1. Welcome to EDPR 250 Orientation!
Your name
Sunny McMurry K
*Find your
nametag
*Sit near people with the same team letter
(Cohorts: Red-C1; Yellow-C2; Green-C3; Blue- C4)
*Exchange contact information
Your team
Your cohort
Welcome to EDPR 250 Orientation!

2. Let’s get started! Quick Announcement
Pep Talk:
Introductions- name and current placement
I decided to become a teacher because
I think the most important part of becoming a teacher is
The quality I value most in teammates is
Next semester, I am most looking forward to . .
Verona information tonight after the meeting- won’t
T take long, but may give you more details
6:40-6:50

3. Collaborative Groups Share:
A word of phrase that comes to mind when you hear “group project?”
What are the qualities of effective groups?
How effective were these teams in accomplishing their goals?
6:50-7:15

4. Creating Group Norms
Brainstorm guidelines that will create an effective team
Eliminate repeat ideas
Determine your group’s norms and expectations
Share these in written form with each other
7:15-7:25

5. Communication Key to success! With co-ops and each other!
Modes of communication: , texting, private Facebook group, face to face meetings, during carpooling time, etc.
7:25-7:27

6. Compare:
7:27-7:35
ONE person send to all the co-ops listed!

7. Placement Goals
Developing and supporting collaborative abilities in pre­service candidates;
Removing the experiential isolation often associated with teacher training viewed as apprenticeship, allowing candidates to work with multiple mentors across multiple classrooms;
Supporting cooperating teacher teams to design and to integrate small groups of students in classroom activities through co-teaching, peer evaluation, differentiation of learning tasks, and other student support strategies;
Allowing candidates to put into practice some of the methods they are learning in their courses during the semester;
Strengthen partnerships between university methods instructors, cooperating teachers and candidates
7:35-7:50

8. What does that mean for me?
Placement Structure:
Groups of 3-5 students assigned to 2-3 teachers/ classrooms
Shared experiences: No one-on-one placements
Support of your teammates in teaching and reflecting
Faculty mentors supporting you
7:50-8:00

9. Schedule and Rotations
Subject
Expectations
Math
We will teach one math lesson together. Two focus elementary students will be briefly interviewed before and after the lesson to gauge their level of understanding and thinking about particular math concepts
Social Studies
The three of us will teach a social studies lesson pre-planned by our teacher. It is also recommended that we teach that lesson twice, either in the same classroom or a different one
Reading
Traveling Book Bag
Each week we will send home our traveling book bags to three different students. We will send them home on Monday and they are to be returned on Thursday. The bookbag consists of 4 different books that the students will read at home and will complete the small activity inside the bag.
Read Alouds
Each of us must complete one read aloud per week with a small group/ whole group and complete a write up after.
Guided Reading Lesson
We will plan and implement a series of 3 lessons for a small group of children in order to instruct them on a comprehension strategy.
Science
We are each required to teach one science lesson that is developed as part of a coherent series of lessons. For at least one of the lessons, we must do a ‘lesson study’ where one candidate teaches and the other two candidates watch and complete a critique.
4 Week Placement: 3/27-4/21
Week 1 (teacher 1’s class):
3 students for travel bookbag
Science lessons
One read aloud for each pre-service teacher in small group
Week 2 (Teacher 2’s class):
Math lesson
Week 3 (Teacher 3’s class):
Guided reading lessons
Week 4 (Teacher 1’s class):
Social Studies lesson
8:10

10. Teacher A
Teacher B
Teacher C
Week 1
Candidates 1, 2
Candidates 3, 4, 5
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Candidates 1, 3, 5
Candidates 2, 4
Week 5
Week 6
4-week schedule
Teacher A
Teacher B
Teacher C
Week 1
February 26- March 2
Student 1
Student 4
Student 2
Student 5
Student 3
Week 2
March 5-9
Week 3
April 9-13
Week 4
April 16-20

11. To be completed. . .
Introductory to your team of cooperating teachers:
Polite and respectful (Mr., Ms. and Mrs.)
Info about yourselves
A meeting date prior to break (if possible)
Create a private FB group/ group/ text group
Determine driving schedule for first several weeks
Refer to for CRN’s
Content Test: forthcoming in the spring, plan to take it in the summer
Finish by 8:20

12. In preparation for your collaborative placement:
Complete all required start of placement paperwork:
BBP questionnaire (turn in at end of semester)
Emergency Form (give to your co-ops)
Teacher Interview (for your OWN information!)

13. Stay to hear about Verona!