Intern+Assignments+Jan.17+-+21

=**// Intern Assignments Jan. 17 - 21 // ** = //** Reminders: **//
 * **// Registration for the TAFE Annual State Conference is due on Friday. Be sure to pick up a packet. //**
 * Juniors - Register for classes online by February 1.
 * Have you created a Fastweb account? First, set up a separate email account that is dedicated just to scholarships. Record your login and password in your secret folder. Begin or continue or search for scholarships.[|fastweb.com]
 * Seniors: It's time to file your FAFSA. Listen in class for details. Financial aid is tied to this.

=**M ﻿ onday ** =

= School holiday to observe Martin Luther King federal holiday =

= = = Tuesday = >
 * Complete classroom mission statement with your group.
 * How can you reach students who have been labeled "unteachable?" How can you use diversity to bring students together who may be toughened by circumstances outside of the classroom. Learn how new teacher Erin Gruwell challenged her students to rethink their rigid beliefs, reconsider their daily decisions and take charge of their futures. Did I mention you get to learn all of this by watching the 2007 movie, Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank?

=**Wednesday ** =
 * Watch the conclusion of Freedom Writers as Erin Gruwell takes students who had been written off by the education system on a journey that changes their lives. Discover ways you can add meaning to education for those students whose lives you will touch.
 * Complete and turn in viewer's guide by the end of the period.

=**Thursday ** =
 * Guest speaker, Mr. Mike Gerard, will introduce interns to the skills most needed to be an effective teacher in the 21st Century. Do you have what it takes? Where and how will you get the skills needed?

=**Friday ** =
 * Tie together your learning this week by looking at the skills you have to make a difference in students lives, the skills you will need to develop to develop an effective teaching career, and the behaviors you will want to improve upon to make the spring semester a success.
 * "Toast to change." What can you resolve to do that will make a difference for you, for your students, for your community?