Congratulations!

Congratulations on this point in your professional teaching journey & looking forward to your FULL TIME STUDENT TEACHING Experience Spring 2011!
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Happy Holidays & Happy New Year.................Frances

WEEK of NOV. 8 Prestudent Teaching

Dear Prestudent Teachers,
I have ben hearing about your preparations for your 10 day student teaching some starting this week and most next week. Remember to ask your Cooperating teacher to:
1. Videotape a portion of you teaching one of your lessons and talk about it together. You will post your video reflection to your webpage.

2. Ask your Cooperating Teacher to formally observe you during your solo teaching experience. You can supply her with an obsevation form from our UNM Handbook or she may use one from the school. This you will keep to include in your professional portfolio.

3. Engage in a Dialogue journal about an issue, question or concern prompted by your lesson, teaching, classroom management, routines, students, etc.

I encourage you to keep a teacher's journal from now on. This will help you in becoming reflective practitioners in your teaching career.

I hope you are transitioning to think like teachers now!

If you have not sent me your 10 day solo teaching schedule of days and times, please email me them to me at fvitali@unm.edu by Friday, Nov. 12.

Thank you and look forward to your reflections below............Frances

WEEK of NOV. 1 Online Reflections

Dear Prestudent Teachers,
Now that you are settling into your classroom with your CT , students, routines, how does it feel? Are you team teaching, teaching any lessons yet? I will be visiting each of you in the next couple of weeks for a brief encounter. Please email me the date and times you will be in your respective school classrooms. Thank you, Frances (fvitali@unm.edu)

Week of October 25 Reflection Posts

How is your first week in your classroom? Please post your reflections below so we can all share in your excitment!-)......Frances

October 5, 2010

We visited McKinley Elementary School today, October 5. We thank Jennifer Hank, Carla Pfeffer, Lesa Christian, Kelly Hanon and Sandy McGee for letting us observe in their classrooms. Please visit the photo album as our way of saying thank you below.

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McCormick & Northeast School Visits - Sept. 28

Dear UNM Prestudent Teachers,
Our Elementary School visits will take us to McCormick & Northeast Elementary Schools today.

12:30 -1:30pm
Meet at McCormick Elementary School (Lyn White, Principal)
1:45-2:45pm
Meet at Northeast Elementary School (Joe Parks, Principal)
3pm
Meet at FMS HR Tamara’s Office to review Substitute Teaching Forms

I will meet individually with you about:
• Phase II Solo Teaching Placements
• Presentation Reflection package of your learning so far
• Any concerns
Thank you, Frances

Thank you, Principal Lyn White & McCormick Elementart School Teachers & Staff

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Thank you, Principal Joe Parks & Northeast Elementary School Teachers & Staff

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Hermosa Middle School Visit

THANK YOU, Hermosa Middle School Principal Mark Harris, Social Studies Teacher Will Knight, Gifted Teacher Susan Boyles, School Nurse Christy Lewis and School Resource Coordinator Officer DeLese.

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You made us feel welcome in your school. Thank you, Frances & UNM Preservice Teachers


Dear Pre-Service Teachers:

Please see Substitute Teacher Application and complete by next Tuesday, Sept. 28. I will contact Tamara about checking your application forms on Sept. 28.

I will arrange school visits to McCormick and Northeast Elementary Schools for next Tuesday, Sept. 28.

During your second Kid Watching Observation, collect data on one particular student's behavior using a Frequency Table or Chart.

Next week I will be asking you for names of teachers you wish to work with in your Teaching Phase II.

Thank you, Frances

THANK YOU!

Thank you Heights Middle School Principal Janet Hunter and Mesa Verde Elementary School Principal Cindy Sosaya for welcoming us to your School.

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Sept. 14 School Visits

I hope today was a productive day for you in your visit to Mosaic and McCoy Aztec Schools.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 14, we will visiting Mesa Verde School at 12:30pm and Heights at 1:30pm.

Please remember that you are in your professional roles, so your attire should be professional-looking, therefore, jeans would be considered a little too casual dress. You are in your teacher mode when visiting schools, so you are curious, observant, reflective in each classroom you visit and with teachers and principals you meet. Remember to reflect on your visits, especially the visits you log on your own.

Mr. Sanders said he would be happy to have you come to McCoy to do your solo teaching for thse who may be interested. We will meet with Coila on Sept. 21 to go over student teaching application at 3pm (not Sept. 14 as I erroneously told you).
I am reading your 'Sweet Learnings' and thank you for sharing your family stories in recognizing what you treasure. Next week after you read part three of Sonia Nieto's Book, you will have the opportunity to articulate your own rationale for why YOU want to teach. Please post them to your webpages.
Please help me link your web addresses accurately.
See you next Tuesday and give me a holler if you have questions or concerns.
Frances

School Visits on Sept. 7

Dear PreService Teachers,
Thank you for sharing your reflections of Why We Teach. I am inspired by your dedication, sacrifice and commitment in wanting to become a teacher. My role is to support and guide you during this pivotal time of your journey toward student teaching. Your webpages are linked.


We thank Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Linda Schilz for her stories, insight and enthusiasm during our visit to the FMS Administrative Office, Tuesday, August 30.

NEWS FLASH! A Professional Development Opportunity!

We are scheduled to meet Tuesday, August 24, for our first class session.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a variation in the time of our meeting on 8/24.
You have been cordially invited to attend a professional development opportunity through Farmington Municipal Schools (FMS) , presented by Educational Support Center (ESC) - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP – from 8:30am-11am at FMS Conference Center on 20th Street diagonally across from Durango Joe’s Coffee Shop.We will meet briefly following the workshop for a quick debrief.

ShaLyn Weisheit will be expecting us at 8:30am for the workshop on 8/24 at FMS conference center. This classroom management workshop will be a valuable asset in your role as a classroom teacher. Think of this as your first professional development workshop! So put on your calendar:

DATE: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
TIME: 8:30-11:30am
PLACE: FMS Conference Center on 20th Street (across from Durango Joe)

WELCOME Fall 2010 Pre-Student Teachers

Dear Pre-Student Teachers,

You are at an exciting point as a precursor to your capstone (long-awaited) Student Teaching Experience Spring semester. I have the privilege and responsibility of transitioning you through the process this semester in our Pre-Student Teaching EDUC 362 experience.

According to our Course Description:
Pre-Student Teaching (EDUC 362: Teaching Experience I) serves as the initial field experience for prospective student teachers and is completed the semester prior to student teaching. The purposes of Teaching Experience I are:
· To introduce prospective teachers to the institution of schools from the perspective of
an educator rather than that of a student
· To introduce prospective teachers to the roles of other professionals who support
teachers in schools
· To help student determine that they are well-suited for teaching
· To provide developmentally appropriate opportunities to engage in various teaching
roles
· To learn and practice instructional skills prior to Student Teaching
· To develop confidence and self assurance when assuming teaching responsibilities
· Become reflective practitioners in the art and craft of teaching and learning