One of my goals for you this semester is that you become familiar with the Lindenwood School of Education and what you can expect over the next 4 years of your life. In order to do this, you need to be very familiar with the Lindenwood website, and in particular, the School of Education section of the website.
The following link should take you to the School of Education section of the website. http://www.lindenwood.edu/academics/education/onlineResources.asp
Please browse the site and find something new that you either didn't know before or that you didn't know was on the website. You only have to post one reply this week. It is not necessary that you reply to a classmate. HOWEVER, you must find something on the website that is different than what the previous posts have indicated.
Here are a few things to remember while you are looking for information:
1. It must be related to either Education or your Secondary Field of Study.
2. It can be a form you found on the Guide to Undergraduate Teacher Education, but you must specify what the form is about and when you would use it.
3. It can be something about Student Teaching, but be specific about what you learned.
4. It be something about Foliotek, but be specific about what you learned.
5. It can be something about CBASE or Praxis, but be specific about what you learned.
6. You will not submit information about a form that another student has already posted.
7. There should be no repeat answers because there are 58 pages in the Guide to Undergraduate Teacher Education.
See you guys next week - Remember we do have class!!!
St. Charles West and St. Charles High Students - You are exempt from this post this week.
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When I began looking around on the website I went to the Guide to Undergraduate Teacher Education. In this I found out about Foliotek. I had heard this term used in our class as well as one of my others and never really understood what exactly it was. But sure enough in the guide there was a section to inform me about Foliotek. One interesting thing I learned was that it last for 6 years. So that is something to consider.
I learned that there are 3 phases that we must complete before we graduate to be certified as teachers. The first phase is the foundation courses and in that phase, you must pass all of the sections on the c-base test. Phase two is the method courses and in order to complete this phase, you must pass the praxis exam. And finally in phase three, which is the last phase, you must have your portfolio completed and have maintained a 2.5 GPA in all of the phases. I think that it is a good idea to have these phases because it will help us stay on track and get organized with all of our classes.
I was just browsing through the codes for the PRAXIS and discovered all the varied areas in which you can spealize to teach. I learned that you can get a certification in "Severly Developmentally Disabled K-12," "Speech and Language Pathology," and also "Deaf & Hearing Impaired (Birth-12)" which is what I would like to maybe look into getting along with my English certification.
As I was looking on the website, I found the Missouri Standards for the Teacher Education Program. There are 11 standards (and you don't want me to explain them, they're long) as follows: Knowledge of Subject Matter; Human Development and Learning; Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs; Planning, Implementing and Evaluating the Curriculum; Multiple Instructional Stategies; Classroom Motivation and Management Strategies; Communication Skills; Assessment of Student Learning; Reflective Practicioner; Partnerships; and Technology. These standards are definitely something worth looking at understanding.
I learned that Individuals holding a Missouri professional or life certificate in a secondary content area may add on middle school certification in the same content area by achieving a score of 160 or better on the test and that I need a score of 152 on my social sciences degree.
-Stefan Rechtlich
So I'm taking Psych for teaching and learning this semester also, and my teacher always talks about our portfolio and how we have to write an artifact, a reflection and a rationale statement for the topics we are discussing in class. He tried to explain this "portfolio" to our class on the first day, but half of us(students) just looked at him like he was crazy. Til this day, i am still unsure exactly what it is, but on the Lindenwood website, i found the "portfolio matrix" and thought it might give me more information. I learned that there are standards that every student must meet and submit papers into their portfolio by the time they graduate. For each education class take, the student must see what Performance Indicator is met.
I learned about the organizations here at Lindenwood for education majors, like the Student Council for Exceptional Children and Kappa Delta Pi (an honorary education society). I also learned that the conferences and workshops the university hosts for teacher and free to full-time undergraduate education students. It's nice to know that there are a couple things to do, outside of taking classes, to further our teaching skills.
I previously was aware that the library offered children's books and books about teaching to be checked out, but i did not know that they had sample curriculum guides and kits available to be checked out. Libraries are wonderful places.
In the handbook, they list what a student teacher should be able to do after completing the experience. They are kind of long, so here we go:
1. apply teaching skills and
concepts - identifying the
unique needs of individuals
2. discuss and apply
management strategies
3. design and teach lessons to
students
4. understand the importance
of parent/school
relationships
5. utilize assessments to
measure student learning
6. compile a portfolio
7. compile a resume & letters
of recommendation
8. apply a variety of teaching
skills associated with
pedagogy in a practical
situation
9. develop an awareness of the
proffesional responsibility
involved in teaching
I hope I'll be able to do all of these things one day so I can be a great teacher!
I was reading the standards for admission into the teacher education program and it said you have to have a gpa of 2.5. i figured that it would be higher than that
i went to education, educational programs, and then to graduate programs. lindenwood offers programs like doctor of education, education specialist, and master in arts of teaching, to name a few, and you can take these classes here. also i thought this was good to know because if you don't want to be a teacher but you still like the idea of it you could work at a school in a different postition(counsler).
Something I was unaware of was that even as a student teacher you have to attend all the workshops, faculty meetings, institute days etc. as if you're a regular teacher at that school. I knew that you would have to be involved to some extent but was not aware of having to attend everything. Good to know before I got there.
Rebecca Peddicord
After getting my BA in education I plan on doing my masters after a few years of teaching and possibly getting my doctorate. I did not know however that in order to achieve your doctorate you had to take an additional 48 hours worth of credits. It was a little more than I anticipated but it will definitely pay off in the end.
After reviewing the TeacherEd Guide I learned that student teaching is only provided for senior year. I was mistaken before because I thought you could choose to take part in student teaching whenever you wanted too as long as you finished it before completing your degree and certification.
Nicole Whitaker
When i got to the website i went to foliotek to learn more about how it operates. I think its a really good thing for student teachers and teachers to have. It will help you keep you organized and store your lesson plans. Also, it will help you reach your assessment goals easier.
Conferences and Workshops
Occasionally the School of Education sponsors conferences/workshops for in-service teachers. It
is customary to open these events free-of-charge to full-time undergraduate education students.
While attendance is voluntary (unless assigned by an instructor), those students who attend gain
much new knowledge, learn to associate with other professional educators and begin to
appreciate that learning is a life-long process for the educator.
did not know that this was available to us what an awesome opportunity to learn from professionals and our peers. ~ Aaron Robertson
My comment is similar to some others in that I went to the graduate part of the page becuase I too want to gain my masters and eventually my doctorate. However I was a little confused on the degree of eduatational specialist. It seems like you can basically outline your own classes toward a MA. Would this be an alternative to getting a degree in administration, counciling, or library sciences? I would like to spend a greater time on learning my subject area as well as how to be a better teacher. Would this degree help me to do this?
I was looking at the requirements for a Doctorate in Education Administration. I never knew what was needed to obtain this, but I found out. To complete the ED. D. Program all students must:
1. Have completed an Education Research course as a prerequisite.
2. Maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher within each doctoral course, and a GPA of 3.66 or higher in the first nine hours of courses.
3. Complete EDA 750 with a grade of B or higher. Must be taken within the first year after admission to the program.
4. Complete a minimum of 24 hours in residence. Complete a minimum of 48 hours beyond the master’s degree.
5. No more than two C’s permitted in the entire program of study.
6. Complete a professional portfolio and pass the comprehensive exam.
7. Complete the degree requirements within five calendar years of the date of the first day of the first term in which the student begins the graduate program.
8. Graduation application submitted Nov. 1 for Mar/May/June graduation; Feb. 28 for Aug/Sept/Dec graduation.
Very Interesting!
Student Council for Exceptional Children
All full-time students in the teacher education program are invited to join and participate in this organization. It will be an opportunity to learn about future students with special needs who will be in your classroom.
I had no idea about this resource until i looked at the brochure and think it could be a really effective and enriching experience.
I was surprised to find out that to get into the teacher education program you only have to maintain a gpa of 2.5. It seems like a person who would be educating other people would have to have a higher one than that. I was suprised to discover this.
i was looking up some standards on MoSTEP and it really halped me understand the qualifications of being a teacher in Missouri. it also shows ways to use class motivation and also shows a variety of insructional methods.
I found out that if you are going to be a secondary ed teacher, you can take cross-cultural studies instead of a foreign language; unless,(and this is the kicker because it is the field I am studying for) you are attending for an english degree. For this degree, you have to take a foreign language. that kinda stinks, as i was hoping to take that trip to s\Spain during j-term.
I was looking at what I had to do inorder to become certified, and the last step i was unaware of. You must have --------------Identix (www.Identix.com/iss) fingerprinting must be completed and sent to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. You must have a clearance date of 6 months from the time you send in your paperwork to DESE for certification.
Tony Blecher
I was looking around and found out (under the porfolio matrix) that there are 11 standards for beginning teachers:
-Standard 1: knowledge of subject matter
-Standard 2: human development and learning
-Standard 3: adapting instruction for individual needs
-Standard 4: planning, implementing and evaluating the curriculum
-Standard 5: multiple instructional strategies
-Standard 6: classroom motivation and management strategies
-Standard 7: communication skills
-Standard 8: assessment of student learning
-Standard 9: reflective practioner
-Standard 10: parternships
-Standard 11: technology
I was looking at the application process for when we student teach. I did not know that we had to have taken the praxis before we began student teaching. I assumed that we would take it while we were student teaching.
I learned that you have two years upon passing any section or sections when you first take the CBASE. Also there is a total of five. Im not surprised Im the only one who thought the gpa to maintain was only a 2.5 for education.
I found out that if your going to be a teacher, you have to jump through more hoops than a circus clown! I also learned that there is a whole lot more that goes into the portfolios than what I was thinking.
i HATE test taking, im one of those who majorly freak out, so i found out that i only need a qualifying score of 137 on the missouri praxis test for mathematics grades 9 through 12-whew! i dont understand how middle school math requires a score of 158, though???? how does that work? that doesnt seem right.
Before looking at the websiten i was unaware their were so many graduate programs. You have the choices between doctor of education, education specialist, education in MA, master of arts in teaching, education administrator and library media specialist.
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