January+19,+2017

=__Week #2 - January 15-19, 2018__= = __Announcement 1__: =
 * As a student enrolled in EDG 4410 for Spring 2017 at UCF, you will be participating in a unique service-learning experience that includes teaching Junior Achievement lessons in a K-12 school. **


 * Students with criminal arrest records must contact the Office Clinical Experiences by email at edintern@ucf.edu or phone (407/823-2518) IMMEDIATELY to make an appointment to speak with Jodie Nichols in the Clinical Experiences Office (ED 110) to discuss how their history may impact their ability to complete this course and to eventually become a teacher. **


 * __Announcement 2__: **
 * In this course, you are given the opportunity to attend professional development opportunities and reflect on them in lieu of completing both course exams. An upcoming event is the KnightED Talks Student Showcase (an in-house professional development conference) on Saturday, January 28, 2017. If you wish to attend the KnightED Talks Student Showcase, register online by Friday, January 20, 2017 at http://education.ucf.edu/knightedtalks. Online registration, which qualifies you for door prizes, is $15. On-site registration (the day of the Showcase) will be $20. **

//"It's your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude."// (Zig Ziglar)


 * Essential Question: You are being prepared to be a professional. What does this mean to you?**

=TO PREPARE FOR OUR CLASS THIS WEEK, DO THE FOLLOWING:=

=**RESUME**= 1. Print out the sample resume below (Step #2) and refer to it while viewing the videos below about writing a resume (FYI, please pardon my rudimentary videos; I'm just learning how to do this.):

a. //Writing a Resume for a Teaching Position - Part I// ( approximate length: 6 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9-E1d03Hk

b.//Writing a Resume for a Teaching Position - Part II// ( approximate length: 6 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUB3t71Smw

2. Sample Resume:

3. Here is a handy dandy checklist that you might find helpful:

4. __OPTIONAL__: For additional information on writing a resume, view this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OrqzS-Qbf8 (Approximate length: 7 minutes)

5. __OPTIONAL__: For additional guidelines on writing a resume, check out the UCF Career Services Resume Writing Guidelines:

**PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES**
6. Read this brief article on Professional Learning Communities (PLC's), //What is a Professional Learning Community?,// making note of some of the components of PLC's. Then as you view the videos below, look for some of these components.

7. VIew the following video on Professional Learning Communities: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=viedo+on+professional+learning+communities&&view=detail&mid=ED2B00416FDB84BEC191ED2B00416FDB84BEC191&FORM=VRDGAR (Approximate length: 6 minutes)

8. View the following video on a good example of a Professional Learning Community in action: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+of+professional+learning+communities+in+action&view=detail&mid=2E960995B746C6EA81B12E960995B746C6EA81B1&FORM=VIRE (Approximate length: 6 minutes)

9. __OPTIONAL__: For additional information on Professional Learning Communities, check out this article: http://www.allthingsplc.info/files/uploads/DuFourWhatIsAProfessionalLearningCommunity.pdf**.**

**STUDENT PROGRESS TRACKING FOLDER (STUDENT DATA FOLDER)**
10. Last week, you received a Student Progress Tracking Folder, or Student Data Folder. To learn more about this folder, view the following video: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=VIDEO+ON+STUDENT+DATA+FOLDERS&view=detail&mid=DE138DCEDCE12FFA21EFDE138DCEDCE12FFA21EF&FORM=VIRE (Approximate length: 6 minutes)

11. __OPTIONAL:__ For additional information on Student Data Folders, view the following video: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=My+Student+Data&&view=detail&mid=3776F7D6EA314C1E6B343776F7D6EA314C1E6B34&FORM=VRDGAR (Approximate length: 14 minutes)

12. View the following photo of a student progress tracking data sheet. You have received one similar to this for your EDG 4410 assignments:

**CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING**
13. **__CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING - Professional Learning Communities__**: After viewing the videos above on Professional Learning Communities and Student Progress Tracking Folders, respond to the three questions listed below. Be prepared to discuss your responses in class. Here are the questions: Your answer should be at least one-page, single-spaced,.
 * **What are Professional Learning Communities**? Read the article on Professional Learning and describe in your own words - what are Professional Learning Communities and how do they help teachers work with their students in a classroom setting? Please cite information from the article - using quotes and page numbers - to define your response. Include the article's author, title, journal name, dates, and page numbers at the bottom of your page. Be sure to title your paper - **Checking for Understanding - Professional Learning Communities**
 * **Have you ever been involved in a Professional Learning Community?** Or involved with a group of individuals working towards the same goal? What was your experience? Was it favorable? What goals were you trying to accomplish? Play a sport? Present a performance? Put on an event? Raise money for charity? Explain your experience in detail - underlining what you learned as a result of your involvement in your 'professional community.'
 * **Describe Your In-Class EDG 4410 Professional Learning Community.** In our class, we will be developing our own Professional Communities - to complete our 2 Microteaching assignments - and to learn from each other. Tell me about the members of your EDG 4410 In-class Professional Learning Community - your members and their interests - and what you hope to learn while working together in our class. Explain in detail about your newly formed professional learning community.
 * **Describe Your In-Class EDG 4410 Professional Learning Community.** In our class, we will be developing our own Professional Communities - to complete our 2 Microteaching assignments - and to learn from each other. Tell me about the members of your EDG 4410 In-class Professional Learning Community - your members and their interests - and what you hope to learn while working together in our class. Explain in detail about your newly formed professional learning community.
 * **Describe Your In-Class EDG 4410 Professional Learning Community.** In our class, we will be developing our own Professional Communities - to complete our 2 Microteaching assignments - and to learn from each other. Tell me about the members of your EDG 4410 In-class Professional Learning Community - your members and their interests - and what you hope to learn while working together in our class. Explain in detail about your newly formed professional learning community.


 * Remember:**
 * **Title your paper** - name, date, Checking for Understanding - Professional Learning Community
 * Please write at least **one-page, single-spaced**
 * Include Professional Learning Community **article citation**
 * **Submit final paper to our web-course** - under Checking for Understanding - Professional Learning Community

=ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK:=

1. **Resume -** There is no rubric for this assignment. Points will be taken off for typos, misspellings, and grammatical mistakes. - **Submit to Webcourse**

2. **Checking for Understanding** - PLC's (See #13 above.) - **Submit to Webcourse**

=MATERIALS TO BRING TO CLASS THIS WEEK:=

1. Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model Placement - It would be helpful to print this out, as we will be referring to it regularly throughout the semester.

2. //Creative Grouping Your Students// Handout - Do not print out.

3. If you do not have a student photo (as in the one on your student ID), please bring one to put on the student progress tracking folder you will be given this week. Do not bring a racy photo.

=THIS WEEK'S CLASS AGENDA:=

Discussion of and formation of PLC's (Professional Learning Communities) Overview of Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model Explanation of Student Progress Tracking Folders Junior Achievement: Placement and training date selection