1. Welcome to ELED 469! Best Practices: Instruction, Assessment, Classroom Management

2. Goals 1. 1. To establish our class as a learning community 2. 2. To understand “macro” contextual factors. 3. 3. To understand how to establish yourself as a professional. 4. 4. To consider routines and procedures for classroom management. 5.. 5. To understand the purpose and methods of observing your classroom.

3. Introductions 1. Your Name 2. Something Not Many People Know About You 3. Field Placement – Contextual Factors

4. Apollo 11 Launch Thinking metaphorically The Apollo 11 launch is similar to... The Apollo 11 launch represents... Video

5. Some Facts 1. Used around 5,625,000 pounds of propellant. 2. The greatest amounts are used in the first minutes to achieve orbital velocity.

6. Amish Barn-Raising Thinking metaphorically Amish barn-raising is similar to... Amish barn-raising represents... Video

7. ELED 469 LEARNING COMMUNITY OUR SHARED VALUES We promise to work together to create a safe, trusting, and fun learning environment to support our learning, our students’ learning and classroom practice. As a learning community, we engage in a continuous cycle of inquiry and improvement. We pose questions, set goals for deep learning, plan, investigate, analyze, theorize, self-assess, and reflect. We focus on how we learn and how our students learn. We focus on results. We connect what we learn from this course, to other courses, extracurricular activity, and our personal lives. We communicate effectively our personal goals and needs for learning and support. We promise to be: Be Respectful Be Positive Be Active, Attentive and Focused Have an Open Mind and Take Risks Be Mutually Caring and Supportive

9. Three Biggest Compliments 1. I feel more confident. 2. In this course, I learned more than how to teach science. 3. I am more mindful about my own learning and my students’ learning.

10. What I Hope I Can Say About Each of You 1. You are more confident. 2. You are a deep learner. 3. You learned more in this course than how to teach science. 4. You are mindful of your own learning and your students’ learning.