H Congratulations on a productive year in the Learning CommunityH
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The following assignments were designed in partnership with our Academy Advisory Committee to reflect learning opportunities for teacher candidates that integrate practical experience and a sound theoretical base.
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Teacher candidates will create a collection of experiential and theoretical reflections during their year. Each portfolio entry is meaningful to the teacher candidate because it in some way reflects their growth towards the Standards of Practice and informs their developing understanding of the profession and their own personal philosophy of teaching and learning. Teacher candidates are encouraged to share their entries with a wide range of colleagues to facilitate a diversity of ideas and feedback. The portfolio is a major component of all course work. |
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A classroom-based project designed to provide TC's with the opportunity to explore the diversity among learners in their placement classroom in a selected area of curriculum. Each TC, in conversation with their STE, will choose an area of curriculum and 3 students to investigate. TC's will collect data about each of the 3 students, followed by an analysis of this data as it relates to human development, programming, reporting and social and cultural differences. |
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Action Research is an effective process for teachers to engage in as they strive to meet the needs of all students. Teacher candidates, together with their school teacher educators, will identify an area of teaching practice to investigate. They will conduct observations, discussions and gather information about the issue. They will read the research and select strategies to try out and assess the effectiveness of the strategies in addressing the issue. Teacher candidates will prepare a report to describe the experience and highlight what they have learned. |
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Our Academy highlighted the need to have a sustained focus on the teaching of reading and writing for our teacher candidates. The literacy study group is a weekly professional dialogue conducted in the school during the first practicum block. Teacher candidates read a chapter of their literacy text or an article, and are joined by at least one knowledgeable staff member to discuss what they have read and make links to their experiences in the school. |
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Mini-seminars are a research-based group investigation where multi-school teams of 4 teacher candidates investigate current education issues. Each team selects a topic for investigation. Investigations explore the issue in terms of practice, policy, and theory. Teams present their findings to the class in "mini-seminar" presentations. At least one week before, they explore their issue online with their classmates. Individual reflection papers on the group investigation process from the perspective of teacher researchers and of teachers using group investigation as a teaching strategy. |
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