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| Wed, 09-28-2005 - 3:41pm |
OK, I know that we're developing this great divide between totally apathetic parents who never seen to notice or get involved and the helicopter parents who hover over everything and want
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Can I just share my thoughts? Those students wouldn't last through ONE education class at the university I attended until May (and will be going back!).
They weed out the slackers within the first education class....we have to go to a group (can't remember what it was called, but it was an interview...). They see how you work with "colleagues," they get together with the first educ class professors, and they start calling people back! (I thought for sure I was going to get called back because they really laid it on one student for being pregnant who was planning to be back at school 2 days after the baby, her first, was born...then they get to me and she asked, "What grade did you say your child was in?" Then left it at that...like she WANTED to say something else, but held her tongue). Anyway...they even call people back who speak with a southern accent (IN SOUTH LOUISIANA!!!!!!!!!!). (I kept getting in trouble for saying "gonna" instead of "going to" in methods.)
By the second education class, they get ugly. By methods, they are MEAN & UGLY. You only get one day off excused (in a 5-day a week class) regardless if you have a death in the family or anything!!! You turn in your assignments ON TIME and IN ORDER or it doesn't count (if you turn in assignment 3 the day after you turn in assignment 4, assignment 3 is a 0!). You have to make an 80% in EVERY part of the methods course. For example, the first methods was reading & math. There were 6 parts: Reading observation of your teaching (100 pts), reading field work (observing the teacher/each other, lesson planning, reflections, etc) (300 pts), reading class work (assignments, workshops, etc) (200 pts), math observation of your teaching (same point values), math field work, math classwork. If you get 97% in everything except for a 79% in ONE area, you FAIL! In our second methods course, one student failed her observation of teaching music ONE DAY, it was over (they made her take her final ANYWAY, then told her....how heartless!).
But my point is, those students (3 weeks working on one assignment?????????..when we did web design, he taught it one day, Monday, and it was due Friday!...PowerPoint we had 2 weeks to work on..that was our final.) would never last! Of course, our university has been "guaranteeing" its graduates since our state has implemented LaTAAP (first year teacher assessment...it's actually for 2 years) several years ago and NOT ONE has failed. If one does fail, then the school will pay for the cost of reteaching!
Alysha
Ahhh, standards and requirements. My university's original intent, when it was chartered by the state,
You have to take the Praxis I in the first course (which you have to have 30 hours to get into anyway) to be qualified to take the second course which is actually an Ed Psych course. You are on "probation" until you PASS the test, but are allowed to take that course IF you have taken it. You cannot get into the third course (well, it's actually 4 courses that you can take simultaneously..the one like yours, one ed psych--classroom mgmt, and 2 ed classes--tests/lesson plans and reading) without passing Praxis I and you see those pink slips flying for those that try to get by without it.
At our university, you have to PASS Praxis II in order to student teach!!! Before they implemented THAT stipulation, 97% of the graduates had passed Praxis II. NOW, 100% of the graduates pass.
BTW, it is the best teacher education program in the state...LOL. (No offense, Karen...)
They just raised the standards for freshman enrollment and given MY ACT scores, I almost wouldn't have gotten in (it didn't matter...I came from another university with 3.063 GPA).
Oh, speaking of...you cannot take ANY education courses if you drop below a 2.5 GPA.
Alysha
They will be just like some of my students. They won't take advantage of the materials, directions, or resources that are needed to be successful. They will skip reading the info and expect me to talk them through it all step by step whenver they ask.
In my state teachers are mandated by state law
I think you might have missed her point. Her posts were not about HAVING to use technology in order to teach. She TEACHES a technology course (required in the education curriculum) for education majors. If YOUR student asks why should they learn geometry because they want to be a writer when they grow up, you still have to teach them the geometry because it's a part of their elementary/secondary curriculum. They don't get to pick and choose what they are taught, and education majors have to take what's required by the university to get the education degree.
As far as the comment from the student, well, that student might NEED to know about those software titles for their school. Not knowing about it may cost them a job opening. Plus, we were required to use Kidspiration not only in our computer class, but later on in our methods course as a part of the course requirement (we had to create a concept map for our lesson plan unit). If they refuse to learn it in an earlier course, it may cost them points later on.
Alysha
Yes, it is. In today's world, parents don't often take the time to get involved in what their child is doing in the classroom. Work and other issues keep them from visiting, volunteering, or even helping with homework. With a web page or other electronic communication the parent has a chance to check on things and the teacher has a way to reach parents that might not get a chance to come in or call. Parents can use the information when the child saya they don't haven any homework, or they've forgotten the permission slip, or they need to know what's for lunch that day.
I use a website like a parent handbook also. I make it very well known that all the info they might need is available there. It saves a lot of time on explanations and clarifications. It also helps take away the "I didn't know," excuse. Most schools also allow student work to be posted within guidelines. Grandparens in another state can see what the grandchild has done. The community can see the quality or work going on in the school.