Department of Middle-Secondary Education and
Instructional Technology
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The following slides have been prepared for
students in Practicum I and Student Teaching
in Spring 2013.
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Arrive early (15-20 minutes).
Sign in at front office and let administration
know you are there.
Wear your name badge.
Note: Middle Level Education student
teachers may be in same content area that
you had for Practicum I.
Be patient and stay calm!
Ms. Pethel (404) 413-8392
Set up course template and TWS
template.
 Complete student information form.
Submit assignment in LT AND send to
Ms. Pethel.
 Submit assignments on time even if
you don’t know who your supervisor
is. The supervisor will catch up with
assessments as quickly as possible.
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All necessary materials are located in
your Resources document (follow link
to Resources on the Overview page of
your practicum/student teaching
course.
 Same document for PI and ST
 No hard copies will be provided for
students or mentor teachers.
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During your first week at the school (first day, if
possible), arrange a meeting with your mentor
teacher.
Share your syllabus with the mentor teacher.
Provide the MT with access to the Resources
document: www.livetext.com and FEABBBF9.
Help MT locate the document and the
information for MT’s.
Work with your US to set up the three-way
conference ASAP (no later than end of second
week).
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Know and abide by policies in the GSU student
handbook.
Be familiar with the GSU Administrative Policies
related to Disruptive Student Conduct in the
Classroom or Other Environment.
See the Field Experiences Handbook for specific
policies for dealing with problems that arise
during the semester and procedures to be
followed when a student fails the course. The
handbook is located in your Resources
document in LiveText.
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Student teachers: Minimum 8 hours per day, five days
per week
Must be prompt and in attendance each day
Time sheet must be signed by mentor teacher at the end
of every week and must be available for your university
supervisor at all times.
Follow the holiday schedule for the school system in
which you are working.
If unforeseen events cause tardiness or absence, you
should contact the mentor teacher and university
supervisor immediately.
There are no excused absences; all absences must be
made up.
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Students planning to graduate during the
semester of student teaching must submit
their program portfolio at least 4 weeks
before the end of the semester.
Students not graduating spring semester
must submit their program portfolio to the
appropriate program faculty two weeks
before the end of the semester.
Any student who has not submitted a
complete portfolio by the last class day of the
semester may receive a grade of Incomplete
for student teaching.
If a student finishes all coursework,
but the portfolio evaluation process
is not complete by the deadline in
his/her final semester, the student
may be required to enroll in an
additional semester to complete the
portfolio requirement.
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To receive teaching certificate by Fall
2013, you should have completed all
certification requirements (including EXC
4020, EPY 7080, GACE exams, and your
exit portfolio) by the end of spring
semester.
Check to be sure you take the correct
GACE exams. The exam numbers are
located on your program of study
worksheets.
All students enrolled in programs
in the department of MSIT are
required to attend the advisement
session designated for your
program during Professional
Advisement Week (week of
February 25-March 1).
 April
29, 2013
 Attendance required for all
student teachers (except
provisionals)
 Information and paperwork
for certification
Tentative agenda
Seminar #1 – February 1
◦ Working with students with special needs
◦ Classroom management
◦ Program concerns
◦ LiveText workshop (optional; must pre-register)
Seminar
#2 – April 15
◦ Teacher Keys
◦ Program concerns
◦ LiveText workshop (optional; must pre-register)
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January 15: Begin field placement
February 1: Seminar #1(all teacher candidates)
February 25-Mar 1: Professional Advisement Week
March 5: Midterm (last day to withdraw)
April 15: Seminar #2 (all teacher candidates)
April 26: Last day in schools
April 29: Student Teacher Exit Meeting
Note: Observe spring break schedule for the
school where you are assigned – NOT the GSU
spring break.
Assignments
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Non-graded
Graded
Three-Way conference form
 Student information form
 Mentor teacher conference reports
 Timesheet (not required for
provisionally-licensed teachers who
are employed as teachers)
 Verification of portfolio submission
(student teachers)
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Non-graded assignments must be
completed and submitted by the date
due. No grades are given for these
assignments; however, the timely
completion of these assignments will
be considered by your university
supervisor when figuring the grade for
Professional Behavior and Dispositions.
