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Name _______________________________________________ Division _____________ Date ______________

Complete this assignment by class time of week #2.

Send your course instructor an email.

I. Answer the following questions about the syllabus:

1. What is the purpose of the course?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. What do you need to purchase?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Where do you go to purchase the course packet of readings?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. When does the field experience begin?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. What is the first project, and when is it due?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. What is the question/theme of the week for the first week of the course?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. What is the name of your course instructor?

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

 II. Examine the Field Experience packet and answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of the field experience?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who and how do you notify in the event that you are unable to attend a field experience?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Who is responsible for giving the letter of introduction to the teacher?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Who is responsible for giving the letter of thanks to your supervising teacher?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. What are some of the activities you may be expected to perform in the field experience?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

OPTIONAL PORTION

III. Use the following web sites to answer questions about Indiana education:

1. Statistical Facts are available from the State Department of Education  http://www.doe.state.in.us 
   (FIND "K-12 SCHOOL DATA", THEN FIND "TREND DATA" FOR INDIANA)

1. How has the high school graduation changed over the years?

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2. How has enrollment changed in elementary schools and high schools?

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3. How has the attendance rate changed?

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4. What is the current number of teachers employed?

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5. How has the average teacher's salary changed over the last ten years? twenty years?

            _______________________________________________________________________________________

   6.    What is the current expense per pupil? How have the costs changed over the years?

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

   7.    What is the percentage of minority students? Is the number going up or down? 

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

   8.    What is the percentage of minority teachers? Is the number going up or down? 

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

   9.    What is the percentage of students on free lunch? Is the number going up or down? 

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

   10.    What is the percentage of students going on to post-secondary education? Is the number going up or down? 

            ______________________________________________________________________________________

 What is the racial/ethnic composition of students in Indiana?

 

Turn this assignment in to your instructor in Week 2.

Additional information is available from:                  

• National Center for Educational Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp
• National Education Association: http://www.nea.org/edstats/index.html
• Projection statistics for future student populations: http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp

 

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