009 Models of teaching 8th ed Boston Pearson Revised Spring 2009 November 2009 May 2010 Dispositions Teacher candidates in the Department of EC ELE MLE will exhibit professional ethical practices effective communication sensitivity to diversity the ability to provide varied teaching practices evidenced in a supportive and encouraging environment Live Text Assessment Requirement For those classes with Live Text or Practicum If the portfolio or Live Text requirements are rated by the instructor to have been completed in less than a satisfactory manner then no more than a D may be earned in the class regardless of the number of points earned Standards Course requirements and demonstrated competencies are aligned with the following standards Illinois Professional Teaching Standards IPTS http www isbe il us profprep PDFs ipts pdf Association for Childhood Education International ACEI http www acei org Synopsis htm National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC http www naeyc org accreditation next era asp Illinois Core Language Arts Standards ICLAS http www isbe net profprep CASCDvr pdfs 24110 corelangarts std pdf Illinois Core Technology Standards ICTS http www isbe net profprep CASCDvr pdfs 24100 coretechnology pdf Outcomes specific to ELE 3000 Using a variety of assessment and evaluation procedures demonstrate alternative instructional methods to teach the designated curriculum in order to achieve similar learning outcomes Using the designated curriculum and Illinois Learning Standards design instruction to meet the needs of all students and foster a desire to learn Provide for the uniqueness of individuals recognizing the characteristics of culturally pluralistic and at risk populations and foster appreciation for those differences Model appropriate professional behavior Design instruction to promote a healthy self concept in students Demonstrate alternative methods of achieving similar learning outcomes Decide what will be learned and ways to achieve it Course Core Requirements Lesson Plans Classroom Management Practicum Demonstrated Competencies Aligned Standards Performance includes written utilization of the department lesson IPTS 1 2 3 4 6 plan and its various formats careful formulation of objectives ACEI 1 2 8 3 1 3 2 research enrichment manipulative assessment of children s prior 3 3 3 4 4 knowledge implementation of cooperative learning and ICTS 3A 3F appropriate assessments and follow up Focus is on differentiated Dispositions curriculum integrated instruction and children s academic PTSL SDE behavioral and cultural diversity Students will develop their own personal system of classroom IPTS 2 5 7 management that will give them an effective approach when ACEI 1 3 2 working with diverse needs to establish a supportive and Dispositions encouraging environment and ensure student acceptance and SDE IWS PTSL cooperation Performance includes engaged direction of individual IPTS 8 11 12 ACEI 4 5 1 5 2 5 3 group and full class learning activities keeping the class 5 4 fully informed of daily agendas and lesson agendas ICLAS 1 2 3 inviting and utilizing student input managing smooth ICTS 1 2 3 5 7 8 transitions rewards and consequences Focus is on Dispositions teacher listening skills leadership and facilitation of IWS PEP EC PTSL student work Participants will engage in self evaluations as directed by SDE the university supervisor Participants will study the Block I practicum rubric which the classroom teacher will use to evaluate their practicum performance Focus is Revised Spring 2009 November 2009 May 2010 Exams on participants being able to evaluate their teaching effectiveness based upon student products which result from their teaching Technology performance includes knowledge use and application of technology tools in teaching research planning communication and presentation Focus is on increasing student technology skills and enabling students to utilize technology products of the classroom and to post online Performance includes fulfillment of
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