| Wk | Monday | Wednesday | ||||
| Day | Activity | Homework | Day | Activity | Homework | |
| 1 | 9/1 | No Class | 9/3 | Intro | Read: 1) Experiential Learning 2) ...Conceptual Change 3) Example PHS Lesson 4) Darwin Observe two CC classes by 9/15 | |
| 2 | 9/8 | What to teach? The IE197 experience Seminar Assignments |
Read: 1) Meeting the class... 2) Facilitating Discussion 3) Peer Learning 4) Power Structure |
9/10 | Engagement Techniques Ideal PHS Interaction Ice Breaker Brainstorm |
Read UBD Chapters 1 - 3 Reverse Engineer UBD Templates |
| 3 | 9/15 | Teaching Understanding Lesson Planning Discuss Observations PHS Group Formation |
Read: 1) Teaching Styles 2) Research Methods 3) Cooperative Learning 4) Generating Hypotheses |
9/17 | Group PHS Topic Investigation. Units to be taught at PHS: 1) Card Playing Strategies 2) Mechanics of Motion with Fruit! |
Teams elaborate and plan their units. |
| 4 | 9/22 | Discuss Team Unit Plans. | 9/24 | Guest Lecture: Natan Bershtel |
Teams come up with several leading questions to assess student background regarding units. | |
| 5 | 9/29 | Initial Lesson Plan Brainstorm | Write 1st draft of initial lesson plan. | 10/1 | Over-arching Lesson Plan Brainstorm | First draft of 7-week plan. |
| 6 | 10/6 | PHS Ice Breaker | Practice Initial Lesson Plans | 10/8 | Initial Lecture Dry Runs | Final draft of initial lesson plan. |
| 7 | 10/13 | 1st PHS Lesson | 10/15 | Debrief | ||
| 8 | 10/20 | Fall Break | Final draft of unit plans (7-day outline, overarching motivation, lesson plan for day 1) | 10/22 | Practice Day #2 Lessons | |
| 9 | 10/27 | PHS Lesson w/Video Recorder |
10/29 | Video Tape Evaluation | Journal Scan | |
| 10 | 11/3 | PHS Lesson | Alternative Education Readings | 11/5 | Alternative Education Seminar: Aja Hammerly | |
| 11 | 11/10 | PHS Lesson | Single-Sex Education Readings | 11/12 | Single-Sex Education Seminar: Diana Werden and Robby Bailey |
Observe PHS and Diamond Bar classes by 11/19 |
| 12 | 11/17 | PHS Lesson | 11/19 | PHS Observation Discussion | ||
| 13 | 11/24 | PHS Lesson | Standardized Testing Readings | 11/26 | Standardized Testing Seminar: Daniel Woo and Joey Kim | |
| 14 | 12/1 | Last PHS Lesson | Seminar ??? Readings | 12/3 | Seminar ???: Rob Law and Jonathan Lee |
Final readings: 1) Success for Some 2) Romancing the Child 3) Schools ... deserve 4) Does it work? |
| 15 | 12/10 | School Reform | 12/8 | Guest Lecture Cynthia Hinton Teaching at PHS IE Evaluation | ||
| 16 | 12/15 | Journals Due | 12/17 | Papers Due | ||