Clinicals

=Documents and Information about your Clinical Experience= Here is where I will post important information regarding the 20 clinical hours associated with this course.

Thursday April 2 Peer Assessment Form: Fill this form out, and bring it to class the day the Part 4 paper is due.

Monday Feb. 9 The schedule for clinicals has been posted. See the schedule at the following link on the Metcalf page. http://www.metcalf.ilstu.edu./clinical/webpagedocs/teachered.html

Metcalf Teaching (7 Hours)
This Document explains the 4-part paper that will accompany the Metcalf Teaching Experience.

Part 1: Assessment of the Learner
See more information in Week 3 (The "Reading for Information" survey is found on pg. 199 in your textbook.)

The BWC rubric can be used to assess a writing sample you take from a student. Helps you to quantify a writing score.

Sample Part 1 Paper

Part 2: Assessment of the Text
See more information in Week 5

Sample Part 2 Paper

Part 3:
Writing the Lesson Plan See more information in Week 7 Here is my lesson plan template. One is empty, and the other describes what goes into each area of the lesson plan.

(Here is the link to the Teacher Education website. It describes this Language Arts Assessment, and includes the rubric by which you will be assessed for this assignment.) http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/teacheredcenter/pba/downloads/literacy_assessment_language_arts_08_04.pdf Here is a pdf file of the exact same thing.

Additional Hours (13 Hours)
****Updated**** (Feb. 18) Updated!!!!!!! (Now includes 5 Metcalf hours!) This document describe the different ways you may choose to get your additional 13 clinical hours. Once you choose the type of observations you want to do. The documents below, will give you more details.

If you choose to self-place to do some middle level observations, this document will help you focus your observations. This document also contains the directions on how to write good field notes.

If you want to job shadow a middle school teacher, this document includes details of what the reflection paper should include.

This document is to help you observe an individual student during a clinical experience.

Sample Student Observation (you don't have to type yours!)

One way you can choose to fulfill the additional 8 hours of clinical experience is to volunteer as a Tutor. These 2 documents explain how you sign up.

Community Observation Tips