EDU 450 (Classroom Engagement and Management) Entire Course

Explain how you will communicate with parents/guardians with consideration of various methods
Create a parents/guardians page to help build a relationship between them and you. Consider the following:
Acknowledge receipt of the information
Parent/Guardian contact and communication information
Parent/guardian and student questionnaires.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Submit this assignment to the instructor by the end of Topic 5.
EDU 450 Week 5 Assignment Professionalism
Details:
Research professional demeanor for teachers.
Write 250-500 word essay that addresses the following:
Explain a total of 10 ways teachers should be professional with each of the following: their students, parents, coworkers,
and administrators.
Provide a detailed explanation of your strengths in dealing with each group.
Identify one area that you can improve in and how.
Explain the importance of being professional.
Your “Professionalism” will be part of your Personal Classroom Management Plan (Benchmark Assignment).
The instructor will provide feedback, which you will then use as the basis for revising the procedures. The revised
section will then become part of the complete Personal Classroom Management Plan (Benchmark Assignment),
which is due in Topic 8.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses the “EDU-450 Personal Classroom Management Plan Benchmark Assignment and Rubric” as
a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Submit this assignment to the instructor by the end of Topic 5.
EDU 450 Topic 6 Discussion Question 1
Discuss classroom engagement strategies that are appropriate to students’ developmental levels and that encourage
critical thinking.
EDU 450 Topic 6 Discussion Question 2
What is cooperative learning? Do you think it is an effective teaching strategy? How often should teachers use
cooperative learning?
EDU 450 Week 6 Assignment Student Engagement Strategies
Details:
For this assignment, focus on the group of students in your program of study.
You have been asked by your principal to develop a student engagement strategies presentation for use in a
professional development workshop for first-year teachers.
Choose eight strategies you believe are critical for engaging students in the learning process. Five of the eight
strategies must be from “The Structural Approach to Cooperative Learning.”
Create a 10-15 slide presentation that includes the following:
Title and references slides
Explanation of each strategy in your own words
Classroom arrangements that are best for each engagement strategy
Slide notes explaining how you would implement each strategy in your future classroom.
Your “Student Engagement Strategies” will be part of your Personal Classroom Management Plan (Benchmark
Assignment).