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| One Sept 1 | Two Sept 8 | Three Sept 15 | Four Sept 22 | Five Sept 29 |
| Six Oct 6 | Seven Oct 13 | Eight Oct 20 | Nine Oct 27 | Ten Nov 3 |
| Eleven Nov 10 | Twelve Nov 17 | Thirteen Dec 1 | Fourteen Dec 8 | Fifteen Dec 15 |
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WEEK ONE | 1 September
INTRODUCTIONS
Introductions:
- You & me
- Draw the change you want to be in the world – gallery
- Course Introduction
Workshop: Building your ED100 Weblog
Assignment Due | BlogPost I Class Survey Friday 2 September
Noteworthy | Field Placements with Lisa Sugar
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More Introductions
- Weekly Schedule
- Learning Circles Schedule
- Your Learning Circle | Learning Experiences, Current Connections, and an initial meeting
Workshop | Building your ED100 Weblog II
BlogPost I Class Survey | Once you have completed your first blog post, please publish it to the Internet and send the address of the published page to me in an email message. Use the email address you would like me to use to communicate with you this semester.
Overview Reading 1 | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 3-25
- Creating Community Out of Chaos By Linda Christensen
- A Message from a Black Mom to Her Son By Dyan Watson
- Honor Their Names By Linda Christensen
- Name By Hiwot Adilow
- Uchinaaguchi The language of my heart By Moé Yonamine
WEEK TWO | 8 September
Noteworthy |
- Learning Circle | Learning Experiences and Current Connections — blog posts and due dates
- Arranging a time to meet with LCs before learning experiences is crucial
- Now that you have completed your first blog post, is it published to the Internet and have you sent the address to me in an email message?
- Class today from 8-9:50am because of Celebrate the Spirit programming.
Course Introductions | BlogPost I Class Survey
- 4. What are you into; what makes you special? Share a few “unique” aspects about yourself that would help our classroom community get to know you a bit. Are you on an athletic team? Sing in the choir? Are you trying out for a play? Painting? What are you planning on doing this semester in your life that you would like to share?
- 8. Do you have a question or two that you would like to ask me about myself or the class?
Workshop |
- Now that you have completed your first blog post, is it published to the Internet and have you sent the address to me in an email message?
- Let’s add a few widgets to your blog and tend to your menu.
Dr. Shutkin Learning Experience | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pages 3-25
- Creating Community Out of Chaos By Linda Christensen
- A Message from a Black Mom to Her Son By Dyan Watson
- Honor Their Names By Linda Christensen
- Name By Hiwot Adilow
- Uchinaaguchi The language of my heart By Moé Yonamine
Break
More Course Introductions | BlogPost I Class Survey
Another Workshop | Let’s add a few widgets to your blog and tend to your menu.
Dr. Shutkin Current Connections 1 | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pages 3-25
Overview Reading 2 | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. | The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 26-49
- Uncovering the Lessons of Classroom Furniture You are where you sit By Tom McKenna
- Getting Your Classroom Together By Bob Peterson
- 12 Suggestions for New Teachers By Larry Miller
- How I Survived My First Year By Bill Bigelow
WEEK THREE | 15 September
Assignment Due Dates | Learning Experience & Current Connections BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following class.
Noteworthy |
- Green Forms
- ED 100 class trips |
- September 29 Noble Elementary, Cleveland Hts.
- October 13 Mayfield Middle School, Mayfield
- October 27 Beachwood High School, Beachwood
Some More Course Introductions | BlogPost I Class Survey
- How are you? What about your JCU experience so far?
- What must be in place for you to feel comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks in a course such as this one?
Field Observations, Comics & Discussions
- Field Observations & Digital Cartoons Project
- Curtis, D. and Carter, M. (2000) The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching. Chapter 1: A New Way of Being With Children: Overview of the Study Sessions. pp. 1-8.
- The Art of Awareness (part 1) Learning to See: A Sense of Wonder | Or, making the familiar strange
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 1 | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. | The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 26-49
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 3 | Chapter 1: Starting Strong. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 26-49
Overview Reading 3 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 53-73.
- Creating Classrooms for Equity and Social Justice By Rethinking Schools Editors
- Black Is Beautiful By Kara Hinderlie
- Seeing Ourselves with Our Own Eyes By Katy Alexander
WEEK FOUR | 22 September
Assignment Due Dates | Learning Experience & Current Connections Blog Posts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following class.
Noteworthy |
- Green sheets for field placements
- Arranging a time to meet with LCs before learning experiences is crucial (and required).
- Next week, Sept. 29 is Field Trip One to Noble Elementary, Cleveland Heights.
Discussion and Lecture | Microaggressions
Field Observation, Comic Strip and Blogging Project–> The Art of Awareness (part 2)
- Learning to See: A Preparing to make observations in schools, Rekindling a Sense of Wonder
- Description | Interpretation | parking lot
- The Art of Awareness and Observing in Schools: Venturing into the text
- Field Observation Project | Field Observation, BLOG POSTS & DIGITAL COMIC STRIP PROJECT
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 2 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 53-73.
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 4 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 53-73.
Overview Reading 4 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 74-93
- Presidents and Slaves Helping students find the truth By Bob Peterson
- Medical Apartheid Teaching the Tuskegee Syphilis Study By Gretchen Kraig-Turner
- Q/A: I hate the textbook I’ve been given to use. What can I do? By Rita Tenorio, Rachel Cloues, and Bill Bigelow
WEEK FIVE | 29 September
Field Trip One | Noble Elementary, Cleveland Heights.
Assignment Due Dates | Learning Experience & Current Connections BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following class.
