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Class
Date
Topic Covered
Readings Due
Other Preparation Due
1 Aug. 27
Tuesday
Grace Coolidge
Overview of Assignments.
Perspectives on the Course.
The Academic and Social Structures.
Discipline, Misbehavior, Tips for Week One.
 . .
2 Sept. 4
Classroom Behavior as a Sociological Event.
Status Order and the Academic Structure.
Establishing Classroom Norms.
 Cohen: Chapters 1, 2, 3.

Review the CI norms in the back of the
coursepack.

 Bring in a list of your classroom rules.
Be prepared to talk about how they were
"set". 
3 Sept. 11
Reflection on September 11th.

Creating An Encouraging World.
Seeing and Describing Behavior.
The Four Goals of Misbehavior.

 .Albert: Chapters 1, 2, 3, + introduction

Coursepack: Chapter 1

 Ask your teacher about how the school 
dealt with the events of September 11th
on 9/11 and during the days that followed. Is
there anythink happening this year?  What is
the nature of the conversations?
4 Sept. 18
Creating An Encouraging World.
Praise and Encouragement.
Assigning Competence to Multiple Abilities.
 .Albert: Chapters 4,5,6,13

Coursepack: #3

 ** Questions About Vt-NEA...see
asterisk at bottom of page.
5  Sept. 25
Structures Due.
Creating An Encouraging World.
Individual Behavior and Group  Process:
The Target Children.

Running Classroom Meetings for Social 
Problem Solving.

 Albert: Chapters 7,8,9,10.
Review Chapter 13.		 .
6 October 2 
Creating An Encouraging World.

Classroom Meetings, continued.

 Coursepack:  Chapter 12.
Be prepared to explain how you create the
structure for classroom meetings.
Review a URL re: classroom meetings.		 www.ethicsed.org/consulting/meetingideas.htn
www.ethicsed.org/consulting/Class.htm

maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715 MCINTYRE/GlasserMeeting.html
7 October 9
Creating An Encouraging World

Social Skills and Skillbuilders.

 Cohen Chapter  3. and 4.  Read through skillbuilders in Cohen Appendix.
8 October 16
Discipline 
Due
Teaching Successful Academic Collaboration.

Building On Strengths Through Rich Tasks.
Designing Rich Tasks.

 Cohen Chapters 3-6.
Know the characteristics of rich
tasks.		 Fun class today.  Mask Making.  Discipline
discussion.  Organization of CI.
9 October 23
Teaching Successful Academic Collaboration
Multiple Ability Tasks and CI Rotations.
The Big Idea.
The Cards:  activity, resource, and 
individual report
 Bring your Theme/Unit TItle.

Bring in a big idea, central to the Unit.

Bring 6-7 ideas for rich tasks
that address the big idea.

 Designing our rotation.

Making our Task Cards.

Getting the children ready.

Getting ourselves ready.
10 October 30
Cards Due.
Teaching Successful Academic Collaboration.
Card Critique. 

Final Polish.

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. November 6
solo week
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. November 13
solo week
 . .
11 November 20
Teaching Successful Academic Collaboration.
Debriefing.
How'd the Children Do?
 . .
. November 27
Thanksgiving Vacation
 . .
12 December 4

CI Write-up
Due.

Caption Due.
Impacting Learning Through Manipulating 
The Academic and Social Structure.
Have Tos and Love Tos.

Captions.

 . We'll do the Caption Assignment
in class.

 
  • **Questions We Agreed To Ask In Our Respective Schools**
  • What are the pros and cons of joining an association (union)?
  • Why have you joined?  Were you pressured? What happens if you say "no" ?
  • What are your responsibilities once you join?
  • What does the association do for you?  What are its protections?
  • How much does it cost?
  • What are the responsibilities of membership?
  • What about the kids?  Is there any relationship between association activity and the children in your classroom?
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