Syllabus
(DNR) Kindergarten Apprentice Teacher
Week 1
- Course Overview
- Class icebreaker - acrostic poem
- Introductory survey
- Topic-post acrostic poem and establish contact with at least 2 classmates
- Begin search for kindergarten classroom teacher
Week 2
- More About You
- Organize details of academic life and work/volunteer activities for resume
- Comparison of kindergarten of today and in the past
- Read article: “Top Ten Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom”
- Topic-thoughts and ideas about kindergarten past and present
Week 3
- Getting Ready for the ‘K’ Classroom
- Acquire knowledge of learning styles/multiple intelligences and extend the information to your own learning styles
- Compile information on how to conduct a read-aloud lesson
- Demonstrate knowledge of reading aloud
Week 4
- Looking at Kindergarten Curriculums
- Become familiar with the kindergarten curriculum for your state
- Connect your state kindergarten curriculum to what you have learned about the kindergarten classroom
- Connect your kindergarten memories to your state kindergarten curriculum
- Read various articles about kindergarten curriculums
Week 5
- Going to the Kindergarten Classroom
- Become familiar with the students you will teach and the classroom where you will teach
- Establish a relationship with your cooperating teacher
- Observe kindergarten classroom and complete observation form
Week 6
- Your First Lesson
- Plan and conduct a read-aloud lesson in the kindergarten classroom
- Plan and conduct a follow-up activity for the read-aloud
- Analyze your teaching experience
- Contact your kindergarten teacher and set up your first lesson
Week 7
- Your Second Lesson
- Analyze how a teacher’s personality affects interactions with students
- Demonstrate the details of a well-planned lesson
- Teach the lesson
- Analyze the classroom experience
Week 8
- Branching Out On Your Own
- Develop lesson plan relating a literature selection to either a science or social studies topic in the kindergarten curriculum
- Incorporate use of positive feedback to needy students
Week 9
- Teaching A Lesson and Planning A Party
- Develop and implement a read-aloud lesson plan for either a science or social studies topic
- Develop a lesson plan for a culminating party
- Describe and discuss class lesson plans for insight into diversity of activities in relation to learning styles
Week 10
- Time To Party
- Analyze party experience
- Research schools for observation in a pre-k and first grade classroom
- Implement party plan
- Contact a school for 1 observation in a pre-kindergarten classroom
- Contact a school for 1 observation in a first grade classroom
Week 11
- Topic/Theme
- Record observations in a pre-k and first grade classroom
- Acquire background information about pre-k teacher and first grade teacher
- Acquire knowledge about primary-age students
- Analyze the spiraling curriculum for pre-k through first grade
Week 12
- You Are the Kindergarten Teacher
- Analyze teaching situations and present solutions to the problems
Week 13
- You Are Hired
- Plan physical layout, develop rules and techniques for discipline of kindergarten classroom
Week 14
- Reflections
- Analyze, interpret and summarize the information acquired relating to the profession of a kindergarten classroom teacher
- Compose a formal paper addressing specific topics relating to the kindergarten experience
Week 15
- Congratulations To You
- Acknowledge the support and professional information the kindergarten cooperating teacher has provided
- Analyze and appraise course content