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A Quick "Breakdown"
~ Degrees Earned
- Master of Arts Secondary Education
(5-12)
- Bachelor of Arts English
~ Specializations
~Over 1100 Hours of Clinical Experience
- Tutor: 2 hours per week (Fall and Spring
Semester)
- Participant:
- 5 hours per week (Fall semester)
- 14 hours per week (Spring semester)
- Intern: 16 weeks of student teaching
(Fall semester)
- Contract: 175 hours (Spring semester)
~ Facts about the Benedum Collaborative
- 3 years of clinical experience
- Technology, diversity, and special needs
strands
- Collaborative learning
- bridges gap between practice and
research
- action research
- reflective practitioner
Welcome to my electronic
portfolio! This is an almost exact replica of the "hard copy"
portfolio I will use to graduate from West Virginia University's
Benedum Collaborative Five-Year Teacher Education Program. My
name is Mary Blaker and I will be graduating from this program in
May 2005. Upon graduation I will receive a Bachelor of Arts in
English and a Master of Arts in Education. This simply means
that my content specialization is English, grades five through
twelve.
The Benedum Collaborative
has received numerous distinctions among teacher education programs.
This includes a mention in former Secretary of Education, Rod
Paige's Title II Report. The Collaborative is now known around
the nation as a program that more than adequately prepares it's
graduates for employment in the teaching field.
This preparation begins in
the junior (or "tutor" as it is called within the program) year and
continues through to the graduate ("intern") year. This
program has given me extensive experience in the public schools,
with over 1100 hours working with students at North Marion High
School and Suncrest Middle School. My portfolio highlights
working with students in Language Arts classes in grades 6, 7, 10,
11, and 12.
Along with the clinical
experience comes an in-depth Action Research project. The goal
of this project is to demonstrate my knowledge of content,
pedagogy, and learning theories. This project also allows me
to demonstrate my ability to be a reflective practitioner which is a
key element in the Five-Year program.
What follows are the 10
Characteristics of a Novice Teacher. The Collaborative centers
around these ten characteristics. For each characteristic
there is a rationale, and an artifact. Thanks for taking the
time to view my portfolio!
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