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ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Using extrinsic rewards in the classroom is often controversial. Where do you stand in terms of providing students with rewards for reaching behavioral or academic goals? After reviewing the readings and any additional sources, do you plan to use extrinsic motivators in your future classroom? If so, how?

DQ2 In order to encourage and promote student motivation and engagement, instructors must provide support while academically challenging students. Discuss strategies to provide support for academically, behaviorally, and socially diverse students. Be specific in naming strategies.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 How will you manage group and cooperative learning when it comes to meeting the diverse needs of students? How will you group your students so they do not feel inferior or superior and their self-esteem is taken into consideration? How do you ensure that learning is happening for everyone?

DQ2 Share two motivation strategies from the topic materials or from your own research and explain why these strategies will motivate, encourage, and engage students in discussion and instruction.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Respond to the following scenario:

You discover that one of your students’ parents has passed away suddenly. This parent was an active member in the school and a volunteer in the classroom. Most of the students knew this parent.

How will you address this situation in your classroom? What resources are available to students who are affected by this traumatic event?

DQ2 Consider GCU’s Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work, which states, “Therefore, we have resolved to carry out our work within the public arena with compassion, justice, and concern for the common good,” as you respond to the following scenario:

You have a new student in your class that started in the middle of the year. You notice that the student is being bullied during recess.

How will you address your class? What strategies can you use to minimize bullying in your class? How can you approach this from a Christian worldview perspective in order to create a safe and positive learning environment?

 

 

 

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 What do you consider a non-negotiable rule? Identify three of your future non-negotiable rules and explain why you chose them. What is the difference between non-negotiable rules and classroom values? How are these essential to the classroom?

DQ2 Consider GCU’s Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work, which states, “Therefore, we are convinced that the Christian life must involve compassion and care, not only for the spiritual needs of mankind, but also for basic physical needs that stem from poverty, oppression, and injustice,” when responding to the following discussion prompts.

How will you address diverse needs in your classroom? How will you ensure that students feel accepted and valued in their classroom?

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 What are some communication do’s and don’ts when communicating with parents? Identify and rationalize two do’s and two don’ts when having a parent-teacher conference.

DQ2 There are a number of key stakeholders in a school system and the school community. List at least three important stakeholders, including parents, and explain the importance of your relationship with each of them. How will your relationships with these key stakeholders affect students?

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 What is cyberbullying and how can teachers help prevent it? If cyberbullying does happen between students in a classroom or school, what steps should teachers take to address the issue?

DQ2 What precautions should teachers take when using technology to enhance instruction? How should teachers prepare students for the use of technology in the classroom?

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 1 Assignment

Student Engagement Strategies

A crucial element of classroom management is to develop strategies to engage students, promote individual and group motivation, and encourage positive behaviors among students. As a future teacher going into the classroom, it is important to develop a toolkit of effective engagement and classroom management strategies for use in any classroom.

Part 1: Effective Engagement Strategies Toolkit

Research three videos that successfully demonstrate engagement, motivation, and classroom management strategies that would be useful for the grade level you want to teach. With this information, complete the “Effective Engagement Strategies Toolkit” template.

The template will cover the following:

Name and location of video

Description of engagement strategy and how each strategy demonstrates respect and responsiveness for cultural and diverse needs of students

Procedures and expectations of the strategy

How each strategy is described, implemented, and/or evaluated in the classroom

Reference

Part 2: Effective Engagement Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on the following:

What signs would you look for, as a teacher, to show that your students are engaged in instruction?

After explaining the role of each student at the beginning of a lesson for a group activity, how can you ensure all members of the group know each team member’s expectations?

How would you monitor individual student understanding in a small group setting?

How would you describe a learning environment that fosters engagement and motivates students?

Submit the “Effective Engagement Strategies Toolkit” template and reflection as one deliverable.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 2 Assignment

Group Learning Environments

Students learn in a variety of settings and environments. Group learning creates an environment of engagement and motivation. It gives students a chance to learn from each other in a cooperative learning setting.

Part 1: Classroom Design

For this assignment, you will create and design your own classroom using an online classroom design tool. Your design should focus on group and cooperative learning in the classroom environment and include:

The layout of the classroom.

Where the desks/tables will be placed to facilitate group learning.

Where the technology will be located so students with diverse needs have equitable access.

Part 2: Group Learning Reflection

In 500-750 words, identify effective engagement and motivation strategies that promote student learning and describe how you will incorporate group learning techniques into your future teaching practices. Describe how these techniques will help students understand the classroom expectations and procedures and how to work productively.

In your reflection, address:

Grade level, content area, and rationale as to why your classroom design is conducive to group learning.

Description of the classroom setting and focus of the room.

Description of the strategies to foster organization.

How group learning activities help students work productively and promote students’ growth and development.

