Weeks

Topics

Readings

Assignments/Due Dates

WEEK 1

• Course information & introductions
• Poem to a Teacher
• Teacher concerns & development
• Teacher Code of Ethics

Developmental Stages and role of Teacher

Teacher Code of Ethics

• Scavenger Hunt  (9/4)

WEEK 2

• Brain Candy
• Multiple Intelligences
• Responsive Classroom
  

Brain Teasers

Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligences

Responsive Classroom

Morning Meeting

• In Class Brain Candy (Sign up)
• Service Learning (Sign up)
  

WEEK 3

• Reflecting on management experiences
• Service Learning (Guest Presentation)
  

servicelearningduluth.org

• Management: Reflection Paper
  (9/16)
  

WEEK 4

• Preventative Classroom Management Strategies
  

Arends: "Classroom Management" (Chapter Readings: pgs. 172-194)

• Quiz 1 ( 9/25)
  

WEEK 5

• Classroom Management Theories

Arends: "Classroom Management" (Chapter Readings: pgs. 194-202)

• Quiz 2 ( 9/30)

WEEK 6

• Management Styles
• What to Look for in a Classroom

Beyond Discipline

Curwin & Mendler: Discipline with Dignity

• Quiz 3 (10/7)

WEEK 7

• Praise, Rewards & Punishment
• Alfie Kohn Website

"Good Job!"

Supernanny

• Quiz 4 (10/14)

WEEK 8

• Social Justice issues in the Classroom
• A Class Divided
• Leadership Conference at UMD and link to the registration page: 
  <http://www.d.umn.edu/kirby/leadership/sympo.html>

McIntosh

A Class Divided (Chapter 1)

An Unfinished Crusade: Interview with Jane Elliott

• Quiz 5 (10/21)
  
  
• NETTLETON SCHOOL SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT (Sec 2)
  

• Poverty and Education
• Payne Poverty Survey
• ISD 709 Families in Transition

Ruby Payne (Chapter Readings: Introduction)

Bohn on Payne (Rethinking Schools)

• Quiz 6 (10/28)
  
  
• NETTLETON SCHOOL SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT (Sec 1)
  

WEEK 10

• Dimensions of Multicultural Education
• Multicultural Education & Diverse Learning Environments
• Teacher Roles and Challenges of the 21st Century

Multicultural Education

Interview with James Banks

• Field Brain Candy
  (11/4)
  
  
• Management Context: Observation and Interview (11/4)

WEEKS 11-14

• Management Theory/Philosophy Paper (Sign up for a 30 minute meeting with Nedra)
  

WEEK 15

• Multicultural School Environments
• Course Evaluations

• Presentations: Multicultural School Environments (12/9)
  

WEEK 16

FINALS