Internship Orientation Seminar

1. Internship Orientation Seminar COLE WILSON INTERNSHIP FACILITATOR AUGUST 19, 2011

2. Agenda • Welcome / Introductions • Internship Overview: • Timeline • Expectations, roles and responsibilities • Supervision/ Documentation • PGGs • Resources - Cohort wiki: • STF 11:45 room 2004 • Lunch • PMPP • Preparation • Management (Responsible Learners!) • Professionalism • Personalization • Unit and Lesson Planning • The “Big” 4: Adaptation / Differentiation / Assessment / Inquiry-based education • First Nation, Metis and Inuit ways of knowing • Wrap up / Homework

3. Internship Overview • Inservice Dates and Location • Timeline • Expectations, roles and responsibilities • Visitations / Documentation • Code of Competencies / Ethics / CyberTips • PGGs • Cohort wiki

4. Inservices • In-service Dates and Locations • Friday Sept 9th • 9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m. • Saskatchewan Teachers Federation • Teacher Candidates and Cooperating Teachers attend • Wednesday, Oct 5th • 9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m. • Saskatchewan Teachers Federation • Teacher Candidates only • In-service # 3 (half day): the TC and CT decide when to take the half day to work on the midterm assessment. This half day can be spent in the home school. The midterm assessment is due Oct 14th. • In-service #4 (half day): the TC and CT decide when to take the half day to work on the final assessment. This half day can be spent in the home school. The final assessment is due during Dec 9th

5. Time Line

6. Time Line

7. What will it look like? Co-planning and co-teaching Preparation of two units --Co-generated Unit and Independently written Unit Daily lesson plans and other unit plans Daily pre- and post- conferences and feedback Involvement in School and Community Activities

8. Attendance – arrive early and leave late Report absences to the college supervisor Infusion of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Content, Knowledge and Ways of Knowing Daily preparation (2 formal plans each day) 2 Unit Plans (at least one must include FNMI infusion) First 3-5 lessons for part-time teaching Second 10 – 15 lessons for full time teaching Daily documentation in the PGP Goal Tables Regular communication (including the PGP Goal Tables) with cooperating teacher and college supervisor Criminal Record Check Expectations of Interns

9. Facilitation My role is to support both you and your co-op Assess the relationship and determine if you need my help Learner focused supervision Coaching, consulting, collaborating, calibrating

10. My Role Observe you in your classroom Provide you with feedback Help you document and reflect on your experience Provide you with support when you need it 2-3 Formal visits Pre and post conferencing Informal visits

11. Learner Focused Supervision(It’s about your students) I will watch the students not you Not a performance I will share with you what I have observed Use an evaluation sheet Connect these observations with the PGG Show achievement Show need for improvement Provide a written follow up

12. Documentation Keep your data sheets updated Lesson plans Daily planner PGP

13. PGP Most important source of evidence of what you are doing. Crucial for mid and final evaluations Do not have to meet them all Not finished once you have them all Not checkboxes Constantly revising, doing multiple entries Not all evidence comes from the classroom Treat as a daily journal (dated with most recent entry at the top)

14. PGP What really happened in your internship Wikispace Invite me and your cooperating teacher(s) so we can ALL read and add to your PGP goals evidence and reflections periodically Please copy a selection of your PGP evidence and reflections to the PGP (by August 30) so that your cooperating teacher can see examples when they view it for the first time Review PGP http://www.usask.ca/education/program/fieldexperiences/

15. Resources Group wiki http://colewilsoninterns.wikispaces.com/ Field Experiences http://www.usask.ca/education/program/fieldexperiences/ Saskatoon public STF Stewart Resource Centrehttps://www.stf.sk.ca/portal.jsp?Sy3uQUnbK9L2RmSZs02CjV6+6OHjzI2FdVqbIlq+Z7Pw=F Special Interest http://www.usask.ca/education/program/fieldexperiences/resources.pdf

16. Lunch

17. Your Success Depends On…. Preparation Management Professionalism Personalization

18. Preparation Key to classroom management Thoughtful and creative daily lesson plans Prepare everything you will need to teach Your co-op may not need to or is not interested in detailed preparation You have not earned that right

19. Management How do you handle your classroom How do you engage your students Issues of respect Earned and given Developing this skill will take time

20. Professionalism Issues of privacy and confidentiality are important Different than small towns but everyone still knows everyone else Google yourself because the students (and perhaps the parents) will Cypbertips handout Dress Language Truly become a member of the staff. Ask questions and get to know what is happening in the school You are not a student any more

21. TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM Do’s & Don’ts STF Code of Professional Competencies & Ethics Dangers Especially for guys. Power relationship What you say Where you look How you approach people Everything you do is being interpreted by a very impressionable group

22. Personalization Get to know your students Cannot teach them or plan without knowing them Use the first few days to get an idea about who you are working with.

23. Planning Backwards by design Inquiry Infusion of First Nations, Metis, Inuit content, knowledge and ways of understanding Differentiation Assessment

24. Teaching skills checklist What makes a teacher good ? Observe the teaching going on around you. Review checklist on wiki

25. Things to think about Permission to make mistakes Everyone wants you to succeed Up to you to be the best for every student you come into contact with Extended job interview Don’t over extend yourselves

26. Communication COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION ! E MAIL ME: checked daily cole.wilson@usask.ca PHONE CALLS: 966-7568 (office) 955-6022 (home - emergencies) FACE TO FACE: 3-4 in school meetings

27. Wrap up and homework Questions, issues or concerns Homework: Poster illustrating the ethnography of your school and community (Be prepared to share with the group) Prepare to discuss questions on infusion of First Nations, Métis and Inuit infusion.