Teaching Academy Learning Communities is having a UTSA 1604 Campus Tour
Friday, April 11, 2008 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Lunch on your own at any of the facilities @ UTSA
Transportation is available but space is limited, so call to reserve your seat.
Call for meet up details if you are providing transportation.
To sign up contact:
Sophie Caldera Castaneda
San Antonio College
MCCH 233
scaldera-castane@mail.accd.edu
210-733-2009
Friday, February 15, 2008
TAPP Scholarship
Teaching Academy Program Peers
T.A.P.P
Scholarship
The purpose of the TAPP scholarship is to encourage students seeking careers as teachers and to recognize their commitment and achievements related to this goal. We encourage students to apply for the TAPP scholarship although this award can only be received once.
Scholarship Criteria:
· Planning a future career as a teacher.
· Currently enrolled at SAC and plan to enroll next semester at SAC.
· Have not already received a college degree.
· Minimum of 3.0 GPA.
· Earned 12 or more hours in college.
· Must be working on first degree.
T.A.P.P
Scholarship
The purpose of the TAPP scholarship is to encourage students seeking careers as teachers and to recognize their commitment and achievements related to this goal. We encourage students to apply for the TAPP scholarship although this award can only be received once.
Scholarship Criteria:
· Planning a future career as a teacher.
· Currently enrolled at SAC and plan to enroll next semester at SAC.
· Have not already received a college degree.
· Minimum of 3.0 GPA.
· Earned 12 or more hours in college.
· Must be working on first degree.
Application Packet:
· Application form.
· Two letters of recommendation: one from a teacher and one from someone familiar with your community and/or campus service or work experience.
· Typed essay explaining why you have chosen to become a teacher.
Application packet must be complete and delivered in one package in order to be considered for the scholarship by the DEADLINE
MARCH 26, 2008
Pick up an application from Mary Anne Bernal in Gonzales Hall 209-B, the English Department in Gonzales Hall 123, or send us an e-mail to tappatsac@gmail.com and we will e-mail the attachment to you.
Saddle Up for the Wild, Wild West Rodeo Roundup!
Saddle Up for the Wild, Wild West Rodeo Roundup!
Student Life is sponsoring a fun event on Wednesday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with food booths and activities (including music, a mechanical bull, and western games).
TAPP will be selling tea and sodas, and we will need volunteers to help out at this, our first fundraiser for the spring!
We need help setting up from 9 to 10 and then selling from 10 to 2.
If you can help for even one hour, we would really appreciate it!
Please let us know what shift you can volunteer for by emailing us at tappatsac@gmail.com or by posting a comment under the post.
We will have a brief member meeting at 1:00 at the booth, so please stop by if you can.
Thanks for your support!
Student Life is sponsoring a fun event on Wednesday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with food booths and activities (including music, a mechanical bull, and western games).
TAPP will be selling tea and sodas, and we will need volunteers to help out at this, our first fundraiser for the spring!
We need help setting up from 9 to 10 and then selling from 10 to 2.
If you can help for even one hour, we would really appreciate it!
Please let us know what shift you can volunteer for by emailing us at tappatsac@gmail.com or by posting a comment under the post.
We will have a brief member meeting at 1:00 at the booth, so please stop by if you can.
Thanks for your support!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
NISOD Conference
We are hoping to be able to participate in the NISOD Conference held in May 26th and 27th.
If you wish to participate, please send us an e-mail, or contact Miss Bernal mbernal@mail.accd.edu
For more information about the Conference please visit:
http://www.nisod.org/conference/schedule.html
If you wish to participate, please send us an e-mail, or contact Miss Bernal mbernal@mail.accd.edu
For more information about the Conference please visit:
http://www.nisod.org/conference/schedule.html
Friday, February 8, 2008
Vote for T.A.P.P. Scholarship Application Questions
Hello Everyone!!
We need your help to improve our Scholarship Application. We need to decide which one of these three situational questions include.
Please vote by writing the number of the question you think would be most helpful in the comments under this post or send us an e-mail to tappatsac@gmail.com Please submit your vote by Wednesday, Feb. 13th before 11:00 AM. Thank you for all your help.
Proposed Situational Questions for T.A.P.P Scholarship Application
1. Setting: The hallway outside your classroom.
Time:A few minutes after school has ended.
