Graded Component
Program Organization, Instructional Repertoire, and Classroom Management

Instructors:  John Mazurek & Barrie Bennett (guest presenter)

Key areas within these topics include:

 

Course Assignments Relating to This Component:

 Lesson – First Semester

  1. This is a shared assignment of TES and your Psychological Foundations course. During the first practicum, design a lesson using Madeline Hunter’s Lesson Design format. Incorporate ideas relating to active participation and motivation, as well as any other ideas from this course, Psychological Foundations, and other courses which interest you. Your plan should clearly show how these ideas inform your judicious selection of instructional processes. Teach the lesson. Afterwards, write a three-page reflection, focusing on your organization and management of the lesson, and your use of instructional skills and processes, and how you addressed psychological issues: What went well? What didn’t and why? What would you do differently if you had a chance to reteach the lesson? Devise a rubric for your work, score it and submit it with your lesson plan. (Note: the rubric will have three parts: one part dealing with instruction (i.e., TES issues), a second part dealing with the psychological dimensions of your lesson, and a third dealing with the reflection itself. The first part will be provided for you in class and you will receive criteria to assist you in constructing the second and third parts.) This assignment relates to all five of the Ontario College of Teacher’s Standards of Practice. You may choose to do the lesson portion of the assignment with a candidate-colleague who is teaching in the same school as you.
    Due date: Tuesday, December 5
    10% of your final grade for the Teacher Education Seminar. (See the Psychological Foundations syllabus for details concerning the weighting of the assignment in that course.)

Unit Plan

Design a unit of study for your second practicum. Focus the unit around a particular topic, theme or question that is congruent with learning expectations of the Ontario Curriculum for your grade level, as well as with the long-range plans of your associate teacher and the particular interests and needs of your students. If feasible, integrate learning opportunities for two or more subject areas. Prepare an outline (maximum of seven pages) which includes:

Lesson – Second Semester

This is a shared assignment of TES and your Psychological Foundations course. Design, teach and reflect on a lesson you taught during the second practicum. The reflection should focus on your instructional decisions and technique as well as the psychological dimensions of your lesson: What went well? What would you do differently if you had the chance to reteach the lesson? Your mark is determined by:

Concept Map

  1. In teams of 3, create a Concept Map to synthesize this year’s work in program organization, instructional repertoire, classroom management, and psychological foundations. How do cognitive and social/emotional domains overlap, interconnect and drive effective teaching decisions and practices? This assignment relates to all five of the Ontario College of Teachers’ Standards of Practice.
    This assignment will be done in class on Friday, Apr. 6.
    10% of your final grade for the Teacher Education Seminar.
     

Course Assignments Relating to All TES Components (Including "Pass/Fail" Components):

For details, please refer to the descriptions of these assignments on our website or in the East Option Registration Day package.

Professional Participation

15% of your final grade for TES.

Portfolio

30% of your final grade for TES.

Reflective Journal

10% of your final grade for TES.

 

Note that other work in "Pass/Fail" components, while not part of your overall percentage mark, must be completed successfully in order to pass this course.