Professional Block Field Experience
Spring 2018
 Dr. Heilshorn, Dr.Himmele, Dr.Hower, Dr. Mehrenberg, Dr. Petula
	
Guidelines for your field experience:

You are expected to accommodate the schedule of the cooperating teacher.  If the teacher arrives early and leaves shortly after dismissal, you are encouraged to arrive and leave at the same times to allow for cooperative planning and discussions.  If the teacher arrives at the appointed time, but remains after school for planning, you should make all attempts to accommodate that schedule.  If you are asked to attend faculty meetings, staff development workshops, and/or parent conferences, please do so.

No smoking:
These schools are no smoking schools. 

Absence Policy:
You are expected to be at your assignment every day.  Absences are acceptable only in cases of personal illness or death in the immediate family.  In the case of illness or a death in the family, you must contact the school, cooperating teacher, university supervisor, and driver or riders as early as possible.  Be sure to get the phone number of the school and cooperating teacher on the first day.  Official documentation should be submitted to your University Supervisor. 

School Policies:
You should follow the local school district rules and regulations and the school’s policies as they apply to regularly employed staff.   The only exception is that you follow our dress code policy as outlined on the next page.  You should become thoroughly familiar with school policies, handbooks, emergency procedures, and instructional plans.  During the first several days, review the long range plan for your grade level to get an idea of what has occurred in the classroom, as well as where the class will be going in terms of educational goals and objectives.

Legal Status:
Professional Block students do not have the same legal status as student teachers.  Therefore, you may not be in a classroom without the presence of your cooperating teacher.

Corporal Punishment:
	You should not administer corporal punishment to students under any circumstances.

Professionalism:
	Apparel:
		Dress professionally.
On the first day, dress as if you are going to a job interview.

Role and Responsibility of MU Student:
	1.	Place school duties and responsibilities ahead of personal wishes and outside activities.
	2.	Keep discussions professional and nonjudgmental.  That includes discussions of children, school personnel, university personnel, and personal issues.  All school related discussions should be considered confidential and should not be discussed with others.
	3.	Become informed about the pupils in your assigned classroom.
	4.         Conform to the school’s rules, policies, and local standards of behavior.
	5.         Conduct yourself in a mature, responsible and professional manner and maintain an
                          appropriate personal appearance.
	
	6.	Show courtesy and respect for pupils, faculty, staff, parents, and members of the community.  You are a representative of MU and of educators in general. 
	7.	Avoid partiality and favoritism toward pupils.
	8.	Be fully prepared for each day.
	9.	Make frequent self-evaluations and discuss them with your cooperating teacher and university supervisor.
	10.	Strive for personal and professional growth through continued study and effort.
	11.	Use e-mail professionally.  Do not write confidential comments on e-mail, a website, or a building.
	12.	Be on time all the time.

Field Placement Assignments:

	REQUIRED:
	1.	WEEKLY e-mail contact with your supervising professor.  Again, do not write confidential comments about your placement on e-mail.
	2.	Maintain a 3-ring binder with all lesson plans and journal entries.  The binder should be available for the University Supervisor to review at each visit.  Please use tabs.
	3.	Prepare a minimum of one formal lesson plan for each discipline of Block–Literacy, Math, and Science.
	4.	Create one learning center, enrichment activity, game, bulletin board, or other item that you will donate to the classroom.
	5.	Type all lesson plans and have your cooperating teacher initial each one prior to implementation.  Follow the lesson plan format use in your methods classes.  Write formal lesson plans for all plans that you create.
	6.	On Thursday, May 10th attend a debriefing session held in the Stayer MPR. Bring both of your evaluations ( Lesson Observation and Final Evaluation) with you to give to your supervisor.  Your last day for the field assignment is Friday, May 11th, 2018.  
	7.	Earn a satisfactory report from the cooperating teacher and your supervisor.
	
Evaluation forms are due the day of your debriefing seminar.  This form must be completed and turned in on time for you to receive credit for this placement.

	RECOMMENDED:
	8.	Teach all classes for one complete day.  Complete lesson plans should be written for each class.  All lesson plans should be typed according to the Professional Block format.  (Your cooperating teacher must be in the room during your teaching at all times.)
	
Be professionally occupied on all school days.  If for some reason your school does not meet on a normally scheduled school day, use this time to prepare materials, lessons, etc. for your classroom.  Take this opportunity to use the MU resources.

			WE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: 
			
		1.	Facial pierces - only one hole in each earlobe
		2.	No tongue piercing
		3.	No spandex or denim
		4.	Tuck in all shirts
		5.	Cover all body tattoos
		6.	No opened toed shoes
		7.	Short, professional nails
		8.	Dress for the profession of TEACHING!