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Activity: share literacy related pictures and try to categorize them into phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension
30 mins
Establishing a literacy community
Stephanie
Keep book favorites available - they are a comforting choice for children and what children do with them can develop over time
Idea: share favorite classroom materials and how to use them to inspire colleagues
Idea: Bring in seasoned professionals like Hallie to relearn how to use old materials to recognize their value and extend their life
Child lore
30 mins
Reflection Questions Small Groups
Everyone
What is something you accomplished that you are proud of?
What have been some of your challenges this fall, and how were you able to overcome them?
What are your fears when thinking about spring semester?
What are your next steps in preparing for the spring semester?
What is one way you noticed growth in your adult learners? What is something you could have done to deepen their experience?
1 hour
Odds and Ends
Amy
Discussion on maintaining rigor with undergrads, especially practicum students. Practicum students' projects should be well documented throughout our program just as children’s work is
Colleague observations (with children and with undergrads) can be used for CNS purposes, but they should also just be normal operating procedures
Outside employment must be documented with UT and may not exceed 20% of your appointed hours with UT
Reminder: thorough cleaning every week to make our jobs easier at the end of the semester. This means our practicum students and GAs must be trained to carryout our upkeep expectations
Reminder: Family style meals! We are being observed for this specifically
We will be hosting many more EDC classes this semester that will focus on small groups - Adriana will share this schedule with relevant classes as soon as she gets it
Field trips: Make sure you check with Adriana first for observation purposes, then tell parents 48 hours ahead of time, then get permission
Hallie’s party 1/10 4-6:30
Feeding Souls on 1/23 - whole school musical event. Details TBA
Annual fundraising party 3/29 (Saturday evening)
Open house Saturday 4/12 (end of Week of the Young Child)
40 mins
Italy Wrap up + Vision Board Activity
Becca
Slides:
We all created a vision board to visualize our goals for the year with materials from Austin Creative Reuse