Course Outline: See ELE4000, course guidelines, for specific assignments and the grading plan.BibliographyELE4000.004Fall 2006D. ReidEastern Illinois UniversityDepartment of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level EducationELE4000 Practicum in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction Block II/Fall 2006-Section 004Instructor:Location:Time:Office:Phone:e-mail:Office Hours:Denise ReidBB11038—8:50BB2211Office: 581-7891Cell: [email protected] & TH 8-10 a.m.CEPS Theme: Educator as creator of effective educational environments, integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, and societies.Course Description: ELE4000: Supervised elementary school clinical experiences with emphasis on the curriculum and instructional aspects of social studies, science, and diagnostic/ prescriptive reading. Forty-five hours of classroom participation. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in ELE3290, ELE3340, and ELE4880, or permission of department chair. Course Purpose: The goal of this course is to provide prospective teachers with experiential support for planning and teaching social studies, science, and reading to children of various academicability and ethnicity. Course Rationale: This course is an integral part of the courses with which it is associated, in under the direct supervision of the university instructor, and is in partial fulfillment of the pre-student teaching division practicum mandated by the Illinois State Teacher Certification Board. Supervisor: DENISE REID 1ELE4000.004Fall 2006D. ReidCEPS Outcomes for All EC/EL/ML Classes: 1. Foster students' desire for lifelong learning, and model one's own desire for lifelong learning, including self-evaluation. 2. Demonstrate effective communication skills. 3. Strive for positive development of students' intellectual, social, and moral skills and behaviors. 4. Design instruction that will develop and utilize the cognitive processes by which pupilslearn. 5. Demonstrate knowledge of facts and an understanding of fundamental principles, ideas, and relationships among various knowledge domains. 6. Demonstrate knowledge of past and present developments, issues, research, and social influences in the field of education. Outcomes Specific to ELE4000: 1. Develop, implement, and evaluate successful curriculum in the practicum setting. 2. Communicate and cooperate with the host teacher in the practicum setting. 3. Provide for the uniqueness of individuals, recognizing the characteristics of those who are culturally diverse and those who are at-risk, fostering appreciation for individual differences. 4. Manage the classroom to optimize academically and socially engaged time. 5. Help to positively enhance students' intellectual, social and moral behaviors. 6. Perform successfully within the social and political contexts of the school and community. 7. Model appropriate professional behaviors. 8. Promote healthy self-concepts for students. 9. Demonstrate alternative methods of achieving similar learning outcomes. 10. Make meaningful curriculum decisions regarding what to teach and how to teach (implied in the above). 11. Emphasize higher order and critical thinking by promoting a problem-solving environment. 10. Use basic concepts of measurement and assessment in instructional decision making. Course Outline: See ELE4000, course guidelines, for specific assignments and the grading plan. Class Meeting Dates: We will meet October 12, 2006 and October 17, 2006 in Buzzard 2441 at 8:00 a.m. Our last class meeting will be on Friday, November 17, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. in Buzzard 1103.Practicum: The practicum dates are Friday, October 20, 2006 through Friday, November 10, 2006 from approximately 8-11 a.m.2ELE4000.004Fall 2006D. ReidGrading Scale:92% - 100% = A82% - 91% = B72 % - 81% = C62% - 71% = D61% or below = FAssignments & Responsibilities:Attendance & Participation 8 pts.On-site Observation 35 pts.Practicum Notebook 60 pts.Teacher Evaluation 10 pts.Self-Evaluation 10 pts.Lesson plan submitted to LiveText mandatory requirementField Experience submission to LiveTextmandatory requirementPortfolio Submission mandatory requirementCourse Materials: Personal LiveText accountFocus of Practicum: Listed below.Topic I: Planning to Teach - research update - INTASC and Illinois standards for teaching performance - dimensions of the classroom environment - management and motivation- promoting classroom potential via individual differences Topic II: Participation in the Practicum (45 contact hours) - school structure and social political context - communication and responsibility - assuring adequate content knowledge and materials preparation- planning lessons and units of instruction - individual, small group, and cooperative learning - full class teaching - student interest, time on task, study skills - opening opportunities for inquiry- accommodating and emphasizing diversity - assessment, diagnosis, remediation - gathering of resources - school and parent communication Topic III: Compilations, Evaluations, and Debriefings - your ELE4000 course and clinical experiences compilation (practicum notebook)- your program portfolio and LiveText documentation- alternative and authentic evaluation - teacher inquiry and reflection 3ELE4000.004Fall 2006D. Reid- self-evaluation- record keeping (completed logs - re-setting professional goals Practicum Procedures:1. Contact your cooperating teacher in advance. Arrange to meet your cooperating teacher prior to the first day of practicum, if desired by the classroom teacher.2. Request school and classroom guidelines for professional and student behavior (e.g. no gum, no hats, quiet when in the halls). Request a class list and a class schedule. Make a seating chart to familiarize yourself with students’ names.3. Know the school calendar and floor plan of the building.4. Express your wish to teach as much as possible after the initial orientation to the classroom. Schedule your teaching periods with your cooperating teacher.5. Use ALL time on-site for instructional and/or professional purposes, even if the children are out of the classroom.6. Plan ahead. Over plan. Plan off-site, on your own time, in advance. Save complete records and writing of your plans for the Practicum Notebook. You should have a lesson plan every time you teach. Even if you teach an unplanned lesson you should prepare a lesson plan of what you did OR what you would havedone if you had had time to plan. If you must be absent, be sure to