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Central Connecticut State University School of Education |
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Dr. Barry Davies
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
A. COURSE ACTIVITIES: Keep a journal with the following components.
1. In-Service Program:
Design and deliver an in-service program for teachers in your district/building to facilitate some new or different approach related to the teaching of reading. The following general outline may be followed:
(1) Project Overview: a narrative description of the project.
(2) Goals and Objectives for the in-service program.
(3) Schedule of Activities.
(4) Materials for Participants.
(5) Evaluation.2. Clinical Experience:
Engage in a clinical activity with a severely handicapped pupil. Your goal, in addition to direct assistance to the pupil, is to involve as many other professionals, especially special educators, in the remedial and corrective program. Progress will be measured by a daily record of activities with the pupil and a final case report.
3. Comprehensive Job Description:
Design a comprehensive annotated job description for a reading and language arts consultant. Contact and interview consultants in a variety of positions across the state of Connecticut. For example, you might want to interview a person responsible for reading in a large school district such as Hartford; and/or you may interview a building level consultant. The job description should represent the variety of tasks performed by a reading consultant.
4. "Shadow" a Reading Consultant:
Become familiar with the day to day tasks of a reading consultant over the school year. This may involve working closely with the consultant in your building. It may also involve looking at a variety of activities performed by the administrator responsible for the delivery of reading instruction in your district. This may be a district wide reading consultant or an assistant superintendent. Basically, you should look at areas such as: budgeting; curriculum in reading and language arts(Literacy); selection of reading materials, including basic reading materials; staffing, assessment programs, etc.
5. Begin an applied research project related to your interests and the needs of the school district. Even though the research project may not be completed within the time limits of the course, the data collection process must be initiated.
B. EVALUATION
1. Reflective self-evaluation of the course activities and personal growth.
2. Instructor assessment of the Journal and the self-evaluation.
C. NOTE:
Ordinarily, because of the content and activities of this course, more than one semester is needed in order to complete the course requirements. Therefore, at the end of the fall semester an incomplete will be awarded and the final grade will be recorded following the completion of all course activities.
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