If you are a student enrolled in IE 197, your grade for this course depends on the following three things. Each of the three parts is weighted equally:

• PHS Lessons
  
  Teams of 2 or 3 students will be responsible for the design, preparation, and teaching of a 3-week curricular unit to be taught at PHS.
• (19 days before teaching) An idea for a 3-week unit needs to be sketched out (1 page)


• (12 days before teaching) A first draft of the unit needs to be designed, written up, and submitted for full-class comment (5+ pages)


• (5 days before teaching) A portion of the lesson (preferably the following Monday's) needs to be prepared and taught to the seminar (15+ minutes) in order to get final feedback.


• (0 days before teaching) Present lesson at PHS


• (by the end of the term) 1/3 of the final paper is a revised draft of the Pomona High lessons that were taught, including a self-assessment and changes that would be made if it were taught again. (8+ pages)





• HMC Seminars
  
  Teams of 2-3 students will be responsible for the design, preparation, and leading of one seminar discussion per person (teams of two lead two, teams of three lead three, ...)
• (14 days before the seminar) A seminar topic related to math/science education needs to be decided on.


• (8 days before the seminar) The readings for the upcoming seminar need to be chosen and URLs or hardcopies provided to Profs Dodds or Thom. (This leaves us one day to make copies, etc.)



• (5 days, i.e., Friday, before the seminar) A 4+ page paper (or 2+ pages single-spaced) summarizing and responding to the readings needs to be submitted (and will be distributed to the class). An activity that will help engage the topic needs to be chosen by this time, as well.


• (0 days before the seminar) Lead the class's discussion and activities for the Wednesday session.


• (by the end of the term) 1/3 of the final paper is a revised draft of the summary and response to your seminar topics (8+ pages). This should include points raised in the class discussion, as well as any changes in how the seminar plan would be changed if it were presented again.





• HS Observations, Journaling, and Participation
  
  
• Each class member will be responsible for doing each week's readings in advance and participating in the Friday seminar's activities and discussions. Attendence is important. You must let me know ahead of time if you can not make it to a seminar or PHS session, and we will work out alternative arrangements.


• Each class member will be responsible for part of the infrastructure of the Pomona High School outreach, e.g., organizing, tutoring, SAT prep, getting computers to students, and the like.


• Each class member will be responsible for observing at least 6 classroom sessions from various schools: Claremont colleges, Pomona High School, and Claremont High. (two from each)


• Each class member is expected to document her/his reactions to
  • classroom observations
  • the seminar readings
  • the PHS lessons they lead
  
  in a journal (handwritten or electronic). The expected writing is about a half-page (or more, if you get into a groove...) for each of the above items. The journals will be collected at midterm and the end of the course -- they are the final third of the final paper.
  
  An exception! Your written responses to observed PHS and CHS classes need to be submitted within a week after the observation. This is because the teachers would like to know your responses to their teaching and their courses, and have asked for a quicker turnaround!


• Those students who are receiving H/SS seminar credit for IE197 must make a public presentation of their curricular unit and course experience. A forum for doing this will be set up as the term progresses.

Grading standards

A:

An "A" is awarded for outstanding work that can serve as an example for other students in later years. "A" work represents a professional attitude, reflects thoughtful engagement with the topics and outreach efforts of the seminar, and is complete in every respect.

1. You did not miss any meetings (seminar, high-school responsibility, etc.) unless worked out beforehand with the other participants and professor.
2. Your work in preparing for and leading a seminar session met all of the noted deadlines, and it demonstrated both strong preparation and execution.
3. Your final paper showed an integration of many of the different topics and experiences from the course and consisted of the different parts mentioned above.
4. Your work in preparing for a PHS Monday demonstration lesson met all of the noted deadlines.
5. The execution of the Monday demonstration lesson showed considerable attention to detail in its preparation and presentation.
6. Your revision of the lesson plans taught at PHS illustrated a careful consideration of how the students reacted to the lesson, any glitches that might have happened, and direct feedback from peers and students.
7. You completed all of the seminar readings and participated actively in seminar discussions.
8. You completed journal entries on your observations, the seminar readings, and your PHS lessons.
9. You fulfilled at least one of the important roles in the outreach with PHS: tutoring, SAT prep, computer delivery, or organization.

B:

A "B" is awarded for good work that has only a few flaws. A "B" effort is characterized by an excellent attitude and consistent engagement with the topics and efforts of the seminar. It meets most of the expectations (set out above) and is complete in nearly every respect.

C:

A "C" is awarded for satisfactory but uninspired work. A "C" effort is characterized by a positive attitude and some engagement with of the topics covered in the seminar. It meets some expectations (set out above) and is reasonably complete in all important respects.

D/F:

A "D" or "F" indicates substandard work. A "D" effort is characterized by a negative attitude, little engagement with th seminar's work, and meeting only a few expectations. It is incomplete in a number of important respects. An "F" indicates unacceptable work. It is incomplete in nearly every respect.