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MEETING
INFORMATION
Educators of Tomorrow (Education Club) Meeting
October 17, 2006
10:50 – 11:50am
Trautman Union Building
Officers present were: Kathryn Cullum, Rachel
Grieves, Edith Lanuzga, Sara vonMoos, Kristina Bogue and Glenda Peek. There was
a total of 27 members present, plus two guest speakers (Faye Barnes and Mary
Foust) and one faculty advisor (Professor Leaverton).
Kathryn opened the meeting promptly at 12:00 after members
and guests were given a few minutes to make themselves a taco salad.
Club officers were re-introduced to new members. Also, it
was announced that Sara vonMoos has been appointed as Public Relations Officer
and Kristina Bogue has been appointed as club Treasurer. Co-Vice president
positions have been fine-tuned and the position titles have been revised.
Rachel will be Vice President of Club Operations and Edith will be the Vice
President of Community Relations.
There was a brief overview of club programs including:
- Connections Mentorship program
- Tanzanian Children’s Fund
- Scholastic Book Fair (Oct. 9-14)
- SWEA
Upcoming Events/Important Dates
Schilter’s Pumpkin Patch Get Together – October 21 @ 4pm
for members, family and friends. Hope to see you all there!!!
Scholastic Book Fair – October 9-14 (Sign up sheet was
passed for shift sign up).
December 15 (or 16) – End of Semester Potluck.
Conference/Professional Opportunities Announcements:
Arts Time
Conference
March 23&24
Tukwila, Washington
This conference will feature keynote speakers Dr. Harry
Wong (educator extrordinaire) and Dr. Terry Bergeson (OSPI). Registration is
$75 for students. Visit our club webpage for links to registration/conference
information.
Washington State Council of Social Studies K-8
Conference
February 2007 (more information available through club
webpage)
Meeting Minutes
Last month’s meeting minutes were made available at each
table for members to read at their leisure. Deborah Arleque moved that we
accept the minutes as submitted. Colleen Davis seconded. It was called to vote
and Rachel Grieves seconded. Motion carried. Minutes accepted as submitted.
Treasurer’s Report
ASSMU is in the process of reviewing our yearly budget.
The 22 Account ledger shows a current balance of $349.24. However, there was no
entry for a deduction of the $100.00 that was given to the Tanzanian Children’s
Fund in April or May of last year. Kristina will follow up on the actual
balance.
It was moved by Marie Holloway and seconded by Becky Cook
that we use 22 Account funds to repay club officers for food expenses from last
month’s meeting and use ASSMU funds to replace those back into the 22 account
after the budget has been approved. Rachel Grieves called to question, Teana
Sterr seconded. The members voted to approve the account withdrawal, motion
carried.
Kathryn introduced our guest speakers:
Faye Barnes –Practicum and Student Teaching Placement
Officer
Mary Foust – Endorsements, Certification and File Review
Officer
Practica/Student Teaching Tips from Faye Barnes:
- Practicum forms can be turned in the semester previous
to placement requirement. This allows more time to assure placement as soon as
the new semester begins.
- Treat practica opportunities as a job interview –
teachers and principals are observing and they are talking about how you
present yourself and how well you get along with others.
- See Mary Foust for file review and to go over student
teaching/certification paperwork prior to meeting or contacting Faye.
- When requesting a particular school or teacher for
practicum or student teaching, it is helpful to give Faye at least two
different teachers and/or schools. If Faye does not receive a response
within 3 weeks, she will try your second choice.
- You can be placed at the same school as a
relative or close friend, but not in the same classroom and preferably
not the same grade.
- Do not talk to teachers or administrators at practicum
school while placement process is taking place. Leave this to Faye – it is
her job. The only exception to this is the Junior Achievement program in
Intro to Education and Social Studies Methods. JA and Dr. Hashimoto have
their own placement process for these classes.
- If you are planning to do a split student teaching for
SPED and another endorsement – make sure your student teaching packet is
turned in well in advance (8 weeks) of the regular deadline.
Endorsement, Certification and File Review Tips from
Mary Foust:
- Mary’s job is to take care of all paperwork for SMU and
OSPI and to make sure that when you graduate you are certifiable to teach in
the State of Washington.
- File review can be done at any time. However, you
need to make an appointment with Mary two semesters prior to scheduled
student teaching to make sure you are on track. Mary sifts through your file
to be sure you have the required documents such as current cpr card, current
fingerprints, endorsement (pink) sheets and completion of coursework and
required practica and necessary signatures from the Education Division and the
University.
- Mary is also responsible for recording Praxis and West-B
scores.
- You must pass the Praxis, meet graduation requirements
for SMU and your BA must be posted to your transcript in order to be
certified.
- Usually, a temporary teaching permit can be issued by
Mary within 7 days of the BA being posted to your transcript. This temporary
permit is issued for 6 months ($35) until your official certificate can be
processed and obtained.
- The Praxis for your endorsement areas can be taken
before, during or after student teaching. It is best to take it just prior to
student teaching in order to be able to be certified as soon as student
teaching and BA are complete.
- There is an Intern Substitute Permit where a student
teacher can actually be paid to substitute in the classroom where he/she is
student teaching. This permit only applies to that particular class and is
only accepted when the student teacher has at least begun their solo teaching
and all parties involved approve of the Intern Substitute Permit. “All
parties” include the student teacher, mentor teacher, SMU Education Division
official and the principal and school district where student teaching is
taking place. The form is available on the OSPI website.
Last minute reminders/announcements:
- Ed club will plan to have Faye and Mary back again each
semester (if possible).
- ASSMU judicial committee members needed. If interested
in more information talk to Kathryn.
- Any fundraising ideas would be appreciated as we are
unsure at this point if ASSMU will accept our complete budget. We like being
able to serve lunch at the meetings, but financially we may need to come up
with ways to subsidize the costs. Possible donations and/or fundraisers. . .
Any ideas?????
- We are hoping to do an electronic unit exchange within
the club and many members displayed an interest. Jennifer Fagan said she has
access to loads of CD-R if we want to use them for the future unit plan swap.
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