Student Teaching Orientation - Spring 26 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome to student teaching orientation.
2. 0:02Um this is Brandy Sap, interimm director
3. 0:04of teacher education and
4. 0:06>> this is Blake Hampleman, coordinator of
5. 0:08the office of teacher education.
6. 0:10>> And as you know know by now we are here
7. 0:12to help you through your journey and so
8. 0:15you are getting ready to start your
9. 0:17student teaching. And so we want to give
10. 0:18you a few reminders. This is from the TE
11. 0:22perspective and you will be getting more
12. 0:24orientation information from your CS.
13. 0:26But we do want to give you some basic
14. 0:28overview so that you are ready to go
15. 0:30when you get there. So let's start.
16. 0:35Okay. We're going to start off with some
17. 0:36inspirational words from one of our
18. 0:38current student teachers.
19. 0:40>> The best part about student teaching at
20. 0:42SIU is the hands-on experience you get
21. 0:44making yourself feel like a real
22. 0:46teacher.
23. 0:47And so you are going to be a real
24. 0:49teacher um when you are out in the field
25. 0:52um and you um already have that process
26. 0:55started with being a 303, but you're
27. 0:57going to be there every single day. And
28. 0:59so you are now a professional um really
29. 1:02a professional, an everyday professional
30. 1:03in the field. And so we want to make
31. 1:06sure you're ready to look it, talk it,
32. 1:07and walk it. So what do we mean by look
33. 1:10it? Well, the infamous dress code,
34. 1:12right? Um and so we just want to remind
35. 1:16you that dress code still applies. Um
36. 1:18professional appearance is hugely
37. 1:21important in the schools and um always
38. 1:24uh like we talked about orientation um
39. 1:27before a good rule is to number one look
40. 1:30at what's acceptable at your site and
41. 1:32then consider consult your TS. Um they
42. 1:35are the experts on your schools and so
43. 1:38they are your best resource to know what
44. 1:40is acceptable and what is not. Do
45. 1:42remember that every day you go in is
46. 1:44like a job interview. They are seeing
47. 1:46your skills and your dispositions. And
48. 1:48so um keep that in mind when you're
49. 1:50getting dressed for school every day.
50. 1:52The second thing we want to um talk
51. 1:54about is talk it. So um we've talked
52. 1:58about this before, but now that you're
53. 2:00there every day making really strong
54. 2:02connections with students and teachers
55. 2:04and the community, um it gets really
56. 2:07tempting to um want to share those
57. 2:09stories. And so remember that you are
58. 2:11entering into a privileged situation
59. 2:14where you are going to encounter lots of
60. 2:16confidential information and you need to
61. 2:19be careful that you keep that what's
62. 2:22confidential you keep it confidential.
63. 2:24Um and so uh be sure to think before you
64. 2:27speak and be careful about what you're
65. 2:29sharing um with with anyone you're
66. 2:32speaking with.
67. 2:34And the last one is walk it. Um, and so
68. 2:37what we're referring to with that is to
69. 2:40learn the rules and requirements that
70. 2:42are of your school. You are now
71. 2:44full-time faculty at that school. And
72. 2:46you want to um make good relationships
73. 2:49with that school. Remember, every day is
74. 2:51an interview. Um, not just about your
75. 2:53teaching, but about your um your
76. 2:56dispositions. And so um and these
77. 2:59schools talk among each other and um
78. 3:02find out things from other schools. So,
79. 3:05um, always keep that in mind as you're
80. 3:07walking through your days. Um, and get
81. 3:09involved. There's, um, that's part of
82. 3:11teaching is just being involved in the
83. 3:12community. So, take ownership of this
84. 3:15for the the 16 weeks you were there and,
85. 3:18uh, do your best to stay, um, involved,
86. 3:21to stay um, within the rules and, um,
87. 3:25and enjoy each moment. There's more
88. 3:28information about these things in the
89. 3:29clinical handbook if you want to to dig
90. 3:32in, and that's always available to you.
91. 3:34um whenever you need it. So, we have
92. 3:37someone else going to share some wisdom
93. 3:39about student teaching.
94. 3:40>> If I could give one piece of advice to a
95. 3:43teacher candidate, it would be to stay
96. 3:44on top of your lesson plans and make a
97. 3:46good connection with your CT.
