Course Policies
PARTICIPATION, PROFESSIONALISM, & ATTENDANCE
You are expected as a participant to help with the development and construction of an active, hands-on microcosm of a school music classroom. As a pre-service teacher you will prepare, practice, and perform/teach in class in order to get ready for observing and teaching in partner schools. As participants, you will play the roles of peer, coach, teacher, and student. You are expected to help construct an atmosphere of mutual respect and encouragement as you not only explore a variety of approaches to teaching, but experience, practice, and critically reflect on how these approaches cater to your own future situated classroom settings and inform your own teaching philosophies.
For the duration of this course, you are considered an “apprentice teacher” representing the college community when you are out in the field, so professional conduct and dress are expected at all times when observing and teaching. Professional conduct means NO tardiness or unexcused absences in this class or out in the field. It also means active communication with the professor and professional partners.
If you are absent on a day when assigned to observe or teach you will not be allowed to continue in the course. You must notify the professor or teacher at least two weeks before any event that may require you to miss a class. You must notify the professor or teacher prior to the class if you are to be excused for illness. Consider this your first job. How would you conduct yourself with your employer?
Cell phones must be turned off during class and during field observations. The internet is to ONLY be used when part of an in-class activity; email, social networks, and surfing the internet during class or field observations is prohibited.
It is imperative that you participate fully in all aspects of this course, as outlined in this syllabus. If there are circumstances that may prevent you from full participation, you should speak with the instructor at the outset of the course.
ASSIGNMENTS & READINGS
All assignments are due at 8AM on the specified date (unless otherwise noted). Due to the collaborative nature of the course, late work cannot be accepted. Assignments need to be typed and submitted electronically as a .doc or .docx. Please save your document with your last name MUS 321 and the assignment number. Please put your last name, MUS 321, and the assignment number in the subject of your email (i.e., Talbot – MUS321 – Assignment 1).
I will lead you in in-class activities designed to prepare you for getting the most out of each assigned reading from the text. Your responsibility is to build upon that introductory presentation by doing the readings and listenings, which will further prepare you for more in-depth discussions and activities.
GRADING
Your grade will be comprised of the following elements: Assignments = 80%, Course Portfolio = 20%. All assignments should be redone and resubmitted if full credit is not given on the first attempt. This “editing” process will help you refine your thinking about music education. You will also gain improved clarity in communicating your ideas and thoughts.
Grading Scale
A+ (97.5% or higher)
A (93.5% or higher)
A- (89.5% or higher)
B+ (86.5% or higher)
B (83.5% or higher)
B- (79.5% or higher)
C+ (76.5% or higher)
C (73.5% or higher)
C- (69.5% or higher)
Fail (below 69%)
Special Circumstances: If you have a learning, sensory, or psychiatric disability, appropriate accommodations can be made for you in this class. Please contact the professor early in the semester.
Academic Integrity: Make yourself aware of the college policies on academic integrity. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and may result in failure in the class and referral to the academic affairs office.
Diversity Statement: Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged 1) to examine and challenge how perceptions, ideas, and experiences influence conduct and behavior; 2) to increase awareness about issues of difference based on the intersecting identities of race, ethnicity, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical ability, and religion; and 3) to make a personal commitment to understand, respect, value, and appreciate all members of the campus community.
You are expected as a participant to help with the development and construction of an active, hands-on microcosm of a school music classroom. As a pre-service teacher you will prepare, practice, and perform/teach in class in order to get ready for observing and teaching in partner schools. As participants, you will play the roles of peer, coach, teacher, and student. You are expected to help construct an atmosphere of mutual respect and encouragement as you not only explore a variety of approaches to teaching, but experience, practice, and critically reflect on how these approaches cater to your own future situated classroom settings and inform your own teaching philosophies.
For the duration of this course, you are considered an “apprentice teacher” representing the college community when you are out in the field, so professional conduct and dress are expected at all times when observing and teaching. Professional conduct means NO tardiness or unexcused absences in this class or out in the field. It also means active communication with the professor and professional partners.
If you are absent on a day when assigned to observe or teach you will not be allowed to continue in the course. You must notify the professor or teacher at least two weeks before any event that may require you to miss a class. You must notify the professor or teacher prior to the class if you are to be excused for illness. Consider this your first job. How would you conduct yourself with your employer?
Cell phones must be turned off during class and during field observations. The internet is to ONLY be used when part of an in-class activity; email, social networks, and surfing the internet during class or field observations is prohibited.
It is imperative that you participate fully in all aspects of this course, as outlined in this syllabus. If there are circumstances that may prevent you from full participation, you should speak with the instructor at the outset of the course.
ASSIGNMENTS & READINGS
All assignments are due at 8AM on the specified date (unless otherwise noted). Due to the collaborative nature of the course, late work cannot be accepted. Assignments need to be typed and submitted electronically as a .doc or .docx. Please save your document with your last name MUS 321 and the assignment number. Please put your last name, MUS 321, and the assignment number in the subject of your email (i.e., Talbot – MUS321 – Assignment 1).
I will lead you in in-class activities designed to prepare you for getting the most out of each assigned reading from the text. Your responsibility is to build upon that introductory presentation by doing the readings and listenings, which will further prepare you for more in-depth discussions and activities.
GRADING
Your grade will be comprised of the following elements: Assignments = 80%, Course Portfolio = 20%. All assignments should be redone and resubmitted if full credit is not given on the first attempt. This “editing” process will help you refine your thinking about music education. You will also gain improved clarity in communicating your ideas and thoughts.
Grading Scale
A+ (97.5% or higher)
A (93.5% or higher)
A- (89.5% or higher)
B+ (86.5% or higher)
B (83.5% or higher)
B- (79.5% or higher)
C+ (76.5% or higher)
C (73.5% or higher)
C- (69.5% or higher)
Fail (below 69%)
Special Circumstances: If you have a learning, sensory, or psychiatric disability, appropriate accommodations can be made for you in this class. Please contact the professor early in the semester.
Academic Integrity: Make yourself aware of the college policies on academic integrity. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and may result in failure in the class and referral to the academic affairs office.
Diversity Statement: Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged 1) to examine and challenge how perceptions, ideas, and experiences influence conduct and behavior; 2) to increase awareness about issues of difference based on the intersecting identities of race, ethnicity, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical ability, and religion; and 3) to make a personal commitment to understand, respect, value, and appreciate all members of the campus community.