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= = =Introduction to Field Placements & Reflective Seminar - Autumn 2009=


 * ~ //UWB prepares innovative, ethical practitioners who are grounded in intellectual and professional communities and who are dedicated to educating and supporting diverse students.// ||

Course Information

 * Instructor: || Robin Angotti || OR || Carrie Tzou ||
 * Office: || UW2-315 ||  || UW2-311 ||
 * Phone: || 425-352-3605 ||  || 425-352-3251 ||
 * E-mail: || rrider@uwb.edu ||  || ctzou@uwb.edu ||

Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the complex task of teaching during the crucial time when the "stage is set", the beginning of the school year. The main focus of the course is for preservice teachers to begin the process of "noticing" both whole classroom learning communities as well as each individual learner. Many of the tasks involved to create classroom learning communities at the beginning of the school year fall under the umbrella of "classroom management" such as classroom layout, establishing rules and procedures, and accommodations for individual learners. During this experience, preservice teachers will observe, reflect on, and discuss issues surrounding the whole class learning community, the individual learner, and the broader culture of school.

Course Objectives
As a result of this course, preservice teachers should be able to: > [] 
 * 1) Observe and gather information **//without//** interpretation or judgment
 * 2) Observe, document, analyze and reflect on teacher and student roles in the creation of the classroom learning community
 * 3) Observe, document, analyze and reflect on how teachers establish and students come to understand expectations for behavior, transitions, and academic performance
 * 4) Observe, document, analyze and reflect on classroom instruction and its impact on both the learning community as a whole and on EACH individual learner
 * 5) Observe, document, analyze and reflect on different modes of assessment of impact on student learning
 * 6) Demonstrate understanding and application of dispositions for teaching found in the Handbook of Teacher Education at

Grading
This course is graded on a CR/NC basis. You are expected to attend all class sessions unless other arrangements are made in advance. All assignments and activities must be completed in an acceptable form, including performance in the field as per the UWB Secondary Teacher Certification handbook []

Academic Integrity
In keeping with UWB’s policy on Academic Integrity found in the Code of Student Conduct, students are expected to be the sole contributor to work bearing their name, except where group projects have been assigned. Students are expected to follow the university policy on Academic and Behavior conduct. Please see the website at []

Academic Accommodations
The University of Washington Bothell seeks to comply fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act ( ADA ). Students requesting accommodations based on a disability must be registered with the Department for Disability Support Services located in the Bothell Library Annex Building, Room 106 ((452) 352-5307 (Voice)/ (452) 352-5303 TDD )). If you have a disability that may affect your participation in this class, please see me so that reasonable accommodations can be discussed. You may also read the Disability Support Services website regarding campus services at [].

**"We say that we want students to take more responsibility for their own learning, yet we continue to control every aspect of their learning...How will students learn to take more responsibility unless we first relinquish some of the control?"** (p. 156). by Robyn Jackson from the book, //Never Work Harder than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching//