EDTE 246 Section 4 Spring 2010 CLASS SCHEDULE DATE 1/26 SESSION TOPIC o o o Classbuilding/teambuilding Course overview Complete self-assessments ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT SESSION o Management autobiography (see guidelines on website) o Read Course Reader 2/3 o Research your name (use guidelines on website) 2/3 o Overview of management framework o What’s in a name? o Management autobiography o Introduction to Case Study Activity #1 o Read Course Reader 2/10 o Start reading Learning to Trust Part I 2/10 o Bases of power and kinds of control in the classroom o What skills/competencies/habits of mind do we want students to possess when they graduate high school? o Discuss CS Activity #1 o Intro CS Activity #2 o Read Course Reader 2/17 o Complete CS Activity #2 and bring to class on 2/24 2/17 o Content management: setting o What’s in /out of our control as teachers? o Read Course Reader 2/24 2/24 o Content management dimension: Instruction o CS Activity #2 due in class o Intro CS Activity #3 o Read Course Reader 3/3 o Complete CS Activity #3 and bring to class on 3/10. o Write response to Learning to Trust Part I and bring to class 3/3 o Introduction to covenant management dimension: Teacher/student relationships o Discuss Learning to Trust Part I o Read Course Reader 3/10 o Start reading Learning to Trust Part II 3/10 o Covenant management dimension: Cooperatively structured learning o Discuss CS #3 o Introduce CS #4 o Review management framework concepts – reread Course Reader chapters on content, covenant, bases of power, and kinds of control 3/17 o MIDTERM: In-class analysis of videotaped lesson using management framework concepts o Introduce CS #5 o Review possible books for behavior management project. o Work on CS Activity #5 o Read Course Reader 3/24 o Write response to Learning to Trust Part II and bring to class 3/24 Behavior management dimension o Select books for project. o Set up project groups. o Start reading behavior management book o Discuss Learning to Trust Part II 3/31 SPRING BREAK- NO CLASS o Read behavior management book 4/7 Student work analysis o Read Course Reader 4/14 4/14 Working with students with special issues (Asberger’s, oppositional-defiance, etc.) o Read Course Reader 4/21. 4/21 Covenant management: Parent/teacher relationships o Finish Learning to Trust Part III o Write response to LTT Part III 4/28 o Managing your own socialemotional needs o Prepare for behavior management presentation o Discuss Learning to Trust Part III 5/5 NO CLASS – Come to February 19 Forum in SH 100 from 4-6PM o Prepare for behavior management presentations 5/12 o Behavior management program discussions o Do second cognitive map of your understanding of classroom management o Complete case studies o Write analysis of what you have learned in course using cognitive maps 5/19 o Share-out of case studies o Course evaluation CONGRATULATIONS! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!