TOSS Orientation

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TOSS Orientation
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The 10 Week Class Dress Code

• You are allowed to wear jeans but they must be
  clean and neat.
• No Baseball caps may be worn during the classes
• All shirts should be of appropriate length not
  exposing flesh

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Dress Code in the Schools

• You are required to behave as a professional
  therefore you must dress as one. On that note,
  observe the following
• Nice slacks (no jeans) blouses that do not show
  midriffs or cleavage skirts or dresses at
  finger-tip level
• No flip flops Avoid spiked heels Comfortable
  shoes are your friends, but professional-looking
  comfortable shoes!
• No body piercings. Tongue piercings must be
  removed as well as lip, nose, eyebrow, etc. when
  in the field
• Tattoos must be covered at all times
• No tee shirts or shirts with words or pictures on
  them unless its a school shirt from the
  elementary school youre working in and its a
  designated day for everyone to wear them

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TOSS Schedule During First 10 Weeks

• Two days a week you are in methods classes on
  campus for approximately 6 hours
• Once a week beginning the second week of class
  you will be in the assigned elementary classroom
  for 6 hours (This schedule does not require 8am
  2pm if you go in at 700am then you leave at
  1pm)
• Lunch should be brought to class because you are
  only allotted approximately 15 30 minutes to
  eat (depending on professor)
• Attendance is required. All absences will result
  in a loss of points. Each professor will provide
  more details about their individual attendance
  policy.

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1st Day of Field Experience

• If you Do Not have Methods Classes on Mondays
  then your first Day of Field is
• Wednesday, January 21st at 800 AM-200 PM
• If you Do have Methods Classes on Mondays then
  your first Day of Field is Tuesday, January 20th
  at 800 AM-200 PM
• Please discuss with your collaborating teacher
  during your 1st visit about which day of the week
  you will attend for your field. Avoid Fridays for
  your field experience day.

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Mandatory Mid-term Seminar

• Date Friday, March 27th
• Place TBA
• Time TBA
• Every Candidate who will begin full-time
  experience must attend this seminar

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Full-time Field Experience

• Thursday, March 26th is the first day of
  full-time experience.
• You must report to your school every day of the
  week at the same time Practicing Teachers are
  required to report (usually 715 AM) and stay
  until Practicing Teachers are permitted to leave
  (usually 250 PM)
• You will follow the teachers schedule during that
  time for all Teacher In-service days, Early
  Release, etc.

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TOSS Grades

• Your methods professors will grade you on their
  assigned work and this will count as half of the
  grade for the class.
• The other half of each methods grade will come
  from your last 5 week field experience grade

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Five-Week Requirements

• Please see page 6 of the TOSS handbook at
  www.kennesaw.edu/education/eece
• And click on the TOSS link.

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Five Week Field

• - University supervisors evaluations of
  observations (count as 60 pts of overall full
  time field experience grade)
• - Collaborating teachers or school
  administrators evaluation (count as 60 pts of
  overall full time field experience grade)
• - Students self-evaluation
• Written and implemented integrated unit (counts
  as 90 points of the overall full time field
  experience grade)
• - graded written unit (graded by university
  supervisor)
• - collaborating teachers assessment added to
  overall Unit Evaluation Form

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Five Week Field

• TOSS Chalk Wire E-portfolio Must have scores
  of at least L2 for all Outcomes on the
  Undergraduate Portfolio Narrative Rating Scale
  (Must have 4 pieces (Math, Science, Language
  Arts/Reading and Social Studies) of evidence per
  proficiency for 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2,
  2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10. (Must
  have 2 3 pieces for 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
• Reflective journal Classroom Management a
  grade of S, S, or U will be assigned (counts as
  40 pts of overall full time field experience
  grade)

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Five Week

• Diversity field experience a grade of S or U
  will be assigned
• Impact on Student Learning Analysis (as part of
  the integrated unit) Must have scores of at
  least L2 for all Proficiencies on Undergraduate
  Impact on Student Learning Analysis. Power Point
  example is in your TOSS handbook.

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Five Week

• Candidate Performance Instrument (CPI)- must have
  L2s L3s on all proficiencies.
• Professionalism- Counts as 200 pts of the overall
  field experience grade. (See Section 4 for list
  of 10 professionalism characteristics that will
  be monitored).

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Teacher Candidate must turn in (or complete in
Chalk and Wire)

• Five day integrated unit (including Impact on
  Student Learning Analysis) (Details available in
  TOSS Handbook.)
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• E-Portfolio (Chalk and Wire) -including at least
  four pieces of evidence for each proficiency
  listed in outcomes 1 and 2 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4,
  2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9,
  2.10) and at least two pieces of evidence for
  each proficiency listed in outcome 3
  (3.1,3.2,3.3, and 3.4)
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• Reflective journal at least 3 reflections per
  week during the full time field experience
  (number of entries per week to be determined by
  supervisor (Final entry must be a philosophy of
  classroom management.)
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• CPI hard copy to be given to supervisor at exit
  interview

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Supervisors need to submit or keep

• Two (2) observation summary forms per candidate
  (keep a copy for your records)
• Four (4) observation checklists per candidate (2
  supervisor, 2 collaborating teacher) (keep a
  copy for your records)
• CPI (Chalk and Wire) from supervisor and
  collaborating teacher (2 per candidate)
• Unit Plan Rubric (Chalk and Wire)
• Evaluation Summary Sheets (keep a copy for your
  records)

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Student Teacher Application

• Please complete the student teacher application
  (http//www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe/st.html)
  by January 30th
• The BCOE and EECE recommend that you have one
  experience from the Primary Level (K 2) and one
  experience from the Intermediate Level (3 5)
• If you submitted your Student Teaching
  application and realize that you requested the
  same grade as you are TOSSing then you may
  request a grade level (only) change

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Mandatory Law Ethics Seminar

• Friday, February 27, 2009
• University Rooms A E
• 9am
• If you plan to Student Teach in Fall 2009 you
  must attend