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TAFE/FCCLA Mavs Game
= = All TAFE/Ed Rising members are invited to take part in an opportunity to get to know the Dallas Mavericks organization better. = =

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= = Who: All TAFE/Ed Rising members (You may invite your parents to chaperone.) BHS FCCLA members will be joining us. = = What: TAFE/FCCLA Day with the Mavericks = = When: Friday, March 3, 2:40 p.m. until after game ends = = Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas = = Cost: $35.00 (Includes ticket, seminar, $10 concession card, and more) = = Transportation: BISD school bus and TRE Rail ($2.50 per student with ID) = = Deadline for reservations: Friday, January 27 = = Must turn in the following: Parent permission form, $35 cash or check = = Once ordered, tickets are nonrefundable. = =

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Scholarships
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= = Fastweb is a scholarship clearinghouse that helps match scholarships to the criteria you fit. Create an account today. (Suggestion: Create an email address such as yournamescholarship@email.com. That way the numerous email notifications sent by fastweb.com will not clog your regular email account.) = =

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= = = = Click here for details about how to request a letter of recommendation. = =
 * Requesting Letters of Recommendation: **

= = Here is the form you will need. = = = =

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Martin Luther King Holiday - No school for students
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Professional Development for Teachers/Flex Day
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=// Tuesday 1/17 //= **TAFE/ED Rising Meeting**

Participate in a TAFE/Ed Rising meeting to find out about the opportunities that await you during the 2nd semester at BCTAL.

Registration for all students for the 2017 - 18 school year is taking place at your schools. Be sure that you know what you are registering for so that you don't get placed in classes that you DON'T want to take!

=// Wednesday and Thursday 1/18 - 1/19 //=

Follow the Barnes and Noble guidelines for the "My Favorite Teacher Contest."

 [|Click here] to access contest rules and permission forms.

 You may write an essay, a letter, or a poem, 500 words or less, to a teacher (must be still teaching) who has inspired you! Edit your entry so that it is fit to enter in the contest. Be sure to "spellcheck" as well as proof other writing conventions: punctuation, grammar, capitalization, readability, and more. Print when given directions to do so. NOTE: You must have parent signature and notarized permission forms to enter the contest.

=// Friday 1/20 //= **Portfolio Development**
 * What is Career Cruising? Learn how this internet website can become a great tool in making plans for your future.
 * Set up an account following classroom protocol.

Log on to [|www.careercruising.com] by visiting your campus website.


 * If you have created an account in the past, log in using the username and password created previously.
 * If you have never created an account, use the following information to enter Career Cruising and set up an account.

If setting up a new account, create a new username and password by following the prompts and using the following protocol.

Example: BIRD-123456 Example: 01012001 IMPORTANT: Record you login and password in your secret folder once you set up your account
 * Username: ** BIRD- + 6 digit student ID
 * Password: ** Your birthdate - mmddyyyy


 * Portfolio Development[[image:kkallasbctal/my skills 2.jpeg align="right" caption="my skills 2.jpeg"]] **


 * Begin the "Matchmaker" instrument in Career Cruising to find out careers that may be suitable for you. Be sure to complete the additional questions when prompted to do so. If you do not finish, you may log out and pick up where you left off later. Do not print until you finish tomorrow's portion of the assignment.

Note: Answer questions as you really are, not how you wish you were.

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= //Coming Next:// =

Continue to find out more about you. Log in to your Career Cruising account and complete the //**My Skills**// assessment. Be sure to save. Print your results combined with the //**Matchmaker**// portion taken yesterday. Write a reflection in your journal that answers the following questions. (Be sure to copy the questions.)
 * What do these results tell you?
 * What do they reveal to you about yourself that you find surprising? That you expected?
 * How could they help you plan your future?



Complete the //**Learning Styles Inventory**// and print. You will need to leave your results visible on your laptop screen as the pie chart will not print out in color. Once you have your printout, color in the pie chart to represent your learning styles according to your results. Turn in the Learning Styles Inventory.
 * Portfolio Development **

In your journal, identify your primary learning style, and research what this means online. In your journal, write a brief description (2 - 5 sentences or a bulleted list) of your learning style.

What are Learning Preferences?
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Now that you've taken the Learning Styles inventory, let's see what it means. How can knowing what your learning styles are help you be a better student? Why do teachers need to be aware their students' learning styles?

Read pp. 197 - 203 in Teaching. Participate in the class discussion about how teachers can draw out the best in their students by understanding their learning preferences.

=Multiple Intelligences=

Complete your journal entry featuring the definitions of each of the nine areas of Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner). Highlight those that you feel are yours.

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 * [[image:global & analytical.jpeg align="right"]]Portfolio Development ** Global or Analytical? What do these words means? How do they apply to the way we use our brains? Are you a global thinker or an analytical thinker? What does that mean?

First, take the Assessment and see where you fall on the hemisphericity scale. Which side of your brain is the dominant side? By how much?

Then, read about how hemisphericity affects the way you prefer to learn. Discuss your similarities and differences with the learners in your group.

How do determine students' learning preferences without giving them an assessment? Through observation teachers hear and see clues that alert them to their learners' preferences.

What would you hear an analytical learner say? What would you hear a global learner say? After you read about this, complete the cut and paste activity and see if you can identify global and analytical learners.




 * [[image:True Colors i.jpeg align="right"]]Portfolio Development ** What are your TRUE COLORS? Take the instrument and find out what that might indicate about you. Apply this knowledge and relate it to what you have learned this semester about characteristics needed by educators.

[|What Does My Color Mean for Me?]

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True Colors writing assignment
 * [[image:True Colors II.jpeg align="left"]]Portfolio Development **
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 * [[image:Walter Mitty.jpg align="right"]]Portfolio Development **

So, what do you plan to do with your life? How will you achieve your goals to reach the career you desire?

Read the original work, __//**The Secret Life of Walter Mitty**//__. What were his fantasies and dreams? Could he have realized some of these things through a career change? How will your chosen career help you realize your dreams?

Begin researching your career following the guidelines given in class and using Career Cruising. You will have to use your time effectively, so you should consider working on this outside of class.


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