Education 180:
Introduction to Teaching
Fall 2007

Instructors:
Teri Marchese  marches@ucsc.edu
Sara Roe sroe@ucsc.edu

Teaching Assistants:
Carrie Cifka-Herrera ccifka@ucsc.edu
Sections:         
22784    EDUC-180-01E      F       
8:00AM-9:10AM    Hum & Soc Sci 359

22785   EDUC-180-01F       F       
11:00AM-12:10PM Hum & Soc Sci 359

Adele Barrett Hermann adele@ucsc.edu
Sections:     
22227      EDUC-180-01A      M    (on AIS lists meeting on M but it will meet T in Stevenson 150 8-9:10 instead.)

22782       EDUC-180-01C     W     
5:00PM-6:10PM    Hum & Soc Sci 259

Date: September 27. Thursday

Focus Questions: Who are Teachers?

Readings:

Ayers CH 1

Meier CH 1

Assignments:

Date: October 2. Tuesday

Focus Questions: Who are Teachers?

Readings: Meier CH 2 & 3

Assignments: Ed Journal #1 posted on Nicenet with section TA by 10/5
Nicenet Class Key # for Carrie's Sections:
8JM689F39
Nicenet Class Key # for Adele's Sections:
C344T6F39

Date: October 4. Thursday

Focus Questions: How do teachers achieve a safe environment?

Readings: Ayers CH 2 & 3 / Anti-racist Education Pulling Together to Close the Gaps, Lee

Class Notes: Class Share Out: How We Build Community / Tribes Graphic

Assignments: E-Journal #1 posted on Nicenet with section TA by 10/5

 

Date: October 9. Tuesday

Focus Questions: How do we create an inclusive community of learners?

Readings: Dear Principal, Clark and Everyone of Our Teachers Believed in Us, Wei / White Privilege Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, McIntosh

Class Notes: Hidden Curriculum: Class Share Out /Butterflies, Why Do You Force Your Ways?

Assignments: Ed Letter to a Former Teacher due in lecture today. Choose Literature Study Title in section.

Date: October 11. Thursday

Focus Questions: What are placement expectations and logistics?

Readings: Approaches to Multicultural Reform, Banks / Developing Positive Racial Attitudes

Assignments: Prepare for school site orientation: Download Teacher Letter, Student Schedule, Placement Log http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/ed80obslog.htm& Driving Directions to school site / Fill out personal schedule. Questions for Alison: alisond@ucsc.edu or 459-1261.Force Your ways?

Date: October 16. Tuesday

Focus Questions: How do we address inequities in the system?  What are the implications of our own lenses?

Readings:  Ladson-Billings But That's Just Good Teaching.1995.pdf / Academic Excellence & Anti-racism (select one grade level of your choice to read: kinder , 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, 5th-6th, 7th-8th) / Ayers CH 4

Class Notes: Teachers on Tracking, Students on Tracking,

Assignments: E-Journal #2 posted on Nicenet  by October 19. Attend School Site Orientation and fill out observation log each time you go to placement. http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/ed80obslog.htm

Date: October 18. Thursday

Focus Questions: What does a democratic education mean?

Class Notes: Snowball Share Out from Class

Readings:  Dewey: My Pedagogical CreedÓ http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/credo/dewey.html

Meier: CH 4

Assignments: :  E-Journal #2 posted on Nicenet by October 19.  Choose 1-3 questions for teacher interview from the menu on the syllabus and set a date for interview. Post your interview summary on Nicenet without specific names by November 22. (Be sure to e-mail a copy of your interview summary to your TA when you post it.)

Date: October 23. Tuesday

Focus Questions: How can we liberate the curriculum?

Readings:  Ayers: CH 5, Lesson Plan Template

Assignments: Be sure to fill out placement log each time you go to placement.

