Possible+Topics+for+TE+408

Below is a planning space for Mark to begin planning units for us to study in TE 408. The course will include the following components. Add bullet points beneath each unit heading to indicate specific questions or concerns you want addressed in each unit

__**(1) Knowing Your Students & Interacting with Adolescent Learners In/Out of Class [ 2-3 weeks]**__ //The New Teacher Book//
 * Mark doesn't want to repeat 250/302
 * Incorporate your knowledge of the students into the classroom - Mike Perry

__**(2) Thinking About Assessment: Quizzes, Tests, Projects, Papers, & Grading [2-3 weeks]**__ //Instructional Strategies Book//
 * Different types of tests
 * What is "authentic assessment?"

__**(3) English Language Learners [2-3 weeks]**__ //Green ELL Book//
 * Differentiating learning to meet the learning needs of students who do not speak English

__**(4) The "A to Z" of Special Education Practices & Policies [2-3 weeks]**__ //Special Education Book//
 * Understanding IEPs, 504 plans, LD, EH, MMH, and more
 * Making accommodations for students' learning

__**(5) Relational Authority - understanding discipline & managing your own classroom of students [3 weeks]**__ // Instructional Strategies Book, Fires in the Bathroom, // //The New Teacher Book//
 * When do I issue a detention? When do I let things "slide"?


 * __(6) POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR OUR SIXTH UNIT?__**

Also, each week will feature a different "teaching tool" that you can add to your repertoire of instructional strategies. These may be experienced as microteaching activities, or they may be experienced as examples. Please add other suggestions for us to learn:


 * 1) Socratic seminar
 * 2) Debate/Discussion
 * 3) Primary Document Analysis
 * 4) Body Sculpting & skits
 * 5) Gallery Walk
 * 6) Guided film viewing
 * 7) Concept mapping and graphic organizers
 * 8) Scenarios and role playing simulations