January 5th and 6th, 2009 (E)merging Conference

January 7th, 2009
First day of class: Welcome to EPS 350
Introduction of Interconnectedness theme
Overview of the Course: Four Commonplaces
Building Community: Formation of Staff Groups

January 12th and 14th, 2009
Who are you as learners and teachers?
Who are you learners?
Curriculum Documents
Diversity (Equity, Adaptive Dimension & Differentiation)
Letter of Introduction draft due (January 14th)
Subject Area Study Work Time (portion of each class)

January 19th and 21st, 2009
Introductory Letter Final Copy due (January 21st)
Diversity (Equity, Adaptive Dimension & Differentiation)
Subject Area Study Work Time (portion of each class)

January 26th and 28th, 2009
Subject Area Study Presentations

February 2nd and 4th, 2009
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning
* Project-Based Learning: Panel Discussion *
Connecting Interdisciplinary PBL and Diversity
Planning for Interdisciplinary PBL (work time)

February 9th and 11th, 2009
Challenges of PBL
Planning for Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning
Interdisciplinary PBL Presentations (Feb. 11th)

February 16th and 18th, 2009
No Scheduled Classes (Reading Week)

February 23rd and 25th, 2009
Instructional Strategies, Assessment
Classroom Management (Restitution)
Introduction of Field Note Assignment: Students and Milieu

February 26th and 27th, 2009
Pre-internship Observation Days

March 2nd to March 20th, 2009
Pre-internship 3-week Block
Field Notes & Portfolio: Collect artefacts during your block

March 23rd – NO class

March 25th, 2009
Field debriefing
Classroom management – scenarios from the field
Instructional Strategies

March 30th, 2009
Case Study In-class Assignment time (students will present on April 1st)

April 1st
Case Study Narrative Due – sharing in small groups, select one from each table group to share with whole group

April 6th
Last day of class – Professional Portfolio sharing in small groups

April 8th
Internship Orientation Seminar