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After School Schedule for the Week:

Monday: Student Holiday Tuesday: Until 4:15 Wednesday: Until last student goes home Thursday: Until 4:15 Friday: Until 4:00

= Monday, January 20:  = = Martin Luther King Holiday - No school for students! = = = = Tuesday, Janaury 21:  =

TAFE State permission forms due today!

TAFE members attended the current movie version of the James Thurber essay, __//**The Secret Life of Walter Mitty**//__. Read the original essay, then discuss the following questions with your group.
 * Where does Mr. Mitty's "secret life take him? What does he become?
 * What advice do you think Walter Mitty would give you regarding planning your career?
 * Before we can aspire to a particular occupation, we must be able to visualize ourselves in that role. What would a day in the life of your job as a teacher (or other occupation) be like?
 * What are you going to do to make dream job a reality?

NTHS is accepting application for members through February 5. Visit the BCTAL website under clubs, then NTHS.
== Yr II/Seniors - It's time to make your dreams a reality. To make your college dreams come true, you have to have the financial resources to do so. Have you applied for any yet? Review the applications below and select one (or more to complete). You will submit one for a grade. ==

[|CTE Scholarship Application]
 * CTE Scholarship Seniors/$1600 over 4 semesters **

See Mrs. Kallas for a copy of the application or open this
 * TAFE Region XI Scholarship Graduating seniors/$500 **

Aric Bostick, our Keynote Speaker at the Teach Tomorrow Summit, is offering a $350.00 scholarship for the best essay over "Why I want to be a Teacher". The essay must give compelling reasons and stories of why you want to be a teacher, and give ideas you will implement in your classroom to make a difference when you become a teacher. This is a one-time scholarship competition open to any senior who will write a 350 - 400 word essay, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, double spaced on 8.5x11 paper. The student must include their name, advisor's name, advisor's phone number, school name and address. All essays must be submitted by Janauary 24, 2014.
 * New Scholarship Opportunity - Seniors/$350 **

College Knowledge - by high school campus Refer to Mrs. Kallas's College Knowledge page for a more comprehensive list of scholarships.

[[image:what is your philosophy.jpeg align="left"]]Yr I - Let's think about it!
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates -- Who were they? What do they have in common? These ancient philosophers contemplated the answers to fundamental questions and tried to explain them through the use of rational arguments, or philosophies. Today you will play the role of a modern day philosopher. You will use your personal thoughts and ideas, based on some introspective reflection, to articulate your philosophy of education.

Follow the guidelines on the attached document to create yours. You will post this on your wiki when you have completed it. You will need to print a hard copy to turn in to me.



= Wednesday and Thursday, January 22 - 23: =
 * All Interns to site schools
 * Remember to dress appropriately at your field sites
 * Contact your field site teacher if you will not be present.
 * Follow the transportation rules!

= = = Friday, Janaury 24: =

Time to Teach! It's time to practice what all teachers do on a daily basis - plan, teach, evaluate. These are the three main components to every lesson.

What will you need for your lesson - A Plan:
 * When you become a teacher, your school may require you to use a specific form.
 * In Birdville ISD, Eduphoria is the form that is used by teachers.
 * In Education and Training, we use a more complete form that includes parts of the plan that a teacher has to continuously think about during the planning process. (If you plan to compete in the TAFE/FEA Lesson Plan competition next year, you will include these components in your plan.
 * Objectives are prescribed in the state of Texas throughout the TEKS. [|Texas Education Agency] (You bookmarked them previously.)
 * Remember to use the resources on your Web Tools page and on the Lesson Plan Resources in the navigation pane on the left.
 * Use the following plan to create our lessons this spring. [[image:lesson plan 1.jpeg height="31" align="right"]]


 * Watch a new teacher planning a lesson. [|Click here]

Let's practice making a plan in small groups. Listen for directions. A Date: Beginning next week, you will need to present 2 lessons during the 4th and 5th six weeks. You will need to do one each six weeks. Do not wait until the end of the six weeks to schedule your lessons as you will run out of time. The calendar on the clipboard is available for signing up for lessons beginning today. Only one lesson per day unless you are at the same school.

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