ED 102: Seminar
Spring 2013
Thursdays 5:00 - 6:30pm at Fenway High School (except where indicated)
Instructors: Ryan Redmond and Chad Johnson
Overview
● This semester in Education 102, we will continue to frame our work around the two driving themes that we’ve focused on up to this
point: (1) developing a discourse of collegiality and (2) making sense before making judgment. In addition, it’s now time for us to
also increasingly turn out attention to another pair of themes: (3) paying attention to student thinking and (4) critically examining
the role of the IT in the classroom. Using the conceptual framework that you have built thus far - through Ed 101, through other
courses, and through your experiences in your school placement - we intend for you to look at your own teaching as a text this
semester.
Primary Assignments
● Looking at Student Work
● Journaling
● Consultation Project
● Videotaping
● Portfolio
Calendar
● You will be following the public school calendar rather than the Tufts’ calendar. You will take the public school vacations in February
and April rather than the Tufts’ spring break in March. Seminar will NOT be held during those vacation weeks; seminar will be held
during the March Tufts’ break.
Meeting with your Supervisor
● Your supervisor is another mentor/coach in your process of becoming a teacher, and the individual who, along with input from your
cooperating practitioner, will complete your final practicum evaluation, the Preservice Performance Assessment (PPA). Supervisors are
scheduled to observe you (five times for traditional student teachers and six times for interns) during the practicum, three sessions of
which should include a meeting with your cooperating teacher(s). You will have the opportunity to set observation goals, have a
conversation about your classes, and receive written feedback about your lessons. Part of your professional responsibility is to
communicate with your supervisor and arrange for observations and meetings. You should provide, in advance, a lesson plan to your
supervisor of the lesson(s) he or she will observe. As issues and questions arise for you, you may also seek out your supervisor for
advice on many aspects of the teaching life.
Paperwork
● As you were expected to do for the fall semester, you are responsible for keeping a log of your direct teaching hours (150 minimum)
and other teaching-related hours (150 minimum). Submit this log to Ryan Redmond at the end of the semester. Additionally, you are
responsible for completing other paperwork such as a final placement evaluation, a degree sheet and exit survey in a prompt manner.
Forms may be found on the department website in the Forms section of the Student Resources page.
DATE
READINGS/PREPA
RATION
Jan. 24
Selections from
Looking Together at
Student Work and
McDonald’s
“Learning to Read
Teaching”
ASSIGNMENT DUE
DATES
FOCUS
1. Reflect on ED 101 - evaluations, final assignment, and
more
2. Goal Setting for ED 102 - focal points of this semester;
how is this course different from the 120s?; teaching as a
text (moving from the view of teaching as task to building a
narrative)
- Hand out
“Becoming a
Reflective
Practitioner” and
“Professional
Development:
Learning from
Experience” to read
for Feb 7
3. Introduction to (a) journaling*, (b) video (hand out
release forms), (c) consultations w/ School Psych
students, (d) and portfolios, and (e) looking at student work
protocols (using Looking Together at Student Work, 2nd
Edition, by Blythe, Allen and Powell)
*Journaling: weekly, ongoing; writing, photography, video,
audio, etc.
Jan. 31
Looking at Student Work
Feb. 7
Looking at Student Work
Feb. 9 (Sat.
2:00 – 4:00pm)
Men of Color Share their Careers in Education to Inspire
Others: Retreat at Tufts. Current M.A.T. students are
invited to a discussion from 2:30 – 4:00pm. Location TBA.
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
(No Class)
Feb. 28
(Class at Tufts)
School Vacation
Week - No Seminar
Submit first journal entry
for feedback.
Looking at Student Work
School Vacation Week No Seminar
School Vacation Week - No Seminar
Consultations with School Psychology Students (at Tufts).
Consultation Step #1: gathering evidence and defining the
problem
March 7
Discuss “Becoming
a Reflective
Practitioner” and
“Professional
Development:
Learning from
Experience”.
Video Assignment - Dear
Colleague Letter #1 due
Teaching as Text
March 14
Consultation Step #2:
understanding the
problem and developing
a strategy
Teaching as Text
March 21
Submit second journal
entry for feedback.
Teaching as Text
March 28
Consultation Step #3:
analyzing strategy
effectiveness
Teaching as Text
April 4
Consultation Step #4:
reflecting on the
consultation; memo due.
Teaching as Text
April 11
(Class at Tufts)
Submit third journal entry
for feedback.
Teaching as Text
School Vacation Week No Seminar
School Vacation Week - No Seminar
April 25
Video Assignment - Dear
Colleague Letter #2 due
Teaching as Text
May 2
Portfolio
Sharing our work
April 18
(No Class)
May 9
School Vacation
Week - No Seminar
Sharing our work