98. 3:48>> So, there are a lot of things going on
99. 3:50in your student teaching semester and um
100. 3:53we just want you to I think she has some
101. 3:55really good advice to stay on top of
102. 3:57things and so um all the things we've
103. 3:59talked about for the last three
104. 4:01semesters hold true. Communication is
105. 4:04super super important, especially now
106. 4:05that you're there every day. Um, besides
107. 4:08communicating with your CT and your
108. 4:10school, it's really important that you
109. 4:12always communicate with your clinical
110. 4:14supervisor. Um, they are your advocates.
111. 4:17Um, and they can help you with whatever
112. 4:19you need help. Um, you will be at your
113. 4:22placement full-time. Um, and you will
114. 4:24start back um, from winter break, not on
115. 4:27January 12th with the rest of SIU, but
116. 4:29probably earlier on January 5th. um when
117. 4:32your cooperating teacher starts back.
118. 4:34So, you're going to want to check with
119. 4:35your CS and your CT to find out what day
120. 4:37that is exactly for your school
121. 4:39district. And then you will finish on
122. 4:41May 1st, which is the last day of the
123. 4:42semester before finals. When you're
124. 4:45student teaching, you follow contract
125. 4:47time and contract calendar. So, that
126. 4:50means you start when your teacher starts
127. 4:52and you end when your teacher ends um
128. 4:55during the day. And if they go to
129. 4:57meetings, you go to meetings. And um in
130. 5:00terms of the calendar, whatever days off
131. 5:02your school has off, that's the days you
132. 5:04have off. If our spring if SAU spring
133. 5:07break is different than yours, I'm
134. 5:09sorry, but that's the way student
135. 5:10teaching works. Um and that goes for
136. 5:13snow days or any other interruptions. Um
137. 5:16fog days, ice days, whatever your school
138. 5:19district might have a a special
139. 5:21circumstance. If you have a snow day, if
140. 5:24your school has a snow day, you have a
141. 5:25snow day. That also means if SIU has a
142. 5:27snow day and you don't, you still got to
143. 5:30go to school. Um, and we do want you to
144. 5:33stay in touch. Um,
145. 5:35you won't come to campus very often. Um,
146. 5:38however, um, we are still here to
147. 5:40support you and we have lots of
148. 5:42resources. So, sometimes, um, student
149. 5:44teaching can get overwhelming and it's
150. 5:46very busy and you've got a lot going on
151. 5:48and it's different. So, you've been in
152. 5:50college courses up to this point. Um,
153. 5:52and so we are always here to support
154. 5:54you. So, so stay in touch. Um, check
155. 5:57your email daily because you still have
156. 6:00to graduate and you still have
157. 6:01requirements. So, make sure that you're
158. 6:03you're staying in the loop of those.
159. 6:06We do have four student teaching
160. 6:08seminars um throughout the semester to
161. 6:11keep keep in touch with you and to share
162. 6:13some topics that are relevant to those
163. 6:15of you who are in the classroom every
164. 6:18day. Don't forget to apply for
165. 6:20graduation. Um, check your degree works.
166. 6:22Make sure that you have all of your
167. 6:23requirements finished. Um, and you want
168. 6:25to do that sooner rather than later so
169. 6:27you don't have any surprises in May. And
170. 6:29then finally, submit your teach student
171. 6:31teaching documents. And that's that's
172. 6:33the primary reason Blake is here. He is
173. 6:35he is the keeper of the doc.
174. 6:36>> By this point, you should have uh
175. 6:38received an email from the office of
176. 6:40teacher education about required
177. 6:42documents that you need to turn in
178. 6:43before you start your clinicals in your
179. 6:45student teaching semester. So the first
180. 6:47thing that you should have already
181. 6:48turned in is your student teaching
182. 6:50application. This helps us to track any
183. 6:52recent changes to any data that you have
184. 6:55uh when it comes to maybe an address
185. 6:57change or a phone number or something
186. 7:00that we just kind of need to know to
187. 7:02help us out. Next thing being your
188. 7:04physical exam and your TB test. Now,
189. 7:07both of these documents uh can be done
190. 7:10within one year of your clinical
191. 7:13semester. Now, some of you may be
192. 7:15employed at a district or already
193. 7:17working at a district that has these
194. 7:18things on file. You can turn those into
195. 7:21the office of teacher education as long
196. 7:24as they fall within that one year of
197. 7:26your clinical semester. If they do not,
198. 7:28then yes, you will need brand new exams
199. 7:32and a negative TB test. The next things
200. 7:34would be the DCFS mandated reporter and
201. 7:38the can 22 forms. The mandated reporter
202. 7:41training is a module that you will need
203. 7:44to go through and make sure that you
204. 7:45complete to get the certification at the
205. 7:48very very end. Whenever you have the
206. 7:49certification then you can send that to
207. 7:52us with the other documents. Then also
208. 7:55the can 22 you sign and make sure that
209. 7:58you have that turned into us as well.
