INTRODUCTION TO THE EDUCATION PROFESSION

Term: Fall: 2005 - 2

Course Number: 10200C/10200Z

Instructor: Joi F. Patterson, Ph.D.

Office: Room 303

Office Phone: 219-473-4293

E-mail: jpatterson@ccsj.edu

Home Phone: (optional)

Office Hours: Call for appointments

Instructor Background:

This is my fifth year as Director and Licensing Advisor of the Education Program here at Calumet College of Joseph. I also serve as an NCATE Board of Examiner, where I am responsible along with a team of other professional educators for recommending the accreditation of higher education institutions. I came to Northwest Indiana by way of Arizona where I was a principal, prior to that I worked in Chicago as an assistant principal. My education career began as a consultant for parents who home schooled their children, later I officially joined the education profession as a Science teacher in the Chicago Public School.

My continuous involvement in the P-12 community through scholarship, professional development and supervising student teacher keeps me connected to current trends and challenges that local school encounter so that I can bring that experience and knowledge to the teacher candidates.

I am currently completing a 3^rd edition of book entitled “Teach Like It’s An Emergency”, which is a guide to assist teachers with improving their students’ learning and test scores. I am presenting at this year’s ACTE/IACTE conference on the topic of Assessment for Teacher Candidates and will continue to provide professional development services to local schools in Northwest Indiana. Also this year the Education Department is launching a professional journal, “Transformation” that will be distributed to all P-12 and higher education institutions throughout Northwest Indiana.

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Course Time:

Dates: January 9 – 26; M-R

Day Cohort: 8:00 – Noon

Evening Cohort 5:00 – 9:00

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Course Description:

This survey course introduces the student to the career of professional education. Students will engage in a variety of topics designed to acclimate them to the college, the Education Department and the field of education.

This course is also designed to prepare perspective teacher candidates to the Education Program. Students must take and receive passing scores on the state mandated certification exam: PPST (math, reading, writing).

Blackboard Description

Blackboard Discussion: TBA

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Prerequisites:

Students must have successfully completed at least 75% of general education courses

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Learning Outcomes/

· Students will receive a certificate for attending the Virtus Training that focus on keeping all children safe in the classroom and beyond

· Through attending a session on Social Justice, student will learn the mission of their college and will apply socially just practices in the classroom and beyond

· Students will be able to translate the Education Department’s Conceptual Framework into meaningful and practical context as it relates to their role as a teacher

· Students will learn to retrieve assignments, engage in on-line discussion and communicate via Blackboard

· Students will be able to access library information, research materials and use various resources in the Specter library to complete assignments and check out books.

· Students will attend seminar and value the importance of continuous professional growth

· Students will take the practice Praxis exam and implement a curriculum study plan to successfully complete the Praxis I exam

· Students will be able to seek academic assistance through various resources offered through the college

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Textbooks/Resources:

· Virtus Workbook $1.00 each

Assessment/Assignments

ASSIGNMENT	DATE	POINTS	INTASC
Homework · U-shape (blackboard drop box) · Disposition Self-Evaluation Communication Self-Evaluation Gantt chart	September 28 September 28 September 28 September 28	25 pts each 100
Participation	On-Going	100
Observation	By Week 4	100
Special Meeting/Event	By Week 4	100
Criminal History Clearance	September 28	25
Resume	September 28	25
Tutoring	Week 4	100
Library Tour	Scheduled	50
Blackboard Training	Scheduled	50
Communication Proficiencies	Scheduled	50
Praxis or Praxis Review	Scheduled	50
Portfolio Box	September 28	25
Blackboard Discussion	September 29	25
Virtus Training	Scheduled	50
Social Justice	Scheduled	50
Conceptual Framework	Scheduled	50
Seminar	Scheduled	50
Resource	Scheduled	50

Evening Cohort

5:00 – 9:00

January

Introduction to Education Program

Dr. Patterson

Conceptual Framework

Dr. Shields

Resources

Ms. Peek

Praxis

Ms. Hendrix

Social Justice

Father Spilly

Education Seminar

Room 200

5:00 – 6:45

Blackboard Training

Ms. Koslow

Library Tour

Ms. Scott

Virtus Training

Mr. Puplava

Rules 2002

Dr. Patterson

Portfolio

Dr. Patterson

Blackboard

Dr. Patterson

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Rubric(s)

· Field Experience Checklist

· Communication Self-Evaluation

· Disposition Self-Evaluation

· Portfolio Rubric

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Field Experience

· Tutoring 4 hours

· School Event 2 hours

· Observation 2 hours

· School Meeting 2 hours

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INTASC Principles

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and

Support Consortium (INTASC) Principles

The Ten INTASC principles are listed below. Specific standards for knowledges, dispositions, and performances accompany each principle, but space does not permit listing them below. For a complete copy of the INTASC standards, contact

Jean Miller, Director of INTASC, Suite 700, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001-1431.

Principle #1:

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and the structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.

Principle #9:

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

Principle #10:

The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support students’ learning and well-being.

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Grading Scale:

Grade	Points
A	100-92
A-	91-90
B+	89-88
B	87-82
B-	81-80
C+	79-78
C	77-72
C-	71-70
D+	69-68
D	67-62
D-	61-60
F	59 and below

Attendance Policy:

Intellectual growth and success in college is reinforced through interaction in the classroom. Students reach personal goals and course outcomes through regular and prompt attendance. The Education Department’s accelerated classes are intense and rigorous and demand student presence and participation. Therefore, if a student is absent from a cohort class three times, the student will be academically withdrawn by the instructor on the third day.

Center for Academic Excellence: