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PLEASE NOTE SOME significant changes starting in July 2015 by reviewing the course syllabus.

DRAFTDRAFTDRAFTTWOTWOTWO TWO TWO Two (Works in Progress) Supplemental Power Point Borich Readings



Welcome Message (Posted on [|www.careerswitcherssocial.wikispaces.com)] / (Emailed prior to Day One)

Welcome SOCIAL STUDIES Cohort Members: As a form of introduction, my name is Earl DeMott (See Earl DeMott page for more details), and it is my honor to work with you. Please look at Opening Information below to get a general overview of the course, and (at bottom) SPECIFIC INFO regarding your particular cohort.

OPENING

I have some basic information on this page that will help us get started, namely, what I have as your contact addresses, followed by a link to the page I set up for you on the class wikispaces website. Please feel free to peruse the site at your leisure, but note that it is set up as a tool for in class use, so some things may/may not make sense for stand alone viewing. I am happy to field any questions you may have, however, before or after our actual time together.

CURRICULUM This segment of the course is set up as a three day unit specifically focusing on your content area. The website, therefore has a Day One, Day Two, and Day Three labeling. My goal is to get through the items, and due to discussions, activities, and some creation (regarding the ODU required lesson plan), we pretty much take up the alotted time. Please note the meeting times and locations underneath the cohort list. I am happy to make adjustments if there is class concensus on the changes. I know that sometimes the makeup of the class means longer driving times for some. I have taught in the past at alternate locations and/or times as well as offered web versions with a fair amount of success.

OPEN INVITATION Often by the end of the three days, there is a sense that we have just scratched the surface, especially when considering that the creation, fine tuning, and delivery of your lesson plan occurs well after our time together. You may have questions specific to what you are trying to accomplish, and I welcome them. I can be reached at earl.demott@vbschools.com (work, which I check most often), or earldemott@gmail.com (personal).

CLASS "WEBSITE" Outside of this, please note that we use the class website www.careerswitcherssocial.wikispaces.com for all items in class. It is what I call a cumulative website and actually grows with each cohort I teach. Because of this I began assigning teacher candidates individual pages. This is the link by your name, and I ask that you edit only this page. Because of the set up of wikispaces, you would need to request membership to access the editing tools. Wikispaces now allows for potential members to join with a "Join Code". Please see the bottom of this message for this cohort's Join Code. If this isn't your concern at present, you can always view the material without the authorization of editing. I would ask, however, at some point, for three items as a form of "homework," namely the following: 1. list of three items that you will most likely use in your own classroom 2. a rough draft resume 3. a rough draft lesson plan

These are the only three things I would ask you post on your page (or if not a member, email me so that I can post on your page). The rationale behind this is so that in the future when you are in a job search and you need a letter of reference, I can easily pull relevant information about your experience in and outside of the teaching field (resume), make reference to your teaching style (three things), and make content specific commentary (lesson plan).

DISCLAIMER Outside of those three items, your page is yours to use as you will (you may wish to take notes on it, do additional research on it, journal on it, etc....). Probably worth noting is that as this is a site which is consistently a "work in progress", and as this is both a site specifically for the learning process of the teacher candidates, that outside of items specifically written by me, the material comes in three essential forms.

The first is INFORMATIVE...written by me including the LESSON PLAN for the Career Switcher cohort, basic information on my experience (on my page), and protocols / methodologies (seen throughout the website).

The second is PROMPT based... often having been organically created during a particular cohort, and as such is developmental, in need of elaboration for the casual observer, and at times, used for "devils advocate" discussion. Teacher Candidates should use caution while considering the informative nature of these types, as well as a teaching tenants ostensibly present if looking at them without the accompanying discussion.

The third type is STUDENT based, and often is developmental, and only a "snapshot" of the short time we spent together in the Content portion of Career Switchers. Teacher Candidates, therefore, if looking at STUDENT created portions of the website, should consider that they are potentially VERY developmental, and not necessarily good models to use. Considering that there are three pieces of homework, Teacher Candidates may wish to peruse past cohorts work, but take them for what they are, essentially (if not revised AFTER meeting) early rough draft versions.

WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS Finally, teacher candidates often ask what they should bring to class. Generally speaking something to write with/on and/or a device that can get onto the class webpage.

FINAL NOTES All in all, I encourage open communication regarding any material on the website and/or in class, as the intent of this portion of the course is one which is collaborative, collective, evergrowing, and (most likely) in need of an update of some sort.

Thank you, and please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Yours, Earl DeMott

Specific INFO for present cohort: Please go to Student pages for specifics on **__Date/location/Room Number:__** **__OR refer to ODU message below:__**

 Sunday, March 04, 2018 Saturday, March 10, 2018 || Const 1036 Const 1036 Const 1036 || Suggested Change: Cancel Saturday February 24, 2018 Replace it with eight hours of virtual lessons which would meet as follows:
 * **__Social Studies__** ||  ||   ||=   ||
 * **Daniel Brunner** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __daniel.brunerd@gmail.com__ ||= __Dbrun002@odu.edu__ ||
 * **Daniel McNabb** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __danielmcnabb@gmail.com__ ||= __dmcna004@odu.edu__ ||
 * **Dawn Merkle** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __eddawn.merkle@gmail.com__ ||= __dmerk001@odu.edu__ ||
 * **Joshua O'Neal** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __joshuawoneal@gmail.com__ ||= __jonea001@odu.edu__ ||
 * **Kevin Pettrey** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __kevinpettrey@gmail.com__ ||= __kpett003@odu.edu__ ||
 * **Heber Toro** ||= **Secondary Social Studies** ||= __talonnaire@hotmail.com__ ||= __htoro001@odu.edu__ ||
 * = **Instructor** ||= **Dates** ||= **Room Number** ||
 * **Earl DeMott**
 * Social Studies** || Saturday, February 24,2018

Wednesday, February 21st (6-9 p.m.) THREE HOURS Thursday, February 22nd (6-8 p.m.) TWO HOURS Thursday, March 1st (6-9 p.m.) THREE HOURS    To join the wikispaces, use the following: Website JOIN Code You have an active join code: TRJ3XTR. It will expire on Feb 17, 2018 .

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** Thank you all, and I look forward to meeting you on Day One! **
 * Yours, Earl DeMott **
 * earl.demott@vbschools.com **