210. 8:00Once all four of those items are turned
211. 8:03in to us, that being the physical exam,
212. 8:06the negative TB test, the mandated
213. 8:08reporter, and the CANs22, you will then
214. 8:11be able to get your fingerprinting and
215. 8:13background check done in the district
216. 8:16that you plan to do your student
217. 8:17teaching in. The district is the one who
218. 8:20is responsible for conducting these
219. 8:22background checks and fingerprinting.
220. 8:25The Office of Teacher Education does not
221. 8:27do any type of fingerprinting or
222. 8:29background check. So, it's the district
223. 8:30that you'll be doing your clinicals in.
224. 8:32Going back to the physical exam and TB
225. 8:35test, you can either get that done with
226. 8:36your primary care physician wherever you
227. 8:39are located or you can go to the student
228. 8:41center or you can go to the health
229. 8:43center at the rec center and get that
230. 8:45done. Schedule an appointment there.
231. 8:46They are willing to help you out. At the
232. 8:48bottom of this slide, you will also see
233. 8:50the student teacher to-do list website.
234. 8:53If you click that link, it'll take you
235. 8:54to an explanation for all of these
236. 8:56documents and also links to all of these
237. 8:59documents. So, make sure that you have
238. 9:01these things turned into us before you
239. 9:03begin your semester of student teaching.
240. 9:05>> Awesome. I know that as as of the time
241. 9:08of this recording, out of 130 of you, we
242. 9:12have about 10 of them turned in. So, I'm
243. 9:14sure um Blake's email is going to be
244. 9:16very busy as you get these all turned
245. 9:18in. I will put the website link into
246. 9:21Canvas as well, so you'll be able to
247. 9:23access it more easily.
248. 9:26>> Two things that really surprised me as a
249. 9:28student teacher was that students will
250. 9:30say absolutely anything and that it
251. 9:34isn't as hard as people say that it is.
252. 9:36It's very rewarding.
253. 9:38>> So, I feel like we've given you a lot of
254. 9:41information and believe her, it isn't as
255. 9:43hard as it sounds. um there's just a lot
256. 9:46of paperwork involved and a lot of
257. 9:47things you need to accomplish, but in
258. 9:49the end um you will get lenture in the
259. 9:52state of Illinois. And so we want to
260. 9:54take you back to your to pre301 semester
261. 9:58when you applied to the TE and once upon
262. 10:00a time you created an EIN number. You
263. 10:04may not remember it, most people don't,
264. 10:06but you're going to want to go to um
265. 10:09ISBY, uh the Illinois State Board of
266. 10:11Education, and try to log into your
267. 10:13Ellis account. Um and um there will be
268. 10:17links in Canvas. I said Canvas D2L. I
269. 10:20always say Canvas, don't I? Uh D2L for
270. 10:22you to to find this. The thing we need
271. 10:25you to do right now is to check and make
272. 10:27sure your contact information um is
273. 10:29correct because right now you're
274. 10:31finishing up what you need to do here at
275. 10:33the university, but and we'll be
276. 10:35switching you over to um what you need
277. 10:38to do at the state and that's part of
278. 10:40our job and we will make sure that you
279. 10:43have all of the things you need in
280. 10:45there, but the state is going to start
281. 10:46communicating with you. And it's really
282. 10:48important that this contact information
283. 10:50is correct. Later in the semester um
284. 10:55towards in April I think we will have a
285. 10:58presentation um at one of the seminars
286. 11:00where we will talk about all the
287. 11:02different parts of lensure and what you
288. 11:03need to do because by then you are going
289. 11:07to be close to finishing your degree and
290. 11:10you will have already passed your
291. 11:12content test which is a requirement for
292. 11:13student teaching. And then we once
293. 11:16you've gotten that degree, we enter um
294. 11:19your license into entitlement or your
295. 11:21account into entitlement. And then you
296. 11:24once that's done, you have to go in to
297. 11:26Ellis. That's why we're having you log
298. 11:28in now so you don't have any problems
299. 11:30later when you're ready to get a job.