Person Involved: Betty, the mother of twin students in your class.
Background: Betty dressed the twins alike and is fond of claiming that they are "identical in every way".
Circumstances: You have met Betty in the hallway the day after the twins received back their first graded test.
Simulation: Betty says to you, " I simply cannot believe that my twins did not make the same scores on this test. They studied the same amount of time, they read the same material, and I drilled them together. Excuse my bluntness, but I can only blame you for this discrepancy".
Consider the following in your response:
What is your objective?
What do you say to Betty?
What will you say to the twins?
2. Setting: The school conference room.
Time: The afternoon of parents' conference day.
Person Involved: You and the parents of Jack, on of your students.
Background: Jack has so many absences and tardies that he is in danger of failing.
Circumstances: Jack is bored and under challenged. He has become a behavior problem and it is disruptive in class. Jack has been tested and shown to have an I.Q. of 161. The only accelerated programs available require that the family provide transportation. This is impossible for Jack's parents.
Simulation: Jack's parents are upset and angry at the school. They say that it is the school's responsibility to provide academically appropriate work for their gifted child. They blame Jack's disruptive behavior on you, as his teacher, for failing to meet his needs.
Consider the following in your response:
What are your objectives?
How will you respond to his parents?
Will you accept giftedness as an excuse for absenteeism and tardiness? Why or why not?
What will you say to Jack tomorrow?
3. Setting: Your classroom.
Time: The final class period of the day.
Person Involved: Jennifer, one of your students.
Background: Jennifer often exhibits some behavior problems.
Circumstances: Your students are taking a test.
Simulation: Jennifer begins tapping her pen on her desk in a rhythmic patten, distracting the other students from their work. You look at Jennifer, raising your eyebrows meaningfully, and then she meets your eyes. As soon as you look away, the tapping resumes.
Consider the following in your response:
What are the objectives?
What does Jennifer seem to want?
How do you handle the situation?
We need your help to improve our Scholarship Application. We need to decide which one of these three situational questions include.
Please vote by writing the number of the question you think would be most helpful in the comments under this post or send us an e-mail to tappatsac@gmail.com Please submit your vote by Wednesday, Feb. 13th before 11:00 AM. Thank you for all your help.
Proposed Situational Questions for T.A.P.P Scholarship Application
1. Setting: The hallway outside your classroom.
Time:A few minutes after school has ended.
Person Involved: Betty, the mother of twin students in your class.
Background: Betty dressed the twins alike and is fond of claiming that they are "identical in every way".
Circumstances: You have met Betty in the hallway the day after the twins received back their first graded test.
Simulation: Betty says to you, " I simply cannot believe that my twins did not make the same scores on this test. They studied the same amount of time, they read the same material, and I drilled them together. Excuse my bluntness, but I can only blame you for this discrepancy".
Consider the following in your response:
What is your objective?
What do you say to Betty?
What will you say to the twins?
2. Setting: The school conference room.
Time: The afternoon of parents' conference day.
Person Involved: You and the parents of Jack, on of your students.
Background: Jack has so many absences and tardies that he is in danger of failing.
Circumstances: Jack is bored and under challenged. He has become a behavior problem and it is disruptive in class. Jack has been tested and shown to have an I.Q. of 161. The only accelerated programs available require that the family provide transportation. This is impossible for Jack's parents.
Simulation: Jack's parents are upset and angry at the school. They say that it is the school's responsibility to provide academically appropriate work for their gifted child. They blame Jack's disruptive behavior on you, as his teacher, for failing to meet his needs.
Consider the following in your response:
What are your objectives?
How will you respond to his parents?
Will you accept giftedness as an excuse for absenteeism and tardiness? Why or why not?
What will you say to Jack tomorrow?
3. Setting: Your classroom.
Time: The final class period of the day.
Person Involved: Jennifer, one of your students.
Background: Jennifer often exhibits some behavior problems.
Circumstances: Your students are taking a test.
Simulation: Jennifer begins tapping her pen on her desk in a rhythmic patten, distracting the other students from their work. You look at Jennifer, raising your eyebrows meaningfully, and then she meets your eyes. As soon as you look away, the tapping resumes.
Consider the following in your response:
What are the objectives?
What does Jennifer seem to want?
How do you handle the situation?
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