Date: October 25. Thursday

Focus Questions: How do we design lessons? Part 1

Readings:  Choose 2 model lessons to read from the following: Media Myths Contribute to Hunger in Africa, Menkart / Para teresa, Hernandez-Avila / Exploring Economic Inequities, Goodman / Where I am From, Four Phases Critical Reading and Writing Process,Lesson Ex.: Papa's Working Boots

Assignments: 

Date: October 30. Tuesday

Focus Questions: How do we design lessons? Part 2 Come see Ms. Tolliver, award winning New York Teacher, in action!

Readings:  Meier: CH 5, Sara's Lesson Plan

Class Notes:Immigration Lesson Notes

Assignments: :  E-Journal #3 posted on Nicenet by November 2.

Date: November 1. Thursday

Focus Questions: How do teachers use assessment? How does assessment inform practice? Part 1

Readings:  Ayers: CH 6

Assignments:  E-Journal #3 posted on Nicenet by November 2.

Date: November 6. Tuesday

Focus Questions: How do teachers use assessment? How does assessment inform practice? Part 2

Readings:  McTighe & OÕConner, Seven Practices for Effective Learning /

Assignments:  Form "Creed" groups in section this week. Lesson plans due in section week of Nov. 12./Lesson Plan Expectations

Date: November 8. Thursday

Focus Questions: What do formative models of assessment look like?

Readings:  Meier: CH 6,

Assignments: Form "Creed" groups in section this week. Lesson plans due in section week of Nov. 12, Pedagogical Creed Assignment, Pedagogical Creed Working Draft,

Date: November 13. Tuesday

Focus Questions: What does it look like in the classroom? What are your career options in Education? How do I apply to a Teacher Preparation Program?

Readings: Leaving No Child Behind: Overhauling NCLB, Neill / Uncovering Academic Success, Chenoweth / Inside Philadelphia... Chenoweth

Assignments:   Present Literature Study lessons in section this week. E-Journal #4 posted on Nicenet by November 16.

Date: November 15. Thursday

Focus Questions: What does NCLB set out to do and is it succeeding?

Readings:  NCLB & Democracy, Meier

Assignments:  Literature Study lessons in section this week. E-Journal #4 posted on Nicenet with section TA by November 16.

Date: November 20. Tuesday Work on Pedagogical Creed with your group. No whole group class meeting. No sections this week.

Focus Question: How will your group approach the Creed asignment?

Readings: Ayers:CH 7 & 8

Assignments:  Post Teacher Interview by 11/22 on Nicenet. E-mail lesson reflection to section leader before November 27.

Date: November 22. Thursday

THANKSGIVING NO CLASS

Date: November 27. Tuesday

Focus Questions: Can accountability support learning for all students?(Group work on NCLB / reform in Creed groups.)

Readings:  Meier: CH 7&8, links to further articles:

Rethinking Schools Spring 07A: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_03/nclb213.shtmlRethinking Schools Spring 07B:

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_03/elep213.shtml

Assignments: You will need to have done the readings for the last two weeks as we will refer to them in class. Please bring readings on NCLB & Reform to class. E-Journal #5 posted on Nicenet by November 30. E-mail lesson reflection to section leader before 11/29 tomorrow.

Date: November 29. Thursday

Focus Questions: How do we incorporate this and all that we have learned into our own pedagogical creed?

Readings:  Meier: CH 9

Assignments: E-Journal #5 posted on Nicenet by November 30.

Date: December 4. Tuesday

Focus Questions: What do local teachers have to tell us?

Readings:  

Assignments: Pedagogical Creed documents due to section leader by Tuesday, December 11.

Date: December 6, Thursday

Focus Questions: What matters to you? Present Pedagogical Creeds

Readings:  Photo Gallery of Creeds will be uploaded soon. Link to a video used by one Creed Group for presentation: excellentcase study of culturally relevent pedagogy and efforts to close the achievement gap: Semillas del pueblo http://youtube.com/watch?v=MrJYcaLVTuE

Assignments:  Pedagogical Creed documents due to section leader by Tuesday, December 11. Placement Logs due in Carrie's and Adele's mailboxes in Soc Sci 1, 2nd floor in the Education Department Mailroom by 4:30 PM on Dec. 13, Thursday.