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1. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial / aed201dotcom

2. AED 201 UOP 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 • 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.

3. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 2 Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional • Identify internal or external rewards that affect recruitment and retention of quality teachers. How do such rewards influence recruitment or retention? • 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.

4. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 2 checkpoint managing a daily teaching schedule part 1 AED 201 Week 2 Exercise • 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). • From the menu on the left, select Increasing Understanding. • Answer question 5 by typing your answer in the box provided.

5. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • 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 • Is it best to adjust instruction to teach in accordance with individual learning styles or should students experience and be encouraged

6. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 4 Assignment Characteristics of At-Risk Students AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education • Choose a category of at-risk students identified in Ch. 4 of the text • Checkpoint: History of American Education • Resource: Interactive Timeline and Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

7. AED 201 UOP 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.com and p. 134 of Introduction to Teaching • CheckPoint: Governance and Effecting Change in Schools

8. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 6 Assignment Rights & Responsibilities of Educators & Students • Determine which factors may explain that most of the higher per-pupil expenditures are found in the Northeastern and upper-Midwest states • 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:

9. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 6 Exercise Teacher Liability AED 201 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology Use Timeline • Navigate to http://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: Technology Use Timeline • Resource: Appendix D • Research the use of technology in schools from 1980 until present day.

10. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 AED 201 Week 8 Assignment Mentoring vs Induction Programs • 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 • How does a mentoring program differ from an induction program? • Are mentoring and induction programs equally effective?

11. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 8 Exercise Characteristics of Effective Classrooms AED 201 Week 9 Capstone DQ • Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2 • From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 11. • From the menu on the left, select Increasing Understanding. • How has this course impacted your impressions of what to expect personally and professionally as you enter a career in education?

12. AED 201 UOP Course Tutorial AED 201 Week 9 Final Project Professional Development Plan • What are your goals in the next 5 years? In the next 10 or more years? • What steps are necessary to get you to your goals? What obstacles might you foresee and how will you overcome them?

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