Fall Agenda

(1)  August 28

Audubon Scholarship

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1. Colleagues - Please add your personal information to the following

   1. 1. Teaching Schedule

      2. Student Photos (upload a photo of yourself)

      3. SlideShow (Add text and photos to the next available slide)

2. GoReact - Logon to Dr. Herr's GoReact site and upload a movie of a phenomenon from your phone in the phenomenon assignment. 

3. University Supervisor - Introduce yourself to your University Supervisor.   Email addresses are on the class home page. 

4. VERY IMPORTANT - Make certain the number of videos of entire class sessions, required by your universty supervisor to their GoReact account by the dates they require.  Atach all slideshows, worksheets and other resources used during a class period when submitting videos to GoReact.  Finaly, make certain to reply to ALL supervisor comments in GoReact. 

5. Student Teaching Evaluation Form.  Familiarize yourself with the evaluation form for 554  and 555.  Identify five areas where you think you are particularly strong, and five areas that you believe you will need assistance.  Enter this information in this form.

6. Review the Student Teaching Handbook -  Complete the online quiz regarding student teaching

7. Familiarize yourself with these common acronyms used in school.

8. Create a link in your Google Drive to your 554 or 555 folder.  Make certain to set the permissions so that anyone with the link can view.  Create a link to your semester plan and to the folder that contains your lesson plans.  Put the links in the appropriate yellow columns on the info tab of the quickwrite. 

9. Indicate how many dialogs you have had with your University Supervisor.  A dialog is consider a reciprocal communication. For example, a phone conversation counts as one, or a email exchange counts as one dialog.  Put the number in the appropriate columns of the info tab of the quickwrite. 

10. Please refer to the info tab on the quickwrite and make sure all information is accurate, and all links have been provided.  Note, that only the instructor can check for completion of the blue columns

(2) September 4

Student Teaching Evaluation Form.  Familiarize yourself with the evaluation.  Ask your mentor and/or university supervisor for an informal review before your midterm or final evaluation..

• 554 form

• 555 form

Student Teaching Handbook -  Be prepared to answer questions pertaining to the content of the student teaching handbook.

Student Teaching Assignments -Spring 

• Mentor Teachers

• Placements

Fred/EdTPA

• EdTPA Task Templates

• Creating an Assessment

• Videoing your Teaching Event

554-Homework

Copy and read all four EdTPA templates

555- Discussion - What EdTPA Graders are looking for.  

555-Homework

• Start developing assessment instrument for EdTPA

(3) September 11

• • Watch: How to make an EdPuzzle Video [6:01]

  • Watch: Components of a Good EdTPA video [29:37]

  • Create an EdPuzzle of Components of a Good EdTPA video. Include seven or more questions/annotations highlighting key issues.  Make certain privileges are on the EdPuzzle are set so that anyone with the link can view.

  • Submit a link to your EdPuzzle video on the Info tab of the quickwrite.

• Submit a video of your instruction to Dr. Herr AND your supervisor using GoReact.  Complete and attach the Video Checklist .  

(4) September 18

Student Teaching Evaluation Form. (554)  Familiarize yourself with the evaluation.  Ask your mentor and/or university supervisor for an informal review before your midterm or final evaluation..

Student Teaching Handbook -  Be prepared to answer questions pertaining to the content of the student teaching handbook.

Student Teaching Assignments -Spring 

• Mentor Teachers

• Placements

Fred/EdTPA (554, 555)

• Selecting a topic

• EdTPA Task Templates

• Creating an Assessment

• Videoing your Teaching Event

• Learning Segments

Student teaching supervision 

• GoReact - upload video-2

Resources for teaching 

• Apps for teaching science

• Colleagues

(5) September 25

554 First-semester student teachers

• Write a one-page (single-spaced) analysis of things you learned from reviewing a successful EdTPA.  You may use the questions at the bottom of this page as guides in your analysis. 

555 Second-semester student teachers

• Write a two-page (single-spaced) analysis of things you learned from reviewing TWO (2)  successful EdTPAs.  You may use the questions at the bottom of this page as guides in your analysis. 