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Teacher Work Sample (35%)
Full-Time Teaching and Lesson Plans (20
lessons @ 1pt. = 20%)
Technology component and reflection (5%)
GSU Supervisor Assessment of Teaching (3
observations @5pts = 15%)
Final reflection (5%)
Professional Behavior and Dispositions (20%)
 Directions
for the TWS portfolio are located in a
separate course template.
 Purposes:
1. Show how you use information about the learningteaching context and student individual differences to
set learning goals and plan instruction and assessment.
2. Demonstrate the effects of your teaching on student
learning.
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TWS Assessment rubric will be used to assess
student work. Check the rubric for each section of
the TWS as you work through the project.
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Elements of the TWS are the same as the MTWS but
more extensive.
Read all instructions for TWS before you begin.
Check the rubric for each element before submitting.
Elements must be completed in the order assigned.
Do not begin teaching the TWS unit until US
approves your first four elements and you
have completed the pre-assessment.
Teach minimum of 10 lessons (consecutively, if
possible).
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A few student teachers have been selected to
participate in a pilot for the edTPA.
Participants will complete the edTPA instead
of the TWS.
Assignments for the edTPA are very similar to
TWS, but assessment rubrics are different.
Workload for the edTPA is approximately the
same as for TWS.
The edTPA may eventually replace the TWS
and will be assessed by outside evaluators.
 Four
(4) weeks of detailed lesson plans for
one class you are teaching (20 consecutive
lessons, if possible)
 One of the lesson plans will include the
requirements to fulfill the technology
component assignment. See syllabus for
details.
 Use the lesson plan format suggested by
program faculty or university supervisor or
school format (if approved by US).
You will submit a reflection of the
edited version of your digital
recording.
 Additional instructions are in your
syllabus and course template.
 Instructions for working with video
recordings (compression, uploading,
etc.) will be provided in Resources
document.
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The GSU supervisor will observe your
teaching at least three (3) times
during the semester (2 times for
Practicum I).
You must submit electronic copies of
the university supervisor’s
observations in the appropriate
sections of the course template.
 Reflection
on overall
experience for the semester
 See syllabus and course
template for details.
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Student behavior and dispositions will be assessed
by your university supervisor, using the rubric for
this purpose https://c1.livetext.com/doc/6263328.
Students do not need to submit any work for this
assignment.
Important note: Students who score lower than 80%
on this assessment may not receive a passing grade
for student teaching. In addition, they may not be
recommended for certification.
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Points will be deducted for late assignments
as follows:
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1-3 days after due date: minus 5%
4-7 days after due date: minus 10%
8-10 days after due date: minus 15%
11-14 days after due date: minus 20%
15 or more days late : no credit given for the
assignment.
Any extensions to the posted due dates must be approved in
writing by the university supervisor BEFORE the due date posted
in LiveText for the assignment.
No assignments will be accepted after the last day of the field
placement.
GRADE CHART FOR STUDENT TEACHING
(100 points possible)
A+
A
AB+
98-100 points or percent
94-97 points or percent
90-93 points or percent
88-89 points or percent
BC+
C
CD+
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DF
80-83 points or percent
78-79 points or percent
74-77 points or percent
70-73 points or percent
68-69 points or percent
64-67 points or percent
60-63 points or percent
Below 60 points or percent
B
84-87 points or percent
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Insist that students use their GSU email
accounts and that they check their messages
daily. Do not give students your personal
email account.
Assess students’ work PROMPTLY! Never wait
longer than 1 week to assess student
submissions.
Report of program faculty if students are
getting behind in assignments or having any
other difficulties.
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Template set-up process has changed since Fall 2012.
Send students to Mary Ariail if you are not sure how to
help them.
Do not accept any assignments as email attachments
or as attachments to the course (must be inserted in
course template or TWS template).
University supervisors are invited to attend LT
workshops on Feb.1 and April 15.
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Do not allow students to begin teaching lessons
for the TWS until you have approved CLAD (first 4
components).
If you have students participating in the edTPA,
you will use a different course (MSIT edTPA – 9999)
in LT to assess their performance. Their grade
for the edTPA will be entered as their grade for
the TWS.
Extra instruction and time for discussion for the
edTPA will be given at the seminars on Feb. 1 and
April 15.
Questions?