1. Foundations of Education Dr. Nicole Nunn-Faron

2.  Secondary Teacher  Instructional Coach (K-12)  Administrator (K-12)  SCC – Education Program  Associates / Education – Flo Valley  BA / Education & BS / Social Science – Lindenwood University  Masters/Educational Administration – Lindenwood University  Doctorate / Maryville University

3.  Understanding of many elements that combine to form American Education System  Convenient for you  Successful step toward your degree

4.  Orientation ◦ Review Syllabus ◦ Discuss Expectations ◦ Answer Questions

5.  Required  Turn in copy to Instructor by due date  Take original to Observations  1-866-422-6872

6.  Arranged by student  8 hours total  4 Classroom & 1 Board of Education Meeting ◦ Board usually meets 1x a month  Print the Observation Log  Have teachers & board member sign Observation Log  Do early in semester ◦ Summer school only ½ day ◦ Over at end of June

7.  Signed/dated by each teacher observed  Signed/dated by Board of Education member  Submit as a PDF through Moodle

8.  PROFESSIONAL DRESS  Be on time  Be courteous  Be accommodating  Do only as asked – do not take tasks upon yourself  Do not overstep your bounds Observation Behavior

9.  Use correct homonym: ◦ Principal/Principle ◦ To, Two, Too Use correct Trademark spelling: ◦ SMART Board ◦ PowerPoint  Work ahead ◦ Power Outages from storms o Car Trouble

10.  At least 1 full 8-10 sentence college level paragraph for each response  Restate question in first sentence of response  3 points deducted for each error  TIP: ◦ Type in word processing program, use spell check/grammar check and copy, cut, paste into Moodle.

11. Assignments due @ 11:55 PM on Monday Last week – 11:55 on Monday 5/12/14 No Extra Credit Work for Mastery – see me with any issues

12.  Grade of “Zero” will show in Grade Book until graded  Grading is usually completed by the following week, but circumstances may cause extensions in return time  TIP: ◦ View my written comments to help improve your written work ◦ Use Grammarbook.com to answer grammar questions. ◦ When in doubt about whether to use a colon or semi- colon, separate the thought into 2 separate sentences

13.  Go to class home page  Click on “Grades”  Click on assignment  Click on grade for that assignment  View responses for written work  TIP:  Call me on my cell phone or email me through. stchas.edu email

14.  Chapter Pretests ◦ Untimed ◦ Unlimited Attempts  Chapter Post Tests ◦ Timed ◦ 1 Hour ◦ 3 Attempts ◦ Hit “Submit” or “Finished” ◦ Automatically Scored

16.  Board Meetings 1x a month  People get, have computer issues, ect – essentially life happens and that can cause you problems.