EDLD 5397 Maridale Still – Cohort 16
Week 2 Assignment (100 Points)
Overview
The purpose of this week’s assignment is to provide the opportunity to review progress toward completion of the requirements of your 18 month internship.
During this week’s activities, you will:
1. Participate in an optional web conference. Schedule will be announced.
2. Participate in the Discussion Board forum (see details of due dates in rubric).
3. Complete a Practice Lamar Comprehensive Exam (PLCE) and Review (due week 2).
4. Schedule a meeting with your campus-supervisor/mentor to review your internship plan, and update and revise the internship plan as agreed upon with campus-supervisor/mentor (to be submitted week 5).
5. Submit a written summary (150 words) reflecting on your progress in completing the internship activities in your plan. (due end of week 2)
6. Principal Internship Site-supervisor/Mentor Evaluation (PISE) and/or the Educational Technology Leadership Site-supervisor/Mentor Evaluation (ETLISE) (due week 5)
7. Reflect on your reflections (due end of week 2)
Learning Outcomes
Candidates will:
· Identify progress and gaps in mastery of the national standards and/or state competencies.
· Understand the importance of learning from reflection during the internship, research project, and professional career.
· Identify successes and learning from failures in using the ten leadership skills.
Performance Outcomes
Candidates will be able to:
· Review your intern plan and assess progress in the ten leadership skills development.
· Summarize learning from reflective practice used in the internship.
· Assess intern logs to date and evaluate progress and needs for completion of total hours.
· Review and update your overall Internship Plan by
a.) Reviewing progress on the internship plan with your site-supervisor/mentor.
b.) Revise the internship plan, ensuring that the plan includes the following:
i. Addresses all 9 competencies
ii. Provides hands-on experiences in key areas of leadership
iii. Addresses intern’s needs in specific domains/competencies
iv. Addresses campus needs
v. Addresses rationale for changes to the plan.
· Complete the Practice Lamar Comprehensive Exam (PLCE) and the PLCE Review.
Standards/Competencies
Standards- ELCC 1 through 5 and competencies 1through 9 are addressed via a review and revision of the 38 activities in the internship plan.
Assignment Due Date: All weekly assignment components are due by 11:59 p.m. on the seventh day of Week 2 unless the activity directions specify different instructions.
Rubric
Use the following Rubric to guide your work on the Week 2 Assignment.
EDLD 5397Week 2
Tasks / Accomplished/
Exceeds Standards
/ Proficient/
Meets
Standards / Needs Improvement/
Approaches Standards / Unacceptable/
Does Not Meet Standards
Part 1
Web Conference
/ The candidate participates in the weekly web conference and submits a reflection.
(1 point) / n / n / The candidate does not participate in the weekly web conference.
(0 points)
Part 2A
Discussion Board
Prompt A / The candidate clearly addresses the discussion prompt with a minimum of one paragraph.
(9 points) / The candidate addresses the discussion prompt with one or two sentences.
(7 points) / The candidate very minimally addresses the discussion prompt.
(5 points) / The candidate does not address the discussion prompt.
(0 points)
Part 2B
Discussion Board
Prompt B / The candidate clearly addresses the discussion prompt with a minimum of one paragraph.
(10 points) / The candidate addresses the discussion prompt with one or two sentences for both parts.
(8 points) / The candidate very minimally addresses the discussion prompt.
(5 points) / The candidate does not address the discussion prompt.
(0 points)
Part 3
Take Practice LCE / The candidate completes the Practice Lamar Comprehensive Exam (PLCE). The candidate provides the score.
(25 points) / The candidate does not complete the PLCE.
(0 points)
Part 4
PLCE Review
/ The candidate completes the PLCE Review and writes a paragraph summarizing the areas/competencies where the candidate had difficulty.
(10 points) / Student does not complete the PLCE Review. No summary provided.
(0 points)
Part 5
Submit Principal Internship Supervisor/Mentor Evaluation (PISE)/and/or the ETLISE and reflection.
*Due Week 5 / PISE and/or the ETLISE completed and reflection provided. / No partial credit given. / No partial credit given. / P.I.S.E. is not completed.
Part 6A
Internship Plan Progress Summary
Review progress and reflect on internship plan progress with campus-supervisor/mentor. / The candidate submits a written summary (150 words) reflecting on progress in completing the activities in the internship plan.
