Module 8, Session 4: Field-based Experience

(Session 4)

Field Experience
in Alternative Education Facilities:
Field-Based Experience

From Modules by

Linda Arms, M.A.
Richard Ashcroft, Ph.D.
Gil Guerin, Ph.D.
David Houchins, Ph.D.
Mary Male, Ph.D.
William Reeves, Ph.D.

In this session the teachers will:

• Demonstrate effective practice in reading and writing instruction.
• Demonstrate effective practice in math instruction.
• Demonstrate effective practice in transition instruction.
• Demonstrate effective practice in assessment.
• Demonstrate effective practice in family engagement.
• Demonstrate effective practice in wraparound services.

Note: Field supervision is often in two parts, 1) supervision with interview, and 2) field experience seminar. The agenda offered here is designed as a resource for field experience seminars. Subject area topics are tied to modules 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11. Work sheets are provided to aid in seminar planning. Supervision and coaching links are provided in the lecture notes.

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Agenda

Materials

Time

Welcome
Objectives and agenda

Agenda
Links – Observation and Coaching

Observation
Observation: http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/observ.html
Observation: http://www.psu.edu/celt/observation.html

Coaching Teachers
Technology:
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/thepoint/levels.htm
http://www.compstrategies.com/staffdevelopment/coach.htm
Hints & Tips and Links:
http://www.cssd11.k12.co.us/TCT/
PDF File Download:
http://www.fcrr.org/staffpresentations/Marcia/NA/coaching_teachers_assessment.pdf
Teachers Helping Teachers:
http://www.ncrel.org/info/notes/fall03/change.htm
Coaching and Mentoring
http://www.mentors.net/LibraryFiles/CollabPC.M.html

Additional Links – Topic Areas

Literacy
Vocabulary from Classics:
http://www.vocabulary.com/classic.html
Tom Sawyer:
http://www.vocabulary.com/classic.html
Comprehension
Links: http://muse.widener.edu/~aad0002/Easternregional.html
Teen Reading
Lists: http://www.clpgh.org/teens/read/booklists/ppshighschool.html
Strategies
Download http://www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Literacy/Literacy+-+Aligned+Curriculum/Literacy-Middle+and+High+School+Reading+Strategies.htm

Writing
Instruction: http://www.swc.utexas.edu/samples/highschool/index.shtml
Creative: http://teenwriting.about.com/?once=true&
PBS Active
Learning: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit/high_writing.shtm
Newspaper: http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/midnewswrite.html

Math
Basic http://www.aaamath.com/index.html
Links http://www.useekufind.com/learningquest/tmarithm.htm
Middle Sch.: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/mid_arithmetic.html
Sequences: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/high_seq_series.html
Algebra: http://dmoz.org/Science/Math/Algebra/High_School/
CA Exit Exam: http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/cahsee/background/info.html

Assessment
Research: http://PAREonline.net/
ERIC: http://ericae.net/
Lecture notes: http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~alex/teaching/assessment/assessment.html
Rights: http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=31&g=1

Families
School/Family/Community
Projects: http://www.responsiveeducation.org/current.html
Parent Rights: http://www.cde.ca.gov/iasa/parntrts.html
IEP Process: http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/2000_6_5/page3.html

Transition
Descriptive
Lists: http://www.geocities.com/bobesposito/transition.html
State resources
Guide: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/sped/transition/stwr.shtml
Provides links: http://members.tripod.com/~ozpk/inclus-trans
Issues & links: http://www.teachersfirst.com/sped/parents/transition/transition.html

Wraparound
Defined: http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/ChildrensCampaign/1998execsum4.asp
Jurisprudence: http://www.paperboat.com/calliope/Therapeutic.html
Social Services: http://sswr.org/papers2001/283.htm
Practical Problems -
Juvenile Court: http://www.paperboat.com/calliope/juvcourt.html
Artcles: http://www.paperboat.com/calicont.html
http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjjnl_2000_4/contents.html

Quick Write

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Planning Field Experience Seminar/Discussion (Subject Area Focused and linked to appropriate module as follows)

Activity 1
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Situation determined

Literacy/Reading
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected sessions, Module 1

Situation determined

Writing
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected sessions, Module 10

Situation determined

Math
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected Sessions, Module 11

Situation determined

Assessment
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected Sessions, Module 4 and Module 9

Situation determined

Families
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected sessions, Module 6

Situation determined

Transition
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected sessions, Module 5, Activity 2

Situation determined

Wraparound
Subject Focused Field Experience Seminar

Selected sessions, Module 12, Activity 2

Situation determined

Subject Focused Summary

Activity 2
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