How to communicate effectively with students with diverse needs, including language barriers and cultural differences.

How you will use these engagement strategies in your future professional practice.

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Submit the classroom layout and reflection as one deliverable.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 2 Assignment

Clinical Field Experience A: Group Learning Environments

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Part 1: Observation

For this field experience, spend time in an elementary classroom, grade K-8, observing a group learning activity and collaborating with your mentor teacher. Coordinate with your mentor teacher to determine the best time to observe a group learning activity. As you are observing, complete the "Group Learning Environment Technique" template.

Part 2: Collaboration

Following your observation, collaborate with your mentor teacher to learn more about the group learning techniques implemented in the classroom.

Below is a list of questions to discuss:

How do you create an environment conducive to group learning activities?

What behavior situations arise during group learning activities?

How do you deal with behavior situations during group learning activities?

How do you set the expectations for group learning activities?

What strategies are the most beneficial when managing group learning activities?

Ask two additional questions of your own.

Part 3: Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on your observation and collaboration in your mentor teacher's classroom. Discuss the classroom environment and why it is conducive to group and cooperative learning, expectations, and student engagement. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to LoudCloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 3 Assignment

Trauma in Schools

This assignment discusses sensitive material pertaining to the teacher and classroom learning environment, while it is not a topic we want to bring to light, it is critical that teachers are prepared and aware of these situations.

Traumatic events occur in schools all across the country every day. An important aspect of classroom management is to know how to prepare for trauma and deal with what happens in the classroom and in schools. Trauma can come in many forms including school shooting, lockdown, abuse, students’ parent death, evacuation, etc. or lesser forms of trauma that can still have an effect on students.

For this assignment, research a traumatic event that has happened in an elementary school in the past 5 years. Then select a generic event in order to complete this assignment. With the specific traumatic event in mind, choose a grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8). Conduct research and use the resources in the topic materials to determine how you would respond to this specific traumatic event and traumatic events in the future. 

Create an 8-10 slide digital presentation to be presented to the community, teachers in the district, and families. Be sure to take into consideration students' diverse personal and family backgrounds.

Your digital presentation should address the following:

Statement of the traumatic event (school shooting, fire, bomb threat, etc.)

How to respond during the traumatic event.

How to respond to students the day after a traumatic event.

How to respond to and address families.

How to prepare students for future traumatic events.

Resources to give families in preparation of traumatic events.

Be sure to include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 3 Assignment

Clinical Field Experience B: Behavior Expectations/Trauma/Bullying

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Part 1: Observation

Request permission from your mentor teacher to observe another classroom in order to see various classroom management styles.

Observe a different grade level or different classroom in the same grade level as in Clinical Field Experience A. Spend your first hour observing how the teacher incorporates group motivation and behavior expectations during instruction and/or group activities.

Part 2: Collaboration

Use the next hour to interview your mentor teacher about group motivation, how he or she sets behavior expectations, establishes safety procedures, and addresses trauma in the classroom.

Below is a list of questions to ask your mentor teacher:

How do you develop group motivation during classroom instruction?

How do you set your behavior expectations in your classroom?

In what ways do you communicate with the parents of your students regarding motivation, expectations, safety procedures, and trauma?

How have you dealt with bullying in your classroom?

Does your school implement any type of bullying curriculum? If so, describe it.

In what ways do you prepare your students for safety in your classroom (fire drill, lockdown, evacuation, trauma, etc.)?

What traumatic events (lockdown, evacuation, abuse, students’ family member passed away, etc.) have occurred in your classroom/school while teaching? *

How did you respond with your students?

Ask additional questions and follow-up questions as appropriate.

Note: Do not use students' real names mentioned during the interview.

Part 3: Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize the interview, and how the teacher responded to bullying, trauma, and safety in the classroom. Reflect on how you will respond to bullying in your future classroom and when and how you will involve parents. What are some ways you can address bullying with the whole class? Research bullying prevention strategies and share two strategies. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Support your strategies with a minimum of two to three scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to LoudCloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 4 Assignment

Classroom Procedures and Diversity

Establishing classroom procedures and routines helps to optimize time for instruction and allows the learning environment to operate efficiently. Students and teachers need to have procedures for everything, based on the needs of the particular class.

For this assignment, identify a class of students in terms of grade level, K-8, and number of students in the class. Create a 10-12 slide digital presentation for the first day of school that will demonstrate how you will introduce expectations, processes, and diversity to your class. 