Summary includes decisions made regarding adequacy of plan in the following 5 key areas:
1) addresses all 9 competencies,
2) provides hands-on experiences in key areas of leadership as suggested in lecture,
3) addresses intern’s needs in specific domains/competencies,
4) addresses campus needs, and
5) addresses rationale for changes to the plan.
(20 points) / Written summary addresses 3 of the 5 key areas regarding the plan’s adequacy.
(18 points) / Written summary addresses 2 of the 5 key areas regarding the plan’s adequacy.
(16 points) / Written summary addresses 1 or none of the 5 key areas regarding the plan’s adequacy.
Student addresses zero of 3 or does not submit assignment.
(0 points)
Part 6B
*Due Week 5
Revised
Internship Plan / Student submits a revised internship plan that reflects updates per review with campus-supervisor. If no revisions are made, a rationale is noted in the reflective summary.
Activities are aligned with competencies in plan.
/ Revised plan reflects updates per review.
If no revisions are made, a rationale is noted in the reflective summary.
Activities are not aligned with competencies in plan. / Attempt to revise plan is not evident, and rationale for not revising plan is not included. / Revised plan is not submitted.
Part 7
Reflect on Your Reflections / 150 word Reflection on Reflective Practice addresses the following:
1) Reflect s on what he/she has learned about self as a leader through the reflective exercises.
2) Shares how he/she uses reflective practice in his/her current position.
3) Shares how reflective practice has increased his/her leadership potential?
4) Cites APA as appropriate.
(25 points) / Student addresses 2 of 3 in 100-150 words.
(22 points) / Student addresses 1 of 3 in less than 100 words.
(20 points) / Student addresses zero of 3 or does not submit assignment.
(0 points)
Week 2 Assignment, Part 1: Web Conference (1 point)
Due Week 2
During this class, you have the opportunity to participate in weekly web conferences. At the beginning of your course, the professor(s) will provide a list of scheduled web conferences and the URL to access the sessions.
You do not need to download or purchase additional software to participate in the conferences. However, a headset with microphone and web camera is preferred equipment. For further details, see the information sent to you by the professor(s) and/or Instructional Associate via email, discussion board, Virtual Office Hours, and/or announcements.
Directions: After reflecting on the attended web conference or listening to the recording of the conference, post insights gained from the discussion.
Workspace
Week 2 Assignment, Part 2A and 2B: Discussion Board (19 points)
Due Week 2
Directions: In the Discussion Board, address each discussion prompt by writing one paragraph in response to part A, and one paragraph in response to part B.
Initial response is due 4th day by 11:59 p.m. Respond to at least one colleague by 7th day @ 11:59 p.m.
Discussion Board Posting: Share your reflections on the internship so far.
Part 2A) Tell about your most successful leadership activity.
Part 2B) What has been the biggest surprise you have experienced (can be positive or negative-please omit names if negative)?
Week 2 Assignment, Part 3: Practice Lamar Competency Exam (PLCE) Results
(25 points)
Due Week 2
Directions: Complete the Practice Lamar Competency Exam (PLCE) in the courseware and record your score in the workspace below.
Workspace
Week 2 Assignment, Part 4: Practice Lamar Competency Exam (PLCE) Review
(10 points)
Due Week 2
Directions: Complete the PLCE Review and, in the workspace, write a paragraph summarizing the areas/competencies where you had difficulty. Include steps you plan to take to prepare for the actual Lamar Competency Exam. Remember that you must earn a score of 80% or better to be given permission to take the TExES Principal exam.
Workspace
I need to practice and study the TExES review material more. I missed questions in Competency 004 dealing with curriculum issues. I also missed questions in Competency 006 dealing with staffing issues. I need to work further on these areas. I will continue to take practice exams to study for the PLCE. I feel that this exam gave me an opportunity to take a look at the format of the exam and practice for the first time taking this practice test. I would like to practice taking the exam more so that I can score higher. This will give me a better understanding of the competency areas so that I can be more familiar with the testing material.
Week 2 Assignment, Part 5: Principal Internship Supervisor/Mentor Evaluation (PISE) and/or the Educational Technology Leadership Internship Supervisor Evaluation (ETLISE)
Due Week 5
Directions:
In Week 5, you will submit a completed Principal Internship Site-Supervisor/Mentor Evaluation (PISE) and/or the Educational Technology Leadership Internship Supervisor Evaluation . The purpose is to obtain feedback regarding your current progress in meeting the standards in your internship program campus activities. The candidates in the Educational Administration program (at a minimum) need to review and address the competencies within the PISE. Those individuals in the Educational Technology Leadership degree (at a minimum) should complete the ETLISE.
