Syllabus

Anne - can you copy and paste your original syllabus (the one you gave us at the meeting) to this page as I think it would be a great document to work from!

**DRAFT **  **Learning in Community ** 
 * Credit: ** 1 credit


 * Instructors: ** Janel Anderson & Anne Lembcke, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse


 * Dates: ** TBD


 * Location: ** School District of Lodi District Office, 115 School Street, Lodi, WI 53555


 * Text: ** The Morning Meeting Book, Kriete, Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., 2002, ISBN-10: 1-892989-09-3, ISBN-13: 978-1-892989-09-3


 * Prerequisite: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> ?


 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Description: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> This course is designed for teachers or administrators currently in the classroom setting. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: #800080; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">In this course, students will begin to understand the value of learning in a collaborative setting. Students will examine theories and key aspects of community development, Stages of Community, and communication. Students will practice creating and sustaining community within a learning community and within their workplace. <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">This course will include an overview of the Stages of Community, Community Building Activities including the <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">framework of the Morning Meeting, and application of Energizers. As you can see below my edits turned into Greek!! Oh my gosh!!

· I <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">dentify the Stages of Community Learn specific strategies and techniques for building community · <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Practice the Morning Meeting Communication Skills Journaling Energizers Other Community Building Activities · · · <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Objectives: ** Students will

<span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Expectations <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Model Morning Meeting <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Stages of Community jigsaw reading <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Constructivist group sharing of Stages of Community <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Journaling <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Energizers <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Community Building Activities <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Whole group Discussion <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Outline of Content: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">


 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Wisconsin **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Teaching Standards Addressed: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, & 10

3-page plan of how you will implement community building in your classroom.
 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Assignments and Requirements: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">

· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Morning Meetings <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Small and large group discussions <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Reflective writing using journal prompts <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(227,43,43);">· <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Methodology: ** Learning in Community, Constructivist, Reflective Practice, Collaborative


 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">Evaluation Method: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);"> (see rubric)

The Morning Meeting Book TRIBES
 * <span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">References: **<span style="color: rgb(227,43,43);">

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">__**Themes**__ <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· CR Management <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Student Directed Learning Approaches <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Constructivist Theory <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Reflective Practice <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Structures for Habits of Community (Morning Meeting) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(241,91,91);"> **Group Dynamics**

Texts: The Morning Meeting Book Group Dynamics – Forsyth Building Effective Learning Communities – Sullivan Glanz

Description <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Overview course of Learning in Community Strand

Goals/Objectives – based on Learning Outcomes