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Preschool Placements Placements ◦ Oct 19 th - Dec 5 th Formal Observations ◦ November 2 nd -30 th

LDA Due November 7 th ◦ Submit to Dropbox by 5pm AND  Submit to Livetext w/rationale

LDA Assessment Task Students will use available classroom, building, and community to develop a demographic analysis of the learners in the clinical setting to provide context for students’ learning and inform their teaching and assessment activities in the classroom. Details The full assignment will be a paper of approximately 3-5 pages in length as follows:

Part I – The Facts (10pts) The first part of this assignment requires students to become familiar with the larger context in which their clinical children learn. During the first few weeks of the clinical experience, the student will gather information and statistics about the center and the community by using online resources, such as community and building. Other sources, including primary sources such as interviews and attending a board meeting, are also encouraged. This information will become the first part of the analysis, approximately 1-2 pages in length.

Part 1, con’t… In order to assist you to learn about and reflect about the students, seek out the following information (for both center (as a whole) and your assigned classroom: Gender: Socioeconomic backgrounds: Ethnic/cultural backgrounds: Language backgrounds Family structures: Ability levels (including gifted and special education): Classroom (brief description of physical environment and include location of first aid kit and procedures for emergencies) Description of community (environment and resources)

Part II – The Comparison (10pts) The second part of this assignment requires students to compare these wider demographics (e.g. center/ school building) with the composition of the actual class (your classroom) in which the clinical experience is taking place. To do this, students will observe the makeup of the class and draw comparisons. For instance, the teacher/student ratio of the class may or may not reflect the district’s (center’s) stated ratio. Give specifics. This comparison becomes the second part of the analysis, approximately 1 page in length.

Part III – The Analysis (10pts) The last part of this assignment requires students to analyze how this information affects their teaching in this particular class, and how it might inform their teaching in the future. What implications for teaching might this specific information hold? How does knowing data such as this inform your teaching? How does knowing about the learning community at various levels impact future teaching? This final section will be approximately 1 page in length.

Rationale ***You are expected to add a rationale for LDA. Please make sure you include the following:  Address what you learned from the assignment being used as evidence.  Identify what NAEYC and IPT standards were addressed by the assignment.  Describe how the assignment demonstrated your ability to meet the chosen standard(s).  Describe how your thinking has changed as a result of completing this assignment.

Preschool lesson plan About 15 minutes Due ed 2 days before, just like infant plans ◦ Monday observation, due on Thursday ◦ Wednesday observation, due on Monday Post reflection due ed 2 class periods following Everything posted to livetext 2 class periods following

Live text LDA ◦ Rationale ◦ LDA Preschool lesson plans ◦ Lesson plan ◦ Reflection Copy and paste your information into livetext. Do NOT attach.

Blog/ Weekly reflection journal Due every week you have clinical- posted by Thursday at midnight ◦ Responses to at least two of your classmates by Monday at midnight

Reminders from the syllabus Late Assignments- All assignments are due at the date and time specified by the instructor. No late work will be accepted unless the student has received an extension from the instructor prior to the time the assignment is due. All required work in this course must be submitted to the instructor in order to meet course objectives (even if the assignment is late to the point that all point value is lost). Students will receive a grade of “F” for the course if all course assignments have not been fulfilled. You are responsible to know the information in the syllabus and have all required materials for lesson observations, etc.