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2. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 8 Assignment Mentoring vs Induction Programs • Discussion Questions • Are there certain curricular areas in which technology is more useful than in others? Explain your answer. • According to Ch. 12 of the text, there are barriers that prevent the implementation of technology in classrooms. Based on your experiences or observations, what barriers exist that are not mentioned in Ch. 12? Discuss possible solutions to these barriers. You may want to use the Internet to research this topic. • Assignment: Mentoring vs. Induction Programs • Resources: Web search or University Library, and Ch. 13 in Introduction to Teaching • Examine programs that encourage individuals to stay in the profession of teaching and lower the attrition rate. • Write a1,000- to 1,200-word paper addressing the following: •  How does a mentoring program differ from an induction program? • Are mentoring and induction programs equally effective?

3. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Entire Course AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career • AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career • AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • AED 201 Week 2 checkpoint managing a daily teaching schedule part 1 • AED 201 Week 2 Exercise • AED 201 Week 2 Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional • AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students • AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint Socioeconomic Status, Stud. Achiev. • AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education • AED 201 Week 4 Assignment Characteristics of At-Risk Students • CheckPoint: Teaching as a Professional Career • Resource: Ch.1 of Introduction to Teaching • Write a 200- to 300- word paper in which you list 3 to 5 factors that define teaching as a professional career. Elaborate on how these factors are employed by teachers on a daily basis.

4. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 2 Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional • Discussion Questions • Identify internal or external rewards that affect recruitment and retention of quality teachers. How do such rewards influence recruitment or retention? How might these rewards shift as new accountability-centered teacher reforms are proposed, such as merit pay and competency testing? • In your opinion, will teacher reforms, such as comprehensive testing of teachers or requiring ongoing • Assignment: Interview with a Teaching Professional • Resources: Ch. 2 in Introduction to Teaching • Schedule a brief (15-minute) interview with a teacher or a teacher's aide. The interview may be in person, by phone, via e-mail, or in an instant message chat. • Include the following questions in your interview:

5. AED 201ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 2 checkpoint managing a daily teaching schedule part 1 AED 201 Week 2 Exercise • CheckPoint: Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule • Resource: Ch. 2 of Introduction to Teaching • Use a Microsoft® Excel or Word table function to propose and create a schedule of school-related tasks for a typical teaching day from the time you arrive at school until the time you leave school at the end of the day. Remember to take into account the education level you expect to teach (elementary or secondary). • Search the Internet for three time management tips for teachers. • Exercise: Case Study: The Roles of a Teacher • Resource: Case Study on p. 62 ofIntroduction to Teaching and the text companion Web site • Answer question #5 on the text companion Web site. • Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

6. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 200 Week 2 Assignment Multicultural Education Scenario AED 200 Week 2 CheckPoint Social Justice • Assignment: Multicultural Education Scenario • Read the following scenario: You are a second-grade teacher at Happy Valley Elementary School. You are teaching language arts and social studies. Your classroom of 21 students consists of 7 white students, 5 Latino students, 4 African American students, 3 Native American students, and 2 Asian students. Four of your students are identified as special needs, with one in a wheelchair. A few of your students come from the poorest neighborhood in Happy Valley. • Write a 700-1,050 word paper in which you outline the steps required for a • CheckPoint: Social Justice • Answer the following in 200-300 words: In any given multicultural classroom, what are the concerns in terms of social justice for all students? How would you address these concerns? Describe a strategy you might use to ensure that all students are treated equally and fairly? • Post your answer.

7. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • CheckPoint: Learning Needs of Diverse Students • Resource: Appendix B and Ch. 3 of Introduction to Teaching • Identify at least two types of diverse learners as discussed in Ch. 3 of the text • Search for effective teaching practices for the two types of learners on the Internet and in the text • List effective teaching practices for both types of learners • List the Web addresses for information retrieved from online sources • er • Discussion Questions •  Is it best to adjust instruction to teach in accordance with individual learning styles or should students experience and be encouraged to participate in activities that require learning styles other than those they naturally prefer? In other words, if a child’s preferred learning style is visual and field independent (prefers to work alone), should all instruction be based on visual, independent

8. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 4 Assignment Characteristics of At-Risk Students AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education • Assignment: Characteristics of At-Risk Students • Resources: The Online Library and Ch. 4 of Introduction to Teaching • Read p. 134 of the text, which discusses the way one school district addresses the needs of a group of at-risk students. • Choose a category of at-risk students identified in Ch. 4 of the text • Use the Internet and Library databases • Checkpoint: History of American Education • Resource: Interactive Timeline and Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching • Identify the three major periods and the two major eras in the history of American education as discussed in Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

9. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint Socioeconomic Status, Stud. Achiev. AED 201 Week 5 CheckPoint Govern. Effecting Change in Schools • CheckPoint: Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement • Resource: SchoolMatters Web site at http://www.schoolmatters.comand p. 134 of Introduction to Teaching • Navigate to http://www.schoolmatters.comand locate the district you live in or want to work in. Browse either district or school-specific data regarding SES status, then complete the following: • CheckPoint: Governance and Effecting Change in Schools • Resource: p.275 of Introduction to Teaching • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following: •  Assume you are a teacher who would like to address a technology issue at your school. Many of the students’ textbooks provide Web links for engaging enrichment activities. Each classroom has five computers, but there is only one

10. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 6 Assignment Rights & Responsibilities of Educators & Students • Discussion Questions • Determine which factors may explain that most of the higher per-pupil expenditures are found in the Northeastern and upper-Midwest states and the lower per-pupil expenditures are found in the South and West. In your opinion, what must happen to create a balance in school funding across regions? •  Many U.S. citizens believe that parents and students must have the right to school choice. Others, however, believe school choice creates greater. • Assignment: Rights & Responsibilities of Educators & Students • Resources: Appendix C, the University Library, and Ch. 9 of Introduction to Teaching • Complete Appendix C by filling in the following: •  Perform a search of the University Library databases and locate four school-related court cases (with outcomes decided), two of which involve educators as defendants and

11. AED 201 ASH Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 6 Exercise Teacher Liability AED 201 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology Use Timeline • Exercise: Teacher Liability • Resource:Introduction to Teaching companion Web site at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2 • Answer three questions on the text companion Web site. •  Navigate tohttp://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2 • From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 9. • From the menu on the left, select Reflect on This. • CheckPoint: Personal Philosophy of CheckPoint: Technology Use Timeline •  Resource: Appendix D • Research the use of technology in schools from 1980 until present day. • Use Appendix D to fill in a timeline with events to depict the changes in school technology since 1980. You must discuss a minimum of two events per decade, for a total of at least six events. • Format yourpaper according to APA standards.

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