Classroom Notebook

Student Name ______

Section 1 Introductory Materials (16 points; 2 points each)

  1. Course syllabus
  2. Key Terms defined
  3. Classroom calendar
  4. Classroom notebook requirements
  5. Professional portfolio requirements
  6. Copyright handout
  7. Guest speaker evaluation form
  8. GHSGT writing rubric

Section 2 Professionalism (18 points; 2 points each)

  1. Key terms defined
  2. Code of Ethics for Ga educators
  3. Consequences of ethics violations
  4. Articles and write-up of two violations
  5. Routes to certification (pp handouts)
  6. Guest speaker evaluations
  7. Career Awareness project
  8. Sample certification application
  9. Professional organizations notes

Section 3 History of Education (16 points; 4 points each)

  1. Key Terms defined
  2. History project
  3. Movie critiques
  4. Guest speaker write-up

Section 4 Instruction for All Learners (20 points; 2 points each)

  1. Key Terms defined
  2. Life colors results
  3. Personality grid
  4. Personality websites
  5. Lesson plan for teaching
  6. Exceptionality pp handouts
  7. Howard Gardner list of multiple intelligences
  8. Favorite instructional strategy
  9. Bloom’s taxonomy
  10. Ga testing pp handouts

Section 5 Parental Involvement (16 points; 1 point each except f 4 points)

  1. Key terms defined
  2. List of parent involvement activities divided by school levels. Answer to “why do the opportunities decrease as students get older”?
  3. Articles associated with positive home environments and effective classroom environments. Critiques of the articles preceding the article. Summary of discussion concerning home environments and effective learning environments.
  4. Summarize the movie, Ron Clark. How does Ron Clark overcome the dysfunctional home environments of his students? What do you learn from Ron Clark?
  5. Handouts concerning cultural characteristics of various ethnicities present in your school or school district.
  6. Incorrect and corrected letters to parents.
  7. Summarize highlights of best and worst teacher conferences.
  8. Summarize need for early communication with parents concerning student’s grades and behavior. What provisions for early communication does your school have?
  9. List of things teachers should do to prepare for a successful parent teacher conference.
  10. Script of fictous parent teacher conference providing example of sandwich method of teacher conferencing.
  11. Critique of role play conference the student participated in.
  12. Guest speaker evaluation of counselor. Guest speaker evaluation of United Way representative. List of agencies that provide assistance for families in need.
  13. Guest speaker evaluation of mentor

Section 6 Classroom Climate (16 points; 1 point each except d,h,k 2 points each)

  1. Definition of key terms
  2. Characteristics of positive home environments
  3. Summary of Ron Clark movie
  4. Culture of different countries related to education pp handouts
  5. Corrected letters to parents
  6. Guest speaker write up concerning bad conferences
  7. Importance of communication notes
  8. Characteristics of good conferences
  9. Script of parent conference
  10. Critique of role play
  11. Assistance for families handouts