(6) October 2

Student teaching supervision

• GoReact 

• Give this to your mentor teacher

• Teaching schedule

• Spring 2025 assignments

Resources for teaching

• Apps for teaching science

Fred/EdTPA

• FRED coaching - feedback

• EdTPA Task Templates

• Creating an Assessment

• Videoing your Teaching Event

Videos of experiments

• Student annotation of videos - Faraday's candle

(7) October 9

• Selecting an anchoring phenomenon for your FRED/EdTPA - pH Scale

• Watch video: "Components of a Good Assessment for EdTPA"  [31:00]

• Review the assessments of these individuals who did very well on EdTPA.

• Make an EdPuzzle video with at least 10 significant questions and or annotations of the Components of a Good Assessment for EdTPA.  Include seven or more questions/annotations highlighting key issues.  Make certain privileges are on the EdPuzzle are set so that anyone with the link can view.

• Create an assessment for your FRED/EdTPA learning segment.    Link your assessment on the Info tab of the class quickwrite.

(8) October 16

• CSET-Prep General Science

• Video : Constructing an assessment that will meet the criteria for EdTPA [31:00]

• Creating an Assessment

• Submit EdTPA October 24

• Link your annotated document on the Info tab of the class quickwrite.

• Investigation - Sign up

(9) October 23

EdTPA Submission Guidelines

GoReact - Upload files to supervisor

Investigating Phenomenon - Preparation

Assignment:  Complete the Assessment (Task-3)  for your FRED or EdTPA lesson.  Post it on today's Quickwrite

(10) October 30

• Read What EdTPA Graders are looking for.  Use the comment feature to highlight 2 or more elements in each of the 15 categories (minimum of 30 total comments) that are necessary to score well.

Student Teaching Assignments -Spring 

• Mentor Teachers

• Placements

(11) November 6

• Investigating Phenomenon - presentations

• Weather - Windy | Ventusky

• Challenges & Successes

• 554

  • FRED 

    • • Learning Segment

      • FRED / EdTPA Learning Segment Assessment

      • Tasks 1,2,3

  • NGSS

    • • Educational Theorists

      • Academic Language

      • Placements

555

Video techniques

• Slow motion

• Time-Lapse

• Pivot Interactives

Student Teaching Assignments -Spring 

• Mentor Teachers

(12) November 13

• Investigating Phenomenon - presentations

• Making Good Choices - EdTPA

• End of Semester procedures

• Placements

• FRED / EdTPA

• Educational Theories & Strategies

• NGSS

• ETS Standards

(13) November 20

• Investigating Phenomenon - presentations

• FRED Due - December 4 - Submit on Canvas

• FRED / EdTPA

  • Feedback

• NGSS

• Ecology - investigating phenomena with iNaturalist

• Surveys

  • Candidate Fieldwork Experience Evaluation: http://classeval.csun.edu/; password:  sedfweval  

  • Evaluation of your University Supervisor

  • Evaluation of your experience in the SED 554S or 555S seminar 

555 only

• • CSU Exit Survey [555 only]

  • Individualized Development Plan (IDP) consistent with the TPEs.  Name file in this format: student ID Last, First Fall

  •  2023 IDP .  Turn in PDF of IDP

  • Previous Examples

(14) November 27

• Happy Thanksgiving

(15) December 4

• Investigating Phenomenon - presentations

• Finding a job

(16) December 11

1. Provide links to all files used in EdTPA on the quickwrite

2. Individualized Development Plan (IDP) 

3. Candidate Fieldwork Experience Evaluation: password: sedfweval  

4. CSU Exit Survey

5. Request Credential

6. Submit EdTPA to Pearson

7. Complete the SED Field Supervisor Evaluation Form  This is an evaluation of  your university supervisor who has given you feedback on your instruction.

8. Complete SED Seminar Evaluation Form This is an evaluation of Dr. Herr's seminar for student teachers

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