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Teacher Education Seminar (TES)
Course Instructors: Lucy Giannotta, Bob Martin, Sandra McEwan
Course Overview
In the Teacher Education Seminar (TES) you will be encouraged to reflect on personal, academic and practicum experiences. You will have the opportunity to make connections and to raise issues, challenges and questions with the various courses of the Education Pre-Service Program. The Teacher Education Seminar will also facilitate opportunities to debrief practicum experiences in large and small group settings. By engaging in a cooperative pattern of interaction that promotes inclusion, all members of the TES will be invited to reflect upon and share their own experiences. Self-reflection and guided group discussions on various topics, will help you focus on teaching as a thinking activity, building your pathway to continuous professional growth as a teacher within the learning community. By examining more closely the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession, you will be able to better define what becoming a teacher means to you.
Course Topics
Course Expectations
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Course Evaluation
1) The Integrated Unit
You will examine the components of an integrative approach to unit planning. You will be assigned to apply the components of program planning to create your own practical template and describe a process for integrative unit planning that works for you. You may want to apply your integrative unit plan template to your Language and/or Social Studies assignments.
Weight: 20% (Instructor)
Due: Thursday, February 8, 2001
2) Action Research
Reflecting on the issues that arise in the other courses of the pre-service education program (i.e., from the burning issues assignment in School and Society), you will apply the process of action research to develop a research question, collect analyze and interpret data and relate the research findings to reflect on teaching practices. You will have the opportunity to present your findings at the OISE/UT Annual Action Research Conference. Some time will be spent in class, discussing the action research process.
Weight: 30% (Instructor)
Due: Presentation to small group:.Thursday, April 12, 2001 &
Action Research Conference Tuesday, April, 17 2001
The purpose of your portfolio is to show your growth as a professional educator during your year at OISE/UT. In addition to submitting the portfolio as a course assignment, you may wish to use it in employment interviews. The completed portfolio will provide evidence of your professional growth in each of the five Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession.
For each of the five Standards of Practice:
Your completed portfolio should have and index, an opening statement and a concluding statement. In the concluding statement, you should reflect on questions such as "What does it mean to be a teacher?" and What is my philosophy of teaching and learning?"
The portfolio is due Wednesday, April 25. On this day you will have the opportunity to present your portfolio to a mentor. During your presentation, you will need to provide clear evidence of reflection, professional growth and an understanding of the Standards of Practice for the Profession.
Weight: 40% (Instructor)
Due: Wednesday, April 25, 2001
4) Professional Performance Weight: 10% (Instructor)
TES Scheduled Classes
Note: Because the TES is integrated with other courses, this schedule may be adjusted from time to time. Keep your eye on the Option timetable on our web site for the most current information.
September 14:
1:00-3:00 September 21:
1:00-3:00 September 25 (Monday)
1:00-3:00 October 2 (Monday) 1:00-3:00
& October 5: 1:00-3:00 October 19: 1:00-3:00 November 30:1:00-3:00 December 7: 1:00-3:00 December 14: 1:00-3:0 January 18: 1:00-4:00 January 25: 1:00-4:00 February 1:1:00-3:00 February 8: 1:00-3:00 March 29: 1:00-3:00 April 5: 1:00-3:00 April 12: 1:00-3:00 April 19: 1:00-3:00