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AED 201 Week 9 Final Project Professional Development Plan Resources: Introduction to Teaching, Appendix A, and INTASC principles athttp://cte.jhu.edu/pds/resources/intasc_principles.htm Review the guidelines in Appendix A. Use Appendix A to help you create a Professional Development Plan a component that may be added to your professional portfolio. Write a 2,100 to 2,500 word paper composed in Microsoft © Word, include answers to the following questions: 1. What are your goals in the next 5 years? In the next 10 or more years? 2. What steps are necessary to get you to your goals? What obstacles might you foresee and how will you overcome them? 3. What is one principle from the INTASC Principles Web site (http://cte.jhu.edu/pds/resources/intasc_principles.htm ) that you feel you must improve the most to be effective in the education profession? What existing professional development programs might you pursue to address the need to improve in this area? 4. What professional development programs might you enroll in to help you prepare to meet the diverse needs of today’s learners? 5. How will you evaluate your progress? What will help keep you motivated toward achieving those goals? 6. What professional organizations will you join? Explain why. What do you expect to gain from membership in these organizations? 7. What techniques will you use to help you develop leadership skills? Format your paper according to APA standards. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com AED 201 Week 9 Capstone DQ How has this course impacted your impressions of what to expect personally and professionally as you enter a career in education?

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AED 201 Week 9 Final Project Professional Development Plan

Resources: Introduction to Teaching, Appendix A, and INTASC principles

athttp://cte.jhu.edu/pds/resources/intasc_principles.htm

Review the guidelines in Appendix A.

Use Appendix A to help you create a Professional Development Plan a component

that may be added to your professional portfolio.

Write a 2,100 to 2,500 word paper composed in Microsoft©

Word, include

answers to the following questions:

1. What are your goals in the next 5 years? In the next 10 or more years?

2. What steps are necessary to get you to your goals? What obstacles might you

foresee and how will you overcome them?

3. What is one principle from the INTASC Principles Web site

(http://cte.jhu.edu/pds/resources/intasc_principles.htm ) that you feel you

must improve the most to be effective in the education profession? What

existing professional development programs might you pursue to address the

need to improve in this area?

4. What professional development programs might you enroll in to help you

prepare to meet the diverse needs of today’s learners?

5. How will you evaluate your progress? What will help keep you motivated

toward achieving those goals?

6. What professional organizations will you join? Explain why. What do you

expect to gain from membership in these organizations?

7. What techniques will you use to help you develop leadership skills?

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 9 Capstone DQ

How has this course impacted your impressions of what to expect personally and

professionally as you enter a career in education?

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AED 201 Week 8 Individual Assignment Mentoring vs Induction Programs

Resources: Web search or University Library, and Ch. 13 in Introduction to

Teaching

Examine programs that encourage individuals to stay in the profession of teaching

and lower the attrition rate.

Write a 1,000- to 1,200-word paper addressing the following:

1. How does a mentoring program differ from an induction program?

2. Are mentoring and induction programs equally effective?

3. What kind of support is available for new teachers that participate in these

types of programs?

4. As a paraprofessional, what will your role be in a mentoring or an induction

program?

5. Based on your research, what do these programs lack and what kinds of

additional features would improve these programs?

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AED 201 Week 8 Exercise Characteristics of Effective Classrooms

Exercise: Characteristics of Effective Classrooms

Resource: Introduction to Teaching companion Web site

at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

Read the case study on p. 421 of the text.

Complete question 11 on the text companion Web site.

Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

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From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 11.

From the menu on the left, select Increasing Understanding.

Answer question 11 by typing your answer in the box provided.

When you are finished, click the Submit Answers for Grading button at the bottom.

Scroll down to question 11 and read the feedback

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AED 201 Week 7 DQ 2

According to Ch. 12 of the text, there are barriers that prevent the implementation

of technology in classrooms. Based on your experiences or observations, what

barriers exist that are not mentioned in Ch. 12? Discuss possible solutions to these

barriers. You may want to use the Internet to research this topic.

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AED 201 Week 7 DQ 1

Are there certain curricular areas in which technology is more useful than in

others? Explain your answer

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AED 201 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology Use Timeline

CheckPoint: Technology Use Timeline

Resource: Appendix D

Research the use of technology in schools from 1980 until present day.

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Use Appendix D to fill in a timeline with events to depict the changes in school

technology since 1980. You must discuss a minimum of two events per decade, for

a total of at least six events.

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 6 Individual Assignment Rights and Responsibilities of

Educators and Students

Resources: Appendix C, the University Library, and Ch. 9 of Introduction to

Teaching

Complete Appendix C by filling in the following:

Perform a search of the University Library databases and locate four school-related

court cases (with outcomes decided), two of which involve educators as defendants

and two of which involve students as defendants.

