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Kamille Samborski: Annotated Transcript
Below you will find a summary of each class I completed as a student in the Master of Arts in Education program. Some samples of coursework are also included.
ED 870: Capstone Seminar, Fall 2013
Instructor: Matthew Koehler 3 credits, TBD/4.0 ED 870 guided me through the necessary steps to create a polished online portfolio exhibiting my coursework as a graduate student in the MAED program. Throughout this course I was able to explore different options for creating a website. I also had the opportunity to assess and update my professional documents as well as reflect on all of my coursework from the entire MAED program. This online portfolio is a product of the Capstone Seminar. Here is a direct link to the homepage of my online portfolio: |
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TE 849: Methods and Materials for Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature, Summer 2013
Instructor: Kristin McIlhagga 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 TE 849 encouraged me to become a reader of children's and adolescent literature, beyond mere teaching purposes, and analyze it through a variety of response lenses: personal, textual, critical, discussion, and pedagogical. As a result, I became very familiar with a wide range of authors and illustrators in children's and adolescent literature. I also gained a deeper understanding of genres, current issues in literature, and how to evaluate a piece of literature for potential teaching use. A considerable part of the semester was dedicated to an Independent Reading Project, where I connected a variety of children's and adolescent books by identifying commonalities among themes, issues, and trends. |
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CEP 841: Classroom Management in an Inclusive Classroom, Summer 2013
Instructor: Troy Mariage 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 CEP 841reminded me of the significant influence we as teachers have on impacting the lives of students daily. Every decision made, word spoken, and action carried out matters in the classroom. In this course we learned about the role of leadership in the classroom, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Functional Behavior Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, key functions of behavior, interventions and strategies for classroom management, accommodations for specific disabilities and conditions, and how to plan and execute lessons that meet the diverse learning, behavior, and social needs of all students. Click to the right for a sample of coursework from CEP 841, my Special Topics Presentation. |
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TE 846: Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners Spring 2013
Instructor: Jennifer Knight 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 TE 846 was organized around areas associated with literacy instruction and assessment, including: cultural and linguistic differences, individual motivational differences, neuropsychological differences, learning differences, and the required components of balanced, effective literacy instruction. I walked away from this course with a heightened confidence in selecting, modifying, and designing literacy materials, tasks, and teaching techniques to meet the needs of all literacy leaners. This course included a Literacy Learner Analysis Project, which involved selecting a struggling reader, identifying his/her deficiencies as a reader, designing lesson plans specific to the focus student, and collecting and analyzing data before, during, and after the lessons. This was truly a rich experience that strengthened my differentiated and individualized literacy lesson planning skills. |
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ED 800: Concepts in Educational Inquiry
Fall 2012 Instructor: Steven Weiland 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 ED 800 is an introductory foundational course in the MAED program. This course was organized in a way that encouraged me to explore essential questions related to education through the use of philosophical thought, inquiry, ethnographic "participant observation," hypermedia, and other methods. ED 800 was comprised of six units and a final paper, and each unit included assignments in reading, listening, viewing, and written response. To the right you will find a link to my final paper for this course that reflects some of my learning from ED 800. |
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TE 842: Elementary Reading Assessment and Instruction, Summer 2012
Instructor: Annie Whitlock 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 TE 842, being my first reading course in the MAED program, served as a great refresher of the basics of teaching reading: comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, phonics, assessment, instructional strategies, engagement, and motivation. This class also fulfilled the requirement for pursuing a State of Michigan Professional Certificate. As a result of this class, I further developed my expertise in the assessment and teaching of elementary school reading. At the beginning of this class, I wrote about my teaching beliefs and practices related to reading, and at the end of this semester we revisited and revised our initial beliefs and this was a powerful experience that pushed my thinking and encouraged me to establish an identity as a reading teacher. This class also included a focus project, for which I extensively researched fluency and the most effective ways to increase fluency in readers. |
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CEP 883: Psychology of Classroom Discipline
Summer 2012 Instructor: Alicia Fedewa 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 This course covered many aspects of classroom management, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, positive behavior support, classroom climate, and relationships. Every week we had the opportunity to conduct a mock case study on a student and apply our learning to a realistic classroom situation. For the final project for this course, I created a plan for classroom management that was presented in the form of a "Back To School" PowerPoint with an accompanying paper; this presentation illustrated my understanding of: the role that human psychological needs play in classroom management, multiple intelligences and various learning styles, student input in classroom rules, and the importance of procedures and structure in the classroom. My final project is included on the right. |
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Fifth Year Teaching Internship Courses:
TE 802: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice I Fall 2009 Instructor: Erin Wibbens 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 TE 803: Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II Spring 2010 Instructor: Judy Thompson 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 TE 804: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II Spring 2010 Instructor: Rochelle Rubin 3 credits, 4.0/4.0 |
After obtaining my Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 2009, I completed a one-year internship program which involved teaching fifth grade in the Novi Community Public School District while fulfilling the requirements of these courses. Taking these courses alongside teaching with a mentor prepared me immensely for my the beginning of my teaching career. These courses guided me through many fundamentals of teaching, including: writing lesson plans and units on a variety of subject matters, how to effectively manage a classroom, how to differentiate instruction, understanding various learning disabilities, the ins
and outs of assessment, and inquiry-based teaching. It was extremely valuable to be able to implement all that I was learning in these courses with the support of my instructors and mentor teacher during my time as a student teacher. I walked away from my teaching internship experience feeling prepared and confident to embark on my teaching journey and take on my very own classroom. |