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   EDU 495 and EDU 495A
Student Teaching Seminar
Instructor: Paula Lenz plenz@creighton.edu
2 Credit Hours

Course Overview

Student Teaching Seminar is an opportunity to reflect on the day to day teaching process: working with students from every background and diversity, working with students in adverse situations that may arise in our daily teaching, THE HOW to handling situations, grades, conferences, balancing the reality of teaching with the ideal that we learned in teacher training will be addressed.

Communication with instructor is required. If you are not sure ask instructor or someone in the Department of Education.

Attendance in Seminar is required or your grade will be lowered every time you miss. There will be no excuses for not attending without emailing the instructor and the Department of Education.*

Multiple topics will be covered:
  • Lesson Plans
  • Professionalism: dress, make-up, communication, attendance in SEMINAR - SPEAKER
  • Communication: with instructor, cooperating teacher, CSM
  • Grading: daily, participation grades, accuracy
  • Discipline vs. Self – Discipline
  • Certification – SPEAKER
  • Role Play situations when inappropriate behavior occurs
  • How to interview? – SPEAKER
  • Role Play interviewing for the ideal position
  • Conferencing with parents
  • Conferencing with TEAM: IEP conferences, curriculum meetings – SPEAKER
  • Time to work on your PORTFOLIO – Guest Expert: Brendan Schulz
  • Completion and presentation of YOUR WORKING PORTFOLIO
  • Student Teaching Seminar Journal
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    Responsibilities:

    Keep the instructor informed of ALL challenges & accomplishments

    When in doubt email instructor at one of the following addresses:

    a. plenz@creighton.edu (home email)

    b. palenz@vjskutt.creighton.edu (Skutt email from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM)

    c. plenz@csm.edu (CSM email)

    Grading

    Note, this class is a two credit-hour seminar that students take while student teaching. Consequently, It is structured totally different than any other class. Students basically work all day.   Each starts with an A and  loses points if she does not participate in class or attend. I try to be very positive and make sure that student teaching is the students' first priority.

     

     

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