UNM Student Teaching Calendar Highlights Spring 2011
January - Phase One: Orientation
- Team building meeting, Jan. 18th 4-7pm
- Team teach with your Cooperating Teacher prior to taking on 1st subject (Handbook, p. 29)
- Induction into Teaching: Begin teaching 1st subject or class period as soon as you are ready.
- Turn in weekly schedule (Handbook, p. 63)
- Complete classroom observation, Feb. 1 (Handbook, p. 30)
- Work on Community Cultural Observation (Handbook, p. 31)
- Reading Group Book (The Classroom of Choice or On their side) Intro-Chapter 2
- Digital Portfolio entries completed & student teaching portfolio table of contents created
FEBRUARY - Phase Two: Induction
- First Cooperating Teacher’s seminar, Feb. 15, 9am -12:30pm (UNM Classroom w/breakfast snack)
- Mock Interviews, Feb. 15 1-2pm FMS Conference Room (20th Street, Farmington; RSVP by Jan.
26th to sweisheit@fms.k12.nm.us)
- Community Cultural Observation presentations, Feb. 1
- Work on Ethnographic Observation of two focus students presentations
- Optional Lesson planning workshop (1-3:30pm) -- February 8th
- Monthly CT/ST dialogue journal excerpts due Feb. 22
- Reading Group Book Discussion (The Classroom of Choice or On their side)
MARCH - Phase Two: Induction
- Optional Unit planning workshop (1-3:30pm) -- March 1st
- Mid-term self assessment and review (March 14th -- 45 - min. individual conference with
ST times scheduled 8:30am-6pm at UNM) No evening Seminar March 15
- Second Cooperating Teacher’s seminar, March 15, 9am -12:30pm (UNM Classroom w/breakfast snack)
- Ethnographic Observation presentations due, March 15
- Thematic integrated unit plan reviewed and completed
- Monthly CT/ST dialogue journal excerpts due March 22
- Reading Group Book Discussion (The Classroom of Choice or On their side)
- Spring Break, March 21-25
APRIL - Phase Three: Full-time Solo Teaching
- Three+ weeks of full-time solo teaching on your own (recommended for after Spring Break or in April, according to testing/classroom schedule).
- Third Cooperating Teacher’s seminar, April 5, 9am -12:30pm (Riverside Nature Center
w/breakfast snack)
- CT/principal formal observations
- Practice interviews in preparation for Job Fair
- UNM JOB FAIR TBA (April 12? or 19?)
- Three-way final assessment conference -- scheduled during the last week of April or first week of May, at your school.
- Monthly CT/ST dialogue journal excerpts due April 26
- Reading Group Book Discussion (The Classroom of Choice or On their side)
MAY - Phase Four: Assessment & Continued Professional Development
- Three-way final assessment conference -- to be scheduled during the last week of April or first week of May, at your school –April 25 – May 5
- Complete full-time solo teaching
- Final reflection, portfolio sharing, and celebration -- May 3rd (invite CT, principals, district administrators)
- Digital portfolio and hard copy portfolio completed
- All completed work, assignments due by May 6
- UNM Graduation Reception --May 6, 5-7pm
- SJC Graduation -- May 7th
- UNM Albuquerque College of Education Convocation and Graduation, May14