300. 11:32You need to go in and register your
301. 11:34license in Ellis um to be able to teach
302. 11:37um legally in Illinois. I will say this
303. 11:40takes some time because we have to get
304. 11:43your degree awarded which that's the
305. 11:44we're waiting on the university and then
306. 11:47we also have to once we get that in
307. 11:49there then we have to to switch you over
308. 11:52to entitle to get you ready to register.
309. 11:55So it does take some time. Um so just
310. 11:58know that going into the spring um but
311. 12:00we'll go over all this process in at the
312. 12:02end of the spring semester again but we
313. 12:04kind of wanted to give you highlights
314. 12:06right now.
315. 12:07>> Okay. I would say SIOU helped me prepare
316. 12:08for student teaching specifically when
317. 12:10it came to lesson plans that while they
318. 12:13are in depth and they are hard to write
319. 12:14but allowed me to now walk into a lesson
320. 12:16and look at it maybe for 5 10 minutes
321. 12:18and I know what to do and all the areas
322. 12:20that I need to cover so that I can be a
323. 12:21good teacher for my students.
324. 12:23>> Connor is it's true you've been
325. 12:25practicing um you you are going to be
326. 12:27great because you have spent the last
327. 12:29three semesters and really longer than
328. 12:31that preparing for this semester. um you
329. 12:34have the research and theory to be a
330. 12:36reflective practitioner. You understand
331. 12:38um teaching routines um and and things
332. 12:42that are more important than even
333. 12:43materials to help make a classroom a
334. 12:45learning experience for students. Um you
335. 12:48know and you have already practiced
336. 12:50evidence-based practices and you know
337. 12:53that teaching is intentional and not
338. 12:55just random acts of effective practice.
339. 12:58And so really student teaching is is a
340. 13:00little bit like a stage where you get to
341. 13:02show off everything you've learned over
342. 13:04the last three semesters and really have
343. 13:07an opportunity to practice and make it
344. 13:09and refine your practices.
345. 13:12Now Bailey has something to to share.
346. 13:15[clears throat]
347. 13:16>> One thing I wish I would have known
348. 13:17before student teaching is that
349. 13:19everything's fine and the kids are
350. 13:21actually learning from you. They really
351. 13:22are. Some days are hard, but they really
352. 13:24are learning from you and how you treat
353. 13:26them, and they really are building good
354. 13:28connections with you, and that's super
355. 13:30important to them.
356. 13:32>> Bailey is exactly right. Um,
357. 13:34everything's going to be fine. It does
358. 13:36seem overwhelming. Um, and you'll have
359. 13:38moments where when you've taken over the
360. 13:40entire classroom and you're like, "How
361. 13:41am I going to get all this planning and
362. 13:42grading done and do my lesson plan for
363. 13:44my CS and all of those things?" But you
364. 13:47you can do it. And so, the last thing we
365. 13:49just want to say is to take care of
366. 13:51yourself. Um, you'll probably get sick.
367. 13:53That's what happens when you go into a
368. 13:55student teaching. Um, but take care of
369. 13:58yourself the best you can. Um, get
370. 14:00sleep. Um, rely on the things you know.
371. 14:02You've had three practices in the in the
372. 14:05field. You've got this. um and and stay
373. 14:09connected with us and with your friends
374. 14:11um that may still be on campus or um you
375. 14:14know resources that you have to help
376. 14:16yourself through these um challenging
377. 14:19but rewarding uh last semester of your
378. 14:22educational career because a teacher
379. 14:26affects eternity and he can never tell
380. 14:27where his influence stops. So every day,
381. 14:30even as a student teacher, you're going
382. 14:32to impact a student. And so we're just
383. 14:34so excited for you to have that
384. 14:36experience and for your students to
385. 14:38experience you. Thank you. Good luck.