1. Chapter 2 EDU 380

2.  ETP Lesson Plan questions  D2L  Teaching Centers  Indian Education for All (IEfA)  SMART BOARD  Billings SD2 Curricula  Issues re: Teacher Responsibilities  Reflective Decision Making  Legal Guidelines  Teaching Style (Instructional Competencies, Teaching Tools)  Commitment

3.  The teacher must be a REFLECTIVE decision maker.  While students have rights against discrimination, student safety should always come first.  Teachers need insurance for liability.  Teacher may use a variety of teaching styles  Multilevel Instruction  Individualized Instruction  Differentiated Instruction

4.  Teachers are accountable for both instructional and non-instructional responsibilities  Review the list of Characteristics of a Competent Classroom Teacher (pp. 35-38) Three basic rules: a. know why you use a specific strategy b. enable students to think critically c. the effectiveness of a teacher is measured by how well the students learn

5.  Structuring the learning environment  Accepting and sharing instructional accountability  Demonstrating “Withitness” and overlapping  Motivating and challenging activities  Modeling appropriate behaviors  Facilitating student acquisition of data  Creating a safe environment  Clarifying whenever necessary  Using period of silence  Questioning thoughtfully

6.  Cautions and guidelines for using the Internet  Professional documents (journals, ERIC)  Copyright laws and recommendations  Community as Resources (Guest Speakers)  Field trips  Media tools (projectors, SMART boards, etc.)  Distance Learning

7.  Which five teacher characteristics from Chapter 2 (p. 35-38) are most important and why?  Teachers copy printed materials all the time. When is that permitted and when is it prohibited?  Should teachers use social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter to communicate with students? What the advantages? Disadvantages?  With the explosion of technology in the past five years, will printed textbooks become obsolete? Should they?

8.  Read Chapter 2 and be ready to discuss it by Thursday, Feb. 2 nd.  You may want to start reading Chapter 3 to be ready for next Wednesday, Feb. 8 th.  Threaded Discussion A (graded) starts Thursday, Feb. 1 st (get on Thurs. or Friday or you will lose 1 pt.) and ends Monday, Feb. 6 th at midnight.  Work on your second lesson plan (middle school) which includes one of the teaching models other than the traditional (due Feb. 14)  Schedule next Tuesday: 12:10-12:40 Music, 12:40- 1:10 Art, 1:10-1:40 P.E.