It is up to you to decide how best to complete the form(s) based upon where you are in your program and whether your site supervisor/mentor is available for dialogue and feedback. It may behoove you to meet with your supervisor/mentor about the content in the document(s) or you may feel it is more fitting to meet with a colleague or someone you have worked closely with during your internship to gain feedback regarding the Competencies and/or the Technology Facilitator Standards. Another option is to complete the form as a self-assessment. Whatever direction you elect to gain feedback, use the evaluation results as a tool to assess your current internship plan implementation status and to reflect upon your growth thus far in meeting the program’s standards.
Week 2 Assignment, Part 6A: Internship Plan Progress Summary (20 points)
Due Week 2
Directions: Review your internship plan, preferably with your Site-supervisor/Mentor, and submit a written summary (approximately 150 words) reflecting on progress in completing the activities in your plan. Use the workspace below to write your summary. The summary should include adequacy of the internship plan to address the following 5 key areas.
Does the internship plan:
1.) address all 9 competencies,
2.) provide hands-on experiences in key areas of leadership as suggested in lecture,
3.) address intern’s needs in specific domains/competencies,
4.) address campus needs, and
5.) address rationale for changes to the plan?
Summary of Internship Plan
The Internship plan contains necessary activities in all nine competency areas. It contains activities dealing with technology operations and concepts; planning and designing learning environments; teaching learning and the curriculum; assessment and evaluation; productivity and professional practice; social ethical legal and human issues; procedures, policies, planning, and budgeting for technology environments; and leadership and vision. All of these competency areas are addressed in the internship plan and have activities that allow for leadership practice in these areas. Hands on experience in these key areas of leadership are vital to becoming a better leader and are modeled after the activities that were suggested in the lecture material. These internship field based activities represent the specific domains and competencies as stated and are organized around eight ISTE Technology Facilitator Standards, the 33 Performance Indicators and the 78 Performance Tasks. After initially meeting with my mentor and supervisor, we organized field based activities that represented these domains and competencies and also addressing campus needs that could also be met. I included changes to my internship plan that not only would allow for necessary time requirements and also would include some additional areas that need to be met on our campus. I included some additional time in areas that were necessary to assure completion of the field based activities and also included some additional items that could also serve to better meet the competency areas. I plan to meet with my mentor and site supervisor to review these field based activities to get any additional input necessary to complete my internship plan. I also want to review the completed activities with my mentor and site supervisor to assure that the activities are completed to their satisfaction and also review the activities and completion dates on the remaining field based activities. My revised internship plan is below including necessary highlighted changes.
(See the right column of Internship Plan Template for Completion Results and Progress for summary of progress on this activity.)
Appendix E: Internship Plan Template
Lamar University – M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership
Internship Plan: Field-based Experience Activity (Internship Plan Template)___Maridale Still______16______Nov. 5, 2011
Name of Intern Cohort Group Date
The Field-based Experience component of the Internship Plan is a brief, but specific document indicating your overall approach to the Internship program. The Internship is organized around eight ISTE Technology Facilitator Standards, the 33 Performance Indicators and the 78 Performance Tasks. Using this document, you will identify the field-based activities you will approach and indicate which of the eight ISTE Technology Facilitation standards and 33 Performance Indicators were addressed in each activity. You will provide a brief description of each activity, resource person, and a completion date for each activity. This activity should be completed with and approved by your site mentor.
You are to plan at least one activity in each of the 33 Performance Indicators found in the text. If an activity is applicable to more than one performance indicator it must be identified under all applicable tasks.
Use this chart to develop your Internship Plan for Part 1 of your Week 5 EDLD 5306 assignment. When you open this file, immediately save it as “yourname_Draft Internship Plan,” and work on this saved file as you revise and update your plan.
Brief Activity Summary / Resource Person / Projected Date of Completion / Completion Results
And Progress
Standard I. Technology Operations and Concepts / TF- I.A / Star Board Training and Technical Support- provide teacher training with on-going support to assist with proper usage and also provide on-going support for the ACE program. / District Technology Department / 05/01/11 / Completed
Installed software for
Star Boards
Preparation for
Campus Professional Development Day
For Teachers
TF – I. B / Develop Instructional Packet – provide and include easy user instructions and helpful shortcuts for tasks that teachers do frequently.
CHANGE Addition
Include Microsoft Office Tips, Tricks, Shortcuts / District Technology Department / 03/01/12 / To Complete by
03/01/12
Appendix E: Internship Plan Template