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Spring, 2017
Wednesday, 6:30-9:20pm
Room 357, Round Rock
CI 5306
CI 5306 is a course designed for students who are earning the M.Ed. in
Secondary Education along with their initial teacher certification, the revised
CI 5306 and as such will, will serve as the Capstone course for graduation.
The course is taken in the final semester of graduate work and has as
prerequisites CI 5390, CI 5314, CI 5363, CI 5370 and RDG 5324. Through
utilizing the Danielson Framework for Teaching in the CI 5306 course,
students will compile a reflective electronic portfolio of artifacts
representative of their graduate degree program and will design an
individualized professional growth plan to support their continued
professional development beyond their graduate program. A Faculty Jury
Panel will assess the portfolio and professional growth plan and a satisfactory
assessment of both is required in order to graduate.
Course Goals: Successful completion of this course will enable students to:
Hone their teacher reflection skills and to integrate these skills into
their professional practice as they exit their graduate programs and
progress through their careers as professional educators,
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Assignments Grad
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Electronic Portfolio 50
Class Discussion Activities
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Students will then return to their original group to tour the installations. At
each installation, the person who assisted in the preparation of the
installation will be the expert on that reading and the related installation
and will then the responsibility of explaining it to the others in the group.
Throughout this activity, each group members will be exposed to a total of 4
professional readings and will be the expert on one reading and have the
responsibility of explaining it to other group members.
CI 5389
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Action Research Project Findings Report 50
Reflective Article Analysis from a Selected Action Research Study 10
Workshop Presentation and Participation 5
Professional Conference Proposal and presentation (based upon
20
Action Research Project)
Homework:
1/25
CI5306:
Read Assigned Articles on Teacher Reflection (Each S will be
assigned 1 of 4 readings), and locate a reflective literature piece
6 Domain I Cont.
Group Work To Build Installation on Assigned
2/22 Reading
Gallery Tours of Installations
Debrief of Insights Gleaned from Collection of
Readings
Activity on Working with Your Domain 1 Artifacts
Individual research conferencing (5389) Troubleshooting
Homework:
5306: Finalize Your Domain 1 Artifact Selection and Complete
Analytic Reflection of Artifact
5389: Independent Work on Action Research Project: Mixed
Methods Design activity
Homework:
5306: Finalize Your Domain 3 Artifact Selection and Complete
Analytic Reflection of Artifact
5389: Independent Work on Action Research Project: Data
collection
11 Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities
Professors Introduction to Domain 4
4/5 Extension Activity Related to Domain 4
Discussion of the Decision To Choose or Create a
Domain 4 Artifact
Individual Research Conferencing (5389) Troubleshooting
Homework:
All: Read and Be Prepared To Discuss Your Assigned Article on
Domain 4 (Each S will be assigned 1 of 4 readings).
5389: Independent Work on Action Research Project: Data
collection
12 Domain 4 Cont.
Group Work To Build Installation on Assigned
Reading
4/12 Gallery Tours of Installations
Debrief of Insights Gleaned from Collection of
Readings
Activity on Working with Your Domain 4 Artifacts
Individual Research Conferencing (5389) Analyzing data
Homework:
5306: Finalize Your Domain 4 Artifact Selection and Complete
Analytic Reflection of Artifact
5389: Work on Action Research Project: Writing up the results
13 Looking to The Future: Formulating A Professional Growth
Plan
4/19 Overview of Assignment Guidelines for Personalized
Professional Growth Plan
Rough draft of research document (5389)
Homework:
5306: Complete first draft of your Personalized Professional
Growth Plan and prepare your electronic portfolio for review of
peers
5389: Writing up the results
In class Peer review of all presentation products:
14 Class Activity of Personalized Growth Plans and portfolios
Final Touches on Portfolio Preparation/Research projects
4/26 Review of Portfolio/Research Evaluation Criteria &
Presentation Evaluation Criteria
Homework: Submit your Revised Personalized Growth Plan and
Be Prepared To Present your electronic portfolio for review by
faculty jury panel
Comprehensive Portfolio Presentations & Evaluations by
15 Faculty Jury Panel
5/3
A. Grading Scale
A 90 to 100
B 80 to 89
C 70 to 70
D 60 to 69
F 0 to 59
All work is due at the beginning of the class. In the case of an emergency,
students are allowed to submit one assignment after the due date;
however, a twenty percent grade reduction will occur. The late
assignment must be submitted within 24 hours of the due date. Additional
late assignments will not be accepted. Work should be submitted
electronically through TRACS.
2 tardies = 1 absence
F. Writing Expectations
Graduate education students must be proficient in the computer literacy skills necessary to
communicate content in a professional and concise manner. These skills include but are not
limited to the following:
Locating and retrieving files in various directories and from course management online
sources such as TRACS, electronic reserve, and LiveText;
Accessing scholarly publications from online search engines/databases;
Saving files in multiple locations (i.e. flash drive, computer hard drive, network folders);
Recognizing and saving files in various formats (.bmp, .jpg, .pdf, etc.);
Using multiple ways to accomplish the same task including keyboard shortcuts, icons,
and menus;
Using software programs common to teaching such as PowerPoint and Word; and
H. Special Circumstances