Fall Seminar


Your final grades for Fall Semianr are complete.  Please see the bottom of your opening and closure reflection for comments and your grade.  Have a great break!

Please see the Summative Reflection Guidelines for your work sample.  Other than the analysis section you’ll complete with Nama in the Winter, it is the final piece of your work sample.  It is due during your first seminar class on Wednesday, January 11th.

To give you all some more time to plan your work sample we are going to cancel Thursday’s seminar class.  If you need to this would be a great time to meet up with your supervisor! P.S.  Don’t forget to take your opening and closure video in the next 2 weeks!

Some of you have asked for an example.  Here’s one that I think did a good job.  Enjoy. Differentiation of Instruction

Those of you who went yesterday, your evals are in your ‘Fall seminar’ folders.  Don’t forget to start your reflection!  Please let me know if you have any questions. We will do our wrap-up discussion of it next week.  If you haven’t done so, please jot down some notes on the opening and closure process [...]

Those of you who did your peer rehearsal for Openings and Closures last week, your reflection part 1 is due today.  For those that went today, it’s due next Thursday.  Remember that the next step is to record a video of an opening and closure from your teaching to upload by 11/17 for video club. [...]

For the 5 of you who did your peer rehearsal yesterday, your instructor, peer, and self feedback is in a file called ‘Opening and closings feedback – LastName’ in your ‘Fall seminar’ folder.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

We will be doing peer rehearsals for our Openings and Closures instructional activity this Thursday and next.  The 6 teachers rehearsing each day will be evaluated by the other 6 teachers not rehearsing, the instructor, and themselves.  After your rehearsal, please begin working on part 1 of the ‘Effective openings and closures reflection’ which can [...]

Remember, we will not be having seminar next week.  This will give you plenty of time to prepare for… Your opening and closure rehearsal with peers: Determine the basic outline for a lesson from your work sample. Using the Lesson Openings and Closures Protocol, script an opening and closure for the lesson. Both the opening [...]

Programs of study: Here are the templates you’ll need: Graduate Program of Study Form – Math (2011) Graduate Program of Study Form – Science (2011).doc You need to identify a minor professor (must be a faculty member at OSU in mathematics or the sciences) You’ll need the signatures of both your major and minor professors. [...]