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Mahopac Falls Elementary School Mrs. Ashley- New Visions Education Introduction to Schools and Teaching Child Psychology and Development Mr. Brunelli- Honors English Honors Economics Honors Participation in Government Mr. Lafaro Physical Education
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New Visions is a New York State approved curriculum Purpose is to provide Seniors an opportunity to explore a specific career while doing college level work Students learn knowledge related to their field in classroom setting Students do Field Experience Rotations with people working in the field and gain real world experience Field trips and speakers provide more knowledge about careers and opportunities
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Large group of teachers retiring (baby boomers) High demand in some locations High demand for science and math teachers High demand for special education teachers
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Teacher School Counselor Administrator Speech Pathologist School Social Worker Special Education Teacher College Professor Educational Researcher Curriculum Specialist Adult Educator Parent Educator Educational Consultant Occupational Therapist Job Training Educator Health Care Educator Work for a large company in career development
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Meet from 8-12 Every Day Mahopac Falls Elementary School Classroom Field experience with Mentor teachers October through June (K-12, ELL, Special Education, Administration and Counseling) Field trips and guest speakers, college visits Student Research Project School Districts provide transportation to Mahopac Falls Elementary and Field Experience Rotations, must be arranged in advance by family.
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High School Credits New Visions Education Honors Child Psychology and Development Honors Senior English Honors Economics Honors Participation in Government Physical Education College Credits Introduction to Schools and Teaching from SUNY WCC (3 credits) Comp and Lit I from SUNY WCC (3 credits) Public Affairs from Syracuse University (SUPA- 3 credits) Child Psychology from Mercy College
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Learn if Education is the right field for you to study in college Small class size-- teacher attention, study your interests in depth Prepare you for college Obtain 12 college credits Learn how to do educational research Do your own research Work in the field with students and teachers
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We learn: to teach to manage a classroom to develop curriculum to meet individual student’s needs to assess learning to deliver a lesson to find out who we are as teachers
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Becoming a Teacher (college level textbook) Projects include such things as: History of Education timeline Observation of teachers Design a great school Overcoming oppression workshop Reading Circle (present good books for each grade level) Create an assessment Teaching lessons for different grade levels Develop your own philosophy
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Textbook used is Child Development and Education (college level text) Learn about physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of the child, birth through grade 12 Apply knowledge gained to inform teaching
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Classes run similar to college seminar Reading in Honors English related to the field of education Honors Economics and Honors Participation in government is applied to educational issues
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New Paltz Future Educators Conference Guidance Expo Pinesbridges School Center for Visual Management Teachers at various school for mini-workshops College visits such as Marist College, Bank Street College, Lehman College Director of Special Education School Principal Human Resources Director
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Rotations are Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays for 5 days at each rotation: Kindergarten First or Second Grade Upper Elementary (3-5) Middle School (6-8) High School English Language Learners Special Education School Administrators, School Counselors, Special Services One Month Rotation of student’s choice
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Student Independent Research Project Students learn to do research paper Students conduct their own research in the field of education Students present their study to students and faculty
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Students who have an 85% or better from home school Log on to the PNWBOCES.org website, go to parents and do the on- line application (you will need the code from your school counselor) 2 letters of recommendation Interview by New Visions Panel (begin in February) Writing sample
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Able to work independently Interested in working with students Desire to do something different senior year Interested in hands-on learning
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You can arrange a visit to our class this year by talking to your home school counselor Teacher emails: Mrs. Ashley: dashley@pnwboces.orgdashley@pnwboces.org Mr. Brunelli: cbrunelli@pnwboces.orgcbrunelli@pnwboces.org Mrs. Ashley’s phone number: 914.621.8337 Mrs. Ashley’s Teacher Webpage: http://pnwboces.schoolwires.net/18211082716552420/ site/default.asp http://pnwboces.schoolwires.net/18211082716552420/ site/default.asp Online Application website: http://pnwboces.org/techcenter/tech/index.htm http://pnwboces.org/techcenter/tech/index.htm
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