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Course Description: Field-based problem-centered experience. Corequisite course: EdFn 747, SeEd 748. |
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Name:
Scully, Augustine
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| Phone: 605-394-6823 | Dept Phone: 605-394-6823 |
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Instructor Biography:
I am the coordinator for the Educational Leadership, Adult & Higher Education, and Career & Technical Programs for the West River Graduate Center in Rapid City. I also coordinate the EDAD program in Gillette, Wyoming. My responsibilities are to be the advisor to all the students, supervise all the Interns, teach the Capstone class in Rapid and Gillette, teach an on-line class, supervise and evaluate the faculty in Rapid and Gillette, do the recruiting for the Graduate Center, and be involved with various committees at the Brookings campus and in the Rapid City community. My education background spans over thirty-nine years. I have been a teacher from preschool to junior high, an elementary, middle, and junior high principal, a school superintendent, college professor, and an educational consultant. I have been married to my college sweetheart for thirty-nine years; have three sons, and two Siberian Huskies. For the past nine years, I have been a member of a Southern Gospel men’s quartet. We perform in a seven state regional area. Presently, we have four CDs out and in the process of working on our next. I am looking forward to working with all of you. If you have questions, please let me know. |
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Text Book(s): No textbook |
| Access Code: Not Required |
| Minmum Credit:1 |
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Course Syllabus: EDFN 747 Curriculum Theory into Practrice Sp 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.doc |
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Note: The syllabus provided here may not be a complete syllabus, please reference course materials for complete information through Desire2Learn upon course start date. |
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Special Instructions: Practicum Projects The practicum project is the equivalent of 15 hours of classroom instruction. You should be prepared to spend at least one hour to two hours of preparation for each hour of classroom time. Therefore, it is expected that you will spend between 30 and 45 hours on your project. Below are approved projects that are applicable at either the elementary or secondary level or in some cases appropriate to both levels. Approved projects: 1. Analyze student testing data and identify strengths and weaknesses then identify goals and address needs. Type a four to five page report on your results incorporating colored charts to demonstrate your results. In your goals and addressing the needs, cite research to support your positions. Remember to use APA. 2. Interview three different school principals from different school systems about their roles in the curriculum development process. After you have collected all your information from the three principals, you are to type a four to five page paper comparing and contrasting your results and then give an opinion of your results. * What is the principal’s curriculum philosophy? * What is the principal’s definition of curriculum? * Does the principal take an active leadership role or just lets the teachers handle it. Ask why for answer. * Have the principal describe what the curriculum development process is. * Develop additional questions from what you have learned in this course. 3. Do a Technology Audit of a school building from three different school districts. * List all the tech hardware and software in each building * Check to see if there is a 5 year strategic district technology plan * How old is each of the tech hardware software in the building? * Is there a manual showing how often the hardware and software is used and by whom, how often staff development is conducted, what software is on a building or district license, and when hardware is serviced and is due to be replaced? 4. Study your schools and community resources. Prepare an annotated booklet of multicultural resources that could be used by school staff members. This could be used at either the elementary or secondary level. 5. Look at one area of the curriculum such as social studies. This could be at either the elementary or secondary level. Examine the materials used by the instructors at these levels. Prepare an evaluation of the materials based on reading level, gender, special education teachers’ involvement in the adoption of these materials, and aspects of cultural diversity. Do this activity in three different school districts. Type a four to five page paper on your results. After you have collected your results from the three schools, you are to compare and contrast your results and give me your opinion. 6. Compare how your building and district does the curriculum mapping process to another school building and district. Type a four to five page report with your results and opinion of the results. 7. Do an itemized analysis of the math, reading, and science scores from this year’s standardized testing scores. Type your report using colored charts to demonstrate your results and then establish plans that need to be taken to correct any weaknesses using research to support your positions. 8. Analyze a curriculum guide and determine its strengths and weaknesses. See me; I have the list of what you should look for in a guide. 9. Research the processes used for curriculum evaluation in three school districts. Evaluate the methods used, intervals of time, and degree of participation by teachers, students, parents, community, and administrators. Include a method of evaluation, timelines, and recommendations in your five paged typed report. 10. Do an analysis of your school’s culture and climate. Establish a plan on how, if you were the principal, you would improve any areas of concern. Type a four to five page report with your results and research to support your positions. Remember to use APA 5th or 6th . 11. Check with three school districts in how they are practicing differentiated instruction. *What evaluation tool is used to help to plan for differentiated instruction? *What staff development is used to help faculty at all levels to have the necessary skills to handle this type of instruction? * Have all the school administrators been schooled on differentiated instruction? * Have the parents and community been schooled on this concept? * How are teachers using this type of instruction at the elementary, middle, and at the high school? * Are there concerns, or is everything going well? Type a five page report on your findings. Compare and contrast the three districts. In your report share your thoughts on what you would do if you were a educational consultant to each of the three districts who favored differentiated instruction. 12. Describe the various types of authentic assessments used in your district at the elementary, middle, and high school, to measure student achievement. How much weight do they have against the Standardized Test? In the typed report next to each described authentic assessment should be a little history of the assessment: who developed it, how old is it, what does it specifically measure, what grade levels use it, and how often is it used during the school year. 13. Type a four to five page comparative report on the district-level plan for assessing student achievement in your school district against another neighboring school district. Point out the similarities and differences and your opinion. Use colored Venn Diagram Charts to help demonstrate your results. 14. Do a demographic study on the makeup of your school (not district) community adults 18and up (age, ethnic, socio-economic, religion, marital status, education, sex, etc) and write a five page reflection on your findings. 15. Write a 4 page paper, using the latest research, on how principals can motivate their faculty. Remember to cite sources using (APA 5th or 6th edition) and have a bibliography. 16. With the permission of the principal and two teachers, conduct two classroom observations using the clinical supervision mode (pre-conference, observation, analysis and post conference. Following each of the classroom observations and summaries, complete the district’s teacher evaluation for the two teachers (names are not to be USED). Compare and contrast the difference between a clinical model the district evaluation. The differences, recommendations and completed forms should be included in your report. 17. School Improvement Plan: Principals, as instructional leaders, are required to lead school improvement. Your school improvement plan for this assignment should be based on the following: · The need to improve student achievement in either math, reading or both; · The need for improvement should be based on student achievement data from an actual school (you may change the school’s name) and include the school’s demographics; · Please describe process, stakeholder involvement goals and evaluation; · Please describe your role as principal and leadership activities; · Please use APA format and the paper should be five to six pages in length. 18. Examine the various stages of curriculum implementation and curricular change and design a PowerPoint explaining these stages. The completed report should include an introduction, background information about the school and the principal that will provide the reader with a context for understanding, interview findings, and a discussion that integrates the interview with relevant points from your study of the principalship. This report will also provide the student with the opportunity for reflection on the roles and responsibilities of principals. |
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Corequisites: EDFN-747 SEED-748
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| Minimum Technological Requirements: https://d2l.sdbor.edu/shared/sdsu/require.htm |
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Important Dates |
| Start Date: 1/13/2010| End Date: 5/7/2010 |
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Broadcast Information: Location Day(s) Start Time End Time CINT INTE |
| Registration Start Date: 3/1/2009 |
| Registration End Date: 1/22/2010 |
| Last Day to Drop Course with Refund: 1/22/2010 |
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Last Day to Withdraw from Course (NO REFUND): 4/7/2010
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