PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (POETs) Assignments

Your final will cover the topics included in the attached review.  This completion of this assignment is optional.  If completed it can be used as extra credit for the final.

 

LESSON ASSIGNMENT

Each member of the class will prepare and document a lesson using direct instruction. The primary purposes of the assignment is to learn how to plan and deliver direct instruction and to strengthen understanding of principles of education and training by applying them to an authentic teaching activity.

 

Presentations will start on April 25th. I will include a schedule of lesson by April 20th.

Behavior Expectation or Code of Conduct.

Teaching Philosophy:

Purpose of this assignment: For you to develop a statement of your beliefs about teaching to use as a guide throughout your career.  As I have said since the beginning of the year, you will encounter teaching and training in every occupation in several capacities.  As you continue on your career path you should reference this document.  You are likely to revise and refine this as your grow and lean more professionally.

What you should turn in:

A 1-2 page statement of your beliefs about teaching. You may use whatever format and style is appropriate for you.

You will submit this assignment on turn it iin.

 I encourage you to:

• Write from your heart.
• Be creative in how you present your beliefs.
• Although formatting and writing styles should be used, you may also use a list of beliefs, annotate photographs and/or drawings, write a poem, do a sculpture or some other art form, then photograph it and include it in your description of your beliefs).

Again this needs to be submitted to Turnitin.

Assignment Purpose: Successful operation of an education institution requires competent administration. Administrators provide direction, leadership, and day-to-day management of educational activities in schools and other education institutions. The purpose of this competition is to learn more about education administration careers through job shadowing and interviewing a current education administrator.

THE RON CLARK STORY  

http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/

Ron Clark has been a teacher since 1995. Originally, from North Carolina, he has taught in some of the most difficult schools in the country, including Harlem, NY. Since winning the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year Award, he has spoken to teachers, PTAs, and school boards across the country.

Ron Clark wrote the book The Essential 55, which is a collection of the amazing effective rules that Ron Clark used to become an extraordinary teacher. Through trial and error, this teacher has distilled fifty-five ideas that have helped him take apathetic students in some of the country’s most challenging areas and transform them into award-winning scholars.

Currently, Mr. Clark has opened The Ron Clark Academy, a school serving low-wealth students from inner-city Atlanta (opened in 2007). The privately-funded institution is truly unique for its innovative teaching methods and curriculum based on worldwide travel. Each year the students, grades 5 through 8, will apply what they've learned in class during international adventures, and by the time they graduate each child will have visited six of the seven continents. Teachers from around the world are invited to visit the Academy to learn more about the innovative and "out-of-the-box" methods for achieving student success.

In Ron Clark book The Essential 55, he lists what he considers to be the most important rules to incorporate in a classroom. Reflect on what you have seen so far in the movie and what you can relate to the most as a student or if you were a teacher.

http://www.southmckeel.com/uploads/importantfiles/2015-08-aug/55rules.pdf

 Select 10 of the 55 rules that you would incorporate and explain why you feel that rule would be important for an effective classroom. 

Additionally, answer the questions related to the movie in your packet.

This will be two separate grades.

Personality tests like the “True Colors”, “Myers–Briggs”, and “Learning Styles” can be useful in helping you understand yourself and others better. This will help you build a strong idea of who you are, how you learn, what you struggle in/on, and even more important for this course, how you can relate to and/or differ from others.

• What color are you?

• What side of your brain do you use most?

• What is your Learning Style?

• Are your scores clear, moderate, or slight?

Once you have answered these questions complete a one page summary of:

• The importance of understanding your personality type
• How it applies to your life now
• How it could apply to your life as a teacher in the future (remember in every occupation you will be teaching/training).

Uploaded on turn it in!

Additionally, I would like for you to create a visual presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi) to represent your personality types and how it relates to you interacting with/within the world. This should include information from the questions asked above.

Be creative!

After completing the question, you will be writing a reflection paper about the video “A Class Divided.” This reflection will be based on the theoretical presentation of psychological phenomena presented in your text (Chapter 3 packet), as well as your observations from the video. You should reflect on the film by addressing actions or events occurring in the film that demonstrates the different theories, notions, and/or ideas expressed in the Chapter 3 packet.

The assignment will need to be uploaded on Turnitin by 11:59pm.

Research the following types of schools that developed in the United States during the 17th through 19th centuries. I will provide you with a packet that contains a great deal of information, however you may have to search beyond the packet for some of the information.

You are to choose a song from the list provided that contains songs from the 17^th through the 20^th century. You will conduct research on the song, the artist, and the events surrounding the year the song was written. In addition, I would like for you to predict what education was like during that time by relying on your findings through lyrical research.  You will present your findings to the class. The will count as 2 grades (one for presentation and one for the essay).

The first two grades of the quarter:

Your assignment notebooks/portfolios will stay in the classroom.