Instructions for Cohort 26 CCNY NYC Teaching Fellows

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1 Instructions for Cohort 26 CCNY NYC Teaching Fellows Dear Cohort 26 Teaching Fellows: We welcome you to the City College of New York, School of Education Teaching Fellows Program. CCNY is located at 138 th Street and Amsterdam Avenue (one block east of Broadway). Your first day at CCNY will begin on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 9 a.m. with an Orientation in the Faculty Dining Room. Please plan to arrive at 8:30 in case you have an unexpected transportation delay and in order to take advantage of our continental breakfast. At the orientation, you will be introduced to faculty and staff who will be working with the Teaching Fellows at CCNY and hear from present and past teaching fellows and take a brief tour of the campus. In the afternoon, you will begin your formal coursework. The Faculty Dining Room is on the third floor of the North Academic Center (NAC building). Please bring a Photo ID. Please enter at the north entrance to the building on Amsterdam Avenue (between 136 th and 138 th Street) at the doors on your left. If you enter at this door, you will already be on the third floor and can walk straight ahead to the Faculty Dining Room. Please anticipate a long day; it will end around 6:30 P.M. Travel Directions: A, B, C, or D Train to 145 th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue: Walk two blocks west (uphill) to Amsterdam Avenue; left onto Amsterdam to CCNY at 137 th Street (approximately 8 blocks) or; Take the CCNY shuttle bus Via 125 th Street (#2,4,5,6 Train): Take the westbound M100 or M101 bus to 135 th Street and Amsterdam Avenue (CCNY stop) or Take the CCNY shuttle bus at 124 th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue #1 Train to 137 th Street and Broadway Walk up 136 th Street or 138 th Street to Amsterdam Avenue M4 or M5 bus to 136 th Street and Broadway: Walk up 136 th Street to Amsterdam Avenue Note: We highly discourage driving to the college. There is no public parking on campus and alternate-side parking is in effect.

2 Sincerely, Associate Dean Gretchen Johnson Cohort 26 CCNY Teaching Fellows Orientation Day June 16, 2015 Location: Faculty Dining Room (3 rd floor of the NAC building) 8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast 9:00-9:30 Greetings and Introductions: Teaching Fellows Coordinator; Deans, Chairs, Program Directors, summer course instructors, and Teaching Fellows panelists 9:30-10:00 Guidelines for new students at CCNY 10:00-10:45 Panel of Teaching Fellows from earlier cohorts Experiences, rewards, obstacles, issues, advice 11:00-12:00 Three breakout groups: Bilingual Childhood, Bilingual Special Education, and TESOL Program-specific on requirements, scheduling, and advisement Campus tours for Bilingual Childhood and TESOL 12:00-12:30 Campus tours for Bilingual Special Education 12:00-1:30 on your own (on campus or in the neighborhood) for Bilingual Education and TESOL 12:30-1:30 on your own (on campus or in the neighborhood) for Bilingual Special Education 1:30-4:00 Classes begin in assigned rooms 4:00-4:30 Break 4:30-6:30 Fellows Advisory with NYCTF Staff

3 TENTATIVE Schedule for Breakout Groups Rooms to be announced Group 11:00-11:30 11:30-12:00 12:00-1:30 Bilingual Childhood Bilingual childhood education program Campus tour Bilingual Special Education Special education program Bilingual extension Campus tour 12:00-12:30 12:30-1:30 TESOL Campus tour TESOL program

4 Texts for June Courses **Please note, texts can be purchased at the CCNY bookstore, provided link below or online. Fellows should plan to have the texts prior to first day of classes. Special Education with Bilingual Extension Teaching Fellows SPED 3300K: (1) Surdyukov, P., & Ryan, M. (2007). Writing effective lesson plans: The 5-star approach. Pearson. ISBN -13: arsonhighered.com/educator/product/writing-effective- Lesson-Plans-The-5Star- Approach/ page (2) Gibb, G.S., & Dyches, T.T. (2007). Guide to writing quality individualized education programs (2nd ed.). Pearson. ISBN -13: SPED 6100I: -to-writing- Quality-Individualized- Education-Programs/ page Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2014). 50 strategies for communicating and working with diverse families (3rd ed.). Pearson. ISBN-13: Bilingual Childhood Education Teaching Fellows and TESOL Teaching Fellows EDCE 7401A: Required text: Herrell, A. & Jordan, M. (2007). Thirty-five classroom management strategies: promoting learning and building community. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall. Additional recommended resources: Beers, K. (2003) When Kids Can t Read What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Brisk, M.E. & Harrington (2000). Literacy and Bilingualism: A Handbook for All Teachers. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: New Jersey. Gibbons, P. (1993). Learning to learn in a second language. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

5 Weiner, L. (2006). Urban Teaching: The Essentials. New York and London: Teachers College Press.