KIN 545 – Perceptual Motor Development

Daily Lesson Plans/Weekly Logs

Off - campus

First

• Go to http://www.missouristate.edu/PMDL/

• Download the “off campus practicum requirements” document from the student information section

– Peruse this information

• Keep a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your practicum teacher

Procedures• You are required to submit four formal lesson

plans on-line (Blackboard Lesson Plans) at the end of the semester

• You do not have to present formal lesson plans for each meeting at your site

• Your lesson plans may be formatted in the style that you use in your department as long as they include:– Your name/the date

– Objectives

– Activities engaged in

Your 4 Lesson Plans

• You should not include the real name of the child you are working with!

• Gender and age should be included

Procedures - continued

• You must write a daily or weekly log – worth 20% of your practicum grade - of your laboratory experience which should include:– Highlights

– Lowlights

– Issues of significance

– Perspectives on progress or lack of

– Your discoveries – teaching and motivational techniques, behavior issues, things that work and/or do not work with this child, etc. regarding the child with whom you are working

Procedures -

• Submit the Log weekly via Journal on Blackboard

• Access Lesson Plans and Weekly Logs in the left column of your course Blackboard Site. Read and follow the directions listed.

• BE SURE to send your daily/weekly logs by 12pm Monday (latest) of the week after your practicum meetings

Lab Procedures - continued

• Unless otherwise indicated, you should meet with your child twice a week for 1 hour per session

• Before you meet with your assigned child, you should his/her situation with your cooperating teacher

• Utilize the laboratory manual for ideas for your activities

• Note* - there are numerous other resources for activities in the lab cabinet

Policies

• Attendance*** (Class)– Attendance will be taken in each class via Turning Point

Response Cards or Response Ware devices

– If you miss class, you should access the appropriate PowerPoint lecture on Blackboard

– Do Not call or e-mail and ask me to call you back and go over what you missed in class – First - check the Sequence of topics handout the information is on the PowerPoint lecture under course documents on blackboard – other pertinent information will be listed under blackboard announcements

– In class credit bearing assignments are completed in class

Lecture Attendance (continued)

• In order to receive credit for in class points, you are required to be in class during the activity

– Everyone will receive 13 free points at the end of the semester to accommodate for what I consider an acceptable number of absences

– If you are ill, please DO NOT ask me how to make up missed points; the 13 free points are designed for this purpose.

Attendance (continued)

• If you have a field trip in another class or other related non-KIN 545 assignment and miss class on any given day, you will still lose points in this class for non-attendance

• NCAA sponsored events are the only exception to this rule; if you are an NCAA sponsored athlete, however, you must make arrangements with the instructor to make up the missed work to receive credit for the missed class

Procedures - continued

• If you have to miss a lab session

– First, call the teacher first and cancel; don’t wait until the last minute

– Second, call or e-mail me, so I know that you will not be here

– Be sure to include the reason why you are missing/missed your session

• If you fail to follow this procedure you will lose half of your practicum grade (unless there is a documented emergency)

Procedures - continued

• Lab Observations

– I will try to observe everyone in the labs at least once, assuming I have no teaching schedule conflict; I WILL NOT schedule any observations in advance; I’ll just arrive at your site at any arbitrary time.

– If I visit you at your placement and you are not there and I have not been forewarned, you will be removed from the practicum and you will not be reassigned to any other practicum. This translates to 0 points in any practicum related assignment(s).

Procedures - other

• First Few Days –

– Get to know the situation that you are working in and work with the cooperating teacher to determine the child with whom you will be working; establish communication with the teacher from the first day regarding what happens in your setting maintain this communication throughout the semester

– Be on time! every day

– Engage the child in activities for about 20 minutes per meeting

• Dress appropriately for the lab

Instructor’s role

• Your cooperating teacher has the last word in your placement

• I will intervene in the laboratory only if absolutely necessary

Additional information

• Refer to the student section of the course website

– Perceptual Motor Development Lab - Missouri State University

Finally ~• A word to the wise

– This is a rarity …. But

• If you do not take this placement seriously, I’ll warn you once

• If you continue to not take the placement seriously, I’ll remove you from your practicum and NOT reassign you to another practicum setting

• If a cooperating teacher or building supervisor complainsabout your work or lack of with your assigned child, and I deem that the complaint is valid, I will remove you from the practicum and not reassign you to another setting In addition I will refer the teacher/supervisor to your department chair, and will send my own letter to that individual regarding the complaint

Syllabus

• Be sure that you have reviewed the Turning Technologies rules and requirements (Response Cards and Response Ware) located on your syllabus.

• Be sure you have reviewed the grading procedures for this class located on your syllabus.