I will send information to assist you with this course throughout the semester.

Some may be shared as announcements and emails and some will be posted as email only. You should check your email often for important updates as these updates are reminders of tests, discussion boards, assignments, and any other pertinent information. These reminders are to help you stay on track! The dates for tests, discussion boards, and assignments are also posted in the course calendar in your syllabus as well as the electronic calendar in GaView! ost of your !uestions may be answered by reading your course syllabus as well as clicking the "#et$s %egin& folder on the course homepage. 'lease read your syllabus thoroughly for details of what$s re!uired for the course. (lassroom obser)ations are re!uired by the *ni)ersity System of Georgia for all +ducation ma,ors. You will need to begin searching for a site to obser)e this week since it is sometimes difficult to get criminal background checks completed in a timely manner. If you plan to complete your hours in -ougherty (ounty Schools, You *ST go to the personnel office to re!uest a ./++ criminal background check. I suggest you take care of this immediately. If you are in a different county, Y0* would need to check with the school system to find out if they re!uire a background check. 1gain, this needs to be completed 1S1'! 'lease do not procrastinate! You need to confirm a site no later than ne2t week! .or students in -ougherty (ounty, the personnel office for all schools is located downtown across for the 3, G, 4 # building. -ougherty (ounty will send me a list of students whose background checks are cleared but sometimes they forget, therefore, you should check back with them in about a week to see if you are cleared for obser)ations. If you are taking more than one education course, you must complete 10 hours of observations for EACH class and submit a different portfolio for each class. Your portfolios should reflect 5 different perspecti)es of your obser)ations. .or 6778, you are obser)ing the teachers preparation, strategies, and beha)iors used. .or 6768, you are looking for di)ersity in population such as a race, handicap, or religion and how a student9s: learns differently and how the teacher reacts with the child9ren:. .or 6758, you are obser)ing the children;s beha)iors, discipline strategies used by the teachers, and other information as related to that course. If you ha)e any !uestions, do not hesitate to email me. There are no -* % !uestions. I respond !uickly to emails )ersus phone calls but only email in the GaView email site. I am here for your success!