Your digital presentation must include three parts:

Part 1 - Introduction

How to introduce yourself to your students

How students will introduce themselves to each other

How the expectations, procedures, and behavior management will be introduced

How the procedures and expectations will be enforced, along with possible consequences

Part 2 - Expectations for Policies and Procedures

Choose five policies and procedures, applicable to your chosen grade level, from the list below or of your own, and describe how to implement them in your future classroom:

Entering the classroom

Using the restrooms

When students may go to the trash cans

The use of technology in the classroom

Turning in classwork and homework

Talking to others in the classroom

Gaining student attention

Transitions

Part 3 - Incorporate Diversity

How to address diverse needs in your class (e.g., a student in a wheelchair, a student does not speak English, a student who does not celebrate traditional holidays, a student who cannot eat certain foods because of religion, a student who is a different race than the rest of the class, etc.)

How to instructionally support various diverse needs, including language, family backgrounds, skills, and abilities in your classroom

How to develop a culture in your classroom that values each students’ diverse background

How to establish and maintain a positive and collaborative relationship with families.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 4 Assignment

Clinical Field Experience C: Behavior Management and Diversity

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Part 1: Observation and Collaboration

Obtain permission from your mentor teacher to observe another classroom in order to see various classroom management styles.

For this field experience, observe another grade level or different classroom in the same grade level as in previous field experiences. Collaborate with your mentor teacher about behavior management and incorporation of diversity in the classroom.

Part 2: Reflection

In 500-750 words, summarize and reflect on the three field experiences. In your summary, compare and contrast the three classrooms, answering the following questions:

How were the behavior expectations different in the three classrooms?

Was the management of each classroom the same or different?

Did the teachers have different expectations for their students?

What adjustments would you have made in each classroom?

Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form in LoudCloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 5 Assignment

Benchmark - Academic Success Plan

The purpose of the Academic Success Plan is to develop effective engagement and classroom management plans and how they would be implemented in the classrooms.

For this benchmark assignment, develop the Academic Success Plan for a grade level of your choice based on the “Class Profile.” Prior assignments can be used based on instructor feedback, for this benchmark. The Academic Success Plan will be completed in two parts and include the following elements:

Part 1: Classroom Management Plan

In 250-500 words, create a classroom management plan, including an introduction and a purpose statement explaining the reasons for creating the plan.

Describe in the plan:

How to motivate and engage collaboration among peers

How students will be guided to stay on task and organized in their work

The resources and support inside and outside the classroom

How a functioning learning environment will be established

How to ensure the classroom expectations and procedures are in place

How data is related to student behaviors and responses will be collected and used to inform classroom-management practices

Part 2: Communication Management Plan

In 500-750 words, address the following prompts to create your communication management plan. Your communication management plan must address the following:

How to communicate with, establish, and maintain positive relationships with families in order to establish positive school-home relations

How to make the connection from school to home to promote positive relationships regarding professional decisions and actions that maintain educational equity in order to establish a safe learning community for students

Access students and families will have to technology and how to use technology in a safe, productive, and positive environment

An overall intent to establish a collaborative, learning environment that integrates families, colleagues, and professionals to create a positive, student-centered, supportive learning environment that fosters the growth of students’ intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development

Support your plan with three scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

COE Program Competencies:

1.3: Candidates identify techniques to establish a learning environment that maintains learners’ attention by actively engaging students in managing resources of time and space, and fostering respectful ways of communication and safe interactions through the inclusion of expectations, values, and routines. [ACEI 1.0; InTASC 3(k), 3(d), 3(e), 3(f), 3(i), 3(l), 3(q)]

5.2 Candidates continually evaluate the effects of their professional decisions and actions on students, families and other professionals in the learning community and actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally and align practices with laws related to educational equity. [ACEI 5.1; InTASC 9(a), 9(b), 9(c), 9(d), 9(e), 9(j), 9(k); ISTE-T 4b, 4d, 5a, 5c; MC3]

5.3: Candidates establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with families, school colleagues, other professionals, and agencies in the larger community to promote the intellectual, social, emotional, physical growth and well-being of children. [ACEI 5.2; InTASC 1(c), 1(k), 1(j), 10(a), 10(b), 10(d), 10(e), 10(f), 10(i), 10(j), 10(k), 10(n), 10(o), 10(q), 10(r); ISTE-T 3b, 3c, 5b, 5d; MC2]

 

ELM510 Creating and Managing Engaging Learning Environments

Week 6 Assignment

Technology in the Classroom

A crucial component to classroom management is to have the knowledge to be able to use various forms of technology in order to manage your classroom efficiently.

Part 1: Graphic Organizer

For this assignment, research five different forms of technology that can be used in the classroom to support learning during instruction and home/school connections. Create a graphic organizer to include:

The five forms of technology

A description of the proper use of each form of technology

How students can interact, locally or globally, using this form of technology

How each form of technology can be implemented into instruction in the classroom to support learning for all students

Part 2: Reflection

In addition to the graphic organizer, in 250-500 words, summarize, reflect, and include a rationale for the inclusion of technology in classrooms. Additionally, address how technology supports learning for all students in the classroom and at home. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.