Building on a Tradition of Excellence Chapter 2

Continuity and Change Significant Ideas from Chapter 1? Website information Why is the past important?

A Tradition of Excellence At ESU In Early Childhood Field

ESU Excellence in Teacher Education NCATE Accreditation PDE Accreditation Conceptual Framework Teacher Education Dispositions Award winning Initatives

ESU Excellence in Teacher Education Conceptual Framework Our mission is to develop beginning educators who make reflective and deliberate decisions that support and extend the learning of all students.

ESU Excellence in Teacher Education Conceptual Framework Beginning Educator Outcomes Content Learner and the Learning Environment Teaching and Learning Process Professionalism

Work Groups Create a seminar approach for work in class. Develop collaborative ideas and dispositions. Attached to major influences in ECE.

Tradition of Excellence in ECE Field

Changing Views of Childhood Miniature Adults Need of Redemption Blank Slates Innocents Economic Value Competent Child Citizen with Rights Product of your own History

A continuum of influences & ideas Education is… Learning is… Child is…

Group Work Who? When? Where? What? Why? Influence… Groups Bandura View of the Child View of Learning View of Teaching Why? Influence… Groups Bandura Dewey Erickson Montessori Piaget Vygotsky

Next Steps Group Work – 4 ppt slides sent to me by Sunday pm Insert Four Artifacts into Portfolio Select the BEO it addresses (B,C, D only) Choices & BEOs Candidate’s Statement (next slide) – due Thursday

Candidate’s Statement The candidate will prepare a two (2) page, well written and grammatically correct, word processed essay that includes the following components: A statement of the candidate's reasons for wanting to be part of the teaching profession. A description of the candidate's  "teacher identity", highlighting relevant experiences and personal strengths. A description of the candidate’s beliefs about teaching and learning and the theories that support those beliefs. A discussion of how the candidate will be an intentional teacher of diverse students, incorporating ways to meet the needs of all learners. A description of the candidate's goals for continued professional development to be completed prior to student teaching.