Provide an overview of each court case, outcome, and opinion regarding whether

the outcome fits the allegation.

State and discuss whether you agree or disagree with each outcome. Base your

opinion on legal and ethical standards as discussed in Ch. 9 of the text.

Explain what would have been just based on the rights and responsibilities of

those involved (if you do not agree with the outcome).

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 6 Exercise Teacher Liability

Exercise: Teacher Liability

Resource: Introduction to Teaching companion Web site

at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

Answer three questions on the text companion web site.

Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 9.

From the menu on the left, select Reflect on This.

Click on Classroom Management.

Answer all three questions.

When you are finished, click the Submit Answers for Grading button at the bottom.

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AED 201 Week 5 DQ 2

Many U.S. citizens believe that parents and students should have the right to

school choice. Others, however, believe school choice will create greater

stratification and segregation among public schools. (For example, strong schools

will have better equipped students and weaker schools will have more challenging,

less-prepared students).

Consult the roster posted in the below to determine the school choice viewpoint

assigned to you. After reviewing Ch. 8 and Internet articles relating to school

vouchers, post an informed statement from a parent’s point of view that is meant to

persuade voters to support your position.

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Respond respectfully to a classmate’s post as if you are a teacher with the opposite

point of view. Explain why you are opposed to your classmate’s statement.

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AED 201 Week 5 DQ 1

Determine which factors may explain that most of the higher per-pupil

expenditures are found in the Northeastern and upper Midwest states and the lower

per-pupil expenditures are found in the South and West. In your opinion, what

needs to happen to create a balance in school funding across regions?

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AED 201 Week 5 CheckPoint Governance and Effecting Change in Schools

CheckPoint: Governance and Effecting Change in Schools

Resource: p.275 of Introduction to Teaching

Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following:

Assume you are a teacher who would like to address a technology issue at your

school. Many of the students’ textbooks provide Web links for engaging

enrichment activities. Each classroom has five computers, but there is only one

computer connected to the Internet per room and the computers are all at least five

years old. Your peers, students, and their parents all support your desire to increase

Internet access in the classroom for instructional purposes.

In your response, address the following:

1. What would you have to do to increase Internet access? List the steps you

would have to take or who you would have to contact to have this change

take place in the classrooms at your school.

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2. Address each level (starting from your school site) that would need to be

involved within the administrative structure pictured on p. 275 of the text.

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 4 Individual Assignment Characteristics of At Risk Students

Write a 700- to 1,100-word paper that includes your description of the category of

at-risk students you chose and the programs you found for the selected type of at-

risk students.

Explain what components make the program(s) beneficial and ‘exemplary’.

Evaluate how well the programs ensure they reach all targeted students and how

well students’ needs are met.

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement

CheckPoint: Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement

Resource: School Matters Web site at http://www.schoolmatters.com and p. 134 of

Introduction to Teaching

Navigate to http://www.schoolmatters.com and locate the district you live in or

want to work in. Browse either district or school-specific data regarding SES

status, then complete the following:

Identify the name and location of the school or school district you’re investigating,

include this information in your response.

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Locate and record information that would indicate SES of the school or district

(such as household income, students eligible for free/reduced lunch fee program,

education level of parents, and so forth).

Locate and record information that would indicate student achievement (such as

performance on standardized tests).

Compare and discuss actual student achievement scores with your expectations

based on your observations of SES. Did your observations match your

expectations? Explain why or why not.

Search the Web to see how your community might be involved at the school or

district you’re investigating. School, district, city, chamber of commerce, county,

or state Web sites may provide information. What programs, if any, exist for the

school or district that address the needs of students having low SES? What types of

programs should or could the school, district, or community provide? Discuss at

least one program.

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AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education

Checkpoint: History of American Education

Resource: Interactive Timeline and Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

Identify the three major periods and the two major eras in the history of American

education as discussed in Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

Copy and paste the following Web site address for the history of American

education timeline into your Web

browser: http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_johnson_introfound_13/0,9143,1377249-

,00.html

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Select and list one event within each of the five historical periods or eras that stand

out to you. List the events in chronological order, and identify the period or era for

each event.

Discuss in 250 to 300-words, how one of the events has shaped today’s classroom

and how that event is still reflected in today’s classroom.

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AED 201 Week 3 DQ 2

What factors influence how educational experiences of boys differ from

educational experiences of girls? Respond to a classmate’s post from the

perspective of either a school-aged boy or girl; identify which perspective you

represent, and explain why you agree or disagree with your classmate’s post.

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AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1

Is it best to adjust instruction to teach in accordance with individual learning

styles, or should students experience and be encouraged to participate in activities

that require learning styles other than those they naturally prefer? In other words, if

a child’s preferred learning style is visual and field independent (prefers to work

alone), should all instruction be based on visual, independent activities, or should

the student also be accountable for participation in group activities that incorporate

other modes of learning (for example, bodily/kinesthetic, auditory, and so forth)?