WEEK SIX | Six October
Noteworthy |
- Next week: October 13 Mayfield Middle School, Mayfield
- Comic Strip schedule updated
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 3 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 74-93
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 1 | Chapter 2: Teaching for Social Justice. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 74-93
Overview Reading 5 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 165-188
- How Do I Stay in a Profession that Is Trying to Push Me Out? By John Terry
- Dear White Teacher By Chrysanthius Lathan
- Restorative Justice Starts in the Classroom By Camila Arze Torres Goitia
- Q/A: What are restorative practices and why are they important? By Bob Peterson
- Girls Against Dress Codes By Lyn Mikel Brown
WEEK SEVEN | 13 October
Field Trip Two | October 13 Mayfield Middle School, Mayfield
Assignment Due Dates | Learning Experience & Current Connections BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following class.
WEEK EIGHT | 20 October
Noteworthy |
- Field trip Three | October 27 Beachwood High School, Beachwood
- Grade Reports –> Test
- Early Childhood Education at John Carroll
- Middle Childhood Education at John Carroll
Field Observations, Comics & Discussions
- Pixton – Soooo easy to use! Educators
- Link to the Field Observations, Comic Strip and Blogging Project
- Viewing | Elements of a Comic Strip
- Let’s make a few practice comic strip panels. Rules –> 1. With a partner, make a two panel comic strip that, 2. Includes both of your avatars in each panel. 3. Figure out how the collaboration tool works, and 4. Create your panels together but using your own computers.
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 4 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 165-188
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 2 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 165-188
Overview Reading 6 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 189-204
- Inclusivity Is Not a Guessing Game By Chelsea Vaught
- “I Believe You” Responsive teacher talk and our children’s lives By Michelle Strater Gunderson
- On Behalf of Their Name : Using they/them pronouns because they need us to By Mykhiel Deych
WEEK NINE | 27 October
Field Trip Three | October 27 Beachwood High School, Beachwood, Ohio
WEEK TEN | 3 November
Noteworthy |
Field Observation, Comic Strip and Blogging Project — LC4 shares this week.
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 1 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 189-204
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 3 | Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 189-204
Overview Reading 7 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 206-228
- Time to Get Off the Testing Train By Stan Karp
- What’s Wrong with Standardized Tests? By FairTest
- Authentic Assessment for Learning
- Fourteen Days SBAC Took Away By Moé Yonamine
- Testing Assumptions By Claudierre McKay, Aaron Regunberg, and Tim Shea
WEEK ELEVEN | 10 November
Noteworthy |
- Assignment Due in class | Comic strip panels & Blog Post I
- Middle Childhood Education at John Carroll
- Adolescent & Young Adult Education at John Carroll
Field Observation, Comic Strip and Blogging Project LC1 shares this week.
- Share their individual comic strip,
- Synthesize their field observations, course readings and classroom learning experiences informing their comic strip, and
- Generate discussion. (Encourage classmates to connect to their comic strip by sharing relevant stories about their lived experiences in the field of education).
- Due at midnight this Friday, following class discussion of your comic strip, each LC member writes a brief essay (~250 words or about one page).
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 2 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 206-228
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 4 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 206-228
Overview Reading 8 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 229-248
- My Dirty Little Secret: I Don’t Grade Student Papers Helping students find their passion helps them learn how to write well By Linda Christensen
- Taking Teacher Quality Seriously A collaborative approach to teacher evaluation By Stan Karp
- Beyond Test Scores Introducing the MCIEA school quality measures By James Noonan
WEEK TWELVE | 17 November
Noteworthy |
Field Observation, Comic Strip and Blogging Project LC2 shares this week.
- Share their individual comic strip,
- Synthesize their field observations, course readings and classroom learning experiences informing their comic strip, and
- Generate discussion. (Encourage classmates to connect to their comic strip by sharing relevant stories about their lived experiences in the field of education).
- Due at midnight this Friday, following class discussion of your comic strip, each LC member writes a brief essay (~250 words or about one page).
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 3 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 229-248
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 1 | Chapter 4: Measuring What Matters. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 229-248
Overview Reading 9 | Beyond the Classroom: The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 249-272.
- Moving Beyond the Classroom By Stan Karp
- Q/A: As a new educator why should I be concerned about school privatization?
- School Funding Basics By Stan Karp
- Why Teacher Unions Matter By Bob Peterson
- New Teachers to the Union: Count Us In! By Gabriel Tanglao
WEEK THIRTEEN | 1 December
Noteworthy |
- Final Exam –> Tuesday 13 December 2022 8:00am-9:50am
- Previously incomplete assignments are due on the last day of classes.
Field Observation, Comic Strip and Blogging Project LC3 shares this week.
- Share their individual comic strip,
- Synthesize their field observations, course readings and classroom learning experiences informing their comic strip, and
- Generate discussion. (Encourage classmates to connect to their comic strip by sharing relevant stories about their lived experiences in the field of education).
- Due at midnight this Friday, following class discussion of your comic strip, each LC member writes a brief essay (~250 words or about one page).
Learning Experience –> Learning Circle 4 | Chapter 5: Beyond the Classroom. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 249-272.
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Current Connection –> Learning Circle 2 | Chapter 5: Beyond the Classroom. The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 249-272.
WEEK FOURTEEN | 8 December
Noteworthy |
- Final Exam –> Tuesday 13 December 2022 8:00am-9:50am
- Previously incomplete assignments are due on the last day of classes, 8 December 2022
ED100 | A Retrospective
WEEK FIFTEEN | 15 December
Final Exam –> Tuesday 13 December 8:00am-9:50am
Assignment Due –> Field Observations, Comics Strips & Blog Posts
Welcome to the World of Education | David Shutkin 