Explain your answer then respectfully respond to a classmate’s post with an

opposing viewpoint.

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AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students

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CheckPoint: Learning Needs of Diverse Students

Resource: Appendix B and Ch. 3 of Introduction to Teaching

Identify at least two types of diverse learners as discussed in Ch. 3 of the text

Search for effective teaching practices for the two types of learners on the Internet

and in the text

List effective teaching practices for both types of learners

List the Web addresses for information retrieved from online sources

Select one instructional practice from your list. How might this practice be applied

to both types of learners you identified? Can this single practice be effective for all

learners? Explain why or why not. Conduct this discussion in the appropriate

section within Appendix B.

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AED 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional

Schedule a brief 15-minute interview with a teacher or a teacher’s aide. The

interview may be in person, by phone, via e-mail, or in an instant message chat.

Include the following questions in your interview:

1. What are some examples of typical, quick decisions teachers make on a daily

basis?

2. What were the five most difficult school-related decisions you made this

week? What made them difficult?

3. What was the affect of those decisions on the classroom environment? Were

the decisions effective?

4. Develop two other pertinent questions related to the characteristics of

classrooms as discussed in Ch. 2 of the text.

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Write a 750- to 1,050-word reflection on the interview that addresses the

following:

Sort each of the five most difficult decisions into the five characteristics of

classrooms discussed in Ch. 2, beginning on p.54. Explain how each situation fits

into each of the classroom characteristics.

1. Describe the complexities the teacher or aide faced when making their

decisions.

2. Do you agree with the decisions he or she made based on the situations?

3. What would you have done if you were in his or her shoes? Depending on the

situations, what resources would have helped to ease decision-making?

4. What rationale would you base your decisions on?

Include your reaction to the responses of the two additional questions you asked.

Format your paper according to APA standards.

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AED 201 Week 2 Exercise Case Study the Roles of a Teacher Part 1 and Part

2

Resource: Case Study on p. 62 of Introduction to Teaching and the text companion

Web site

Answer question #5 on the text companion Web site.

Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2/

From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 2.

From the menu on the left, select Increasing Understanding.

Answer question 5 by typing your answer in the box provided.

When you are finished, click the Submit Answers for Grading button at the bottom.

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AED 201 Week 2 Checkpoint Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule

CheckPoint: Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule

Resource: Ch. 2 of Introduction to Teaching

Use a Microsoft® Excel or Word table function to propose and create a schedule of

school-related tasks for a typical teaching day from the time you arrive at school

until the time you leave school at the end of the day. Remember to take into

account the education level you expect to teach (elementary or secondary).

Search the Internet for three time management tips for teachers.

List the tips, in a separate document and answer this question: How do you think

these tips will affect your daily schedule as an educator? Provide a comment on

how each one serves to improve your success or reduce your daily stress.

Format your sources according to APA standards

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AED 201 Week 1 DQ 2

In your opinion, will teacher reforms (such as comprehensive testing of teachers or

requiring ongoing professional development) attract or intimidate individuals from

joining the teaching profession? How do the reforms affect your own desire to

enter the profession? Explain your answers.

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AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1

Identify internal or external rewards that impact recruitment and retention of

quality teachers. How do such rewards influence recruitment or retention? How

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might these rewards shift as new accountability-centered teacher reforms are

proposed such as merit pay and competency testing?

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AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career

Write a 200- to 300- word paper in which you list 3 to 5 factors that define

teaching as a professional career. Elaborate on how these factors are employed by

teachers on a daily basis.

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AED 201 Complete Course

AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career

AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1

AED 201 Week 1 DQ 2

AED 201 Week 2 Checkpoint Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule

AED 201 Week 2 Exercise Case Study the Roles of a Teacher Part 1 and Part 2

AED 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional

AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students

AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1

AED 201 Week 3 DQ 2

AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education

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AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement

AED 201 Week 4 Individual Assignment Characteristics of At Risk Students

AED 201 Week 5 CheckPoint Governance and Effecting Change in Schools

AED 201 Week 5 DQ 1

AED 201 Week 5 DQ 2

AED 201 Week 6 Exercise Teacher Liability

AED 201 Week 6 Individual Assignment Rights and Responsibilities of Educators

and Students

AED 201 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology Use Timeline

AED 201 Week 7 DQ 1

AED 201 Week 7 DQ 2

AED 201 Week 8 Exercise Characteristics of Effective Classrooms

AED 201 Week 8 Individual Assignment Mentoring vs Induction Programs

AED 201 Week 9 Capstone DQ

AED 201 Week 9 Final Project Professional Development Plan

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