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We have designed two culminating projects for this Coursera specialization.
Whichever one you choose, we hope it will challenge, engage, and reward you.
The first option, the Teacher Implementation Plan, or TIP for short,
is one choice for the culminating project for this specialization.
For this option your task is to develop and implement a TIP for
use at your school or reflect on the changes that you have
already implemented during the course of this MOOC.
The TIP provides concrete evidence of you reflections on the course content and
practical steps you plan to take, or already have taken to implement specific
content from this MOOC into your own teaching or school setting.
>> The TIP should demonstrate how you have or will expand on your current curriculum
by developing new student lessons and units, or integrating teacher professional
experiences that reflect new approaches to teacher well-being.
First, complete four reflections on distinct course modules.
From the entire MOOC, select four modules, one from each of the four courses,
that you will incorporate into your own teaching and teacher self-development.
For each reflection, summarize your understanding of the readings, lectures,
and other content for that module.
With each reflection, develop an implementation plan that demonstrates how
this material could be used to inform your instructional approach.
Again, this is a total of four reflections.
>> Then you will choose option 2 or 3 as we described here.
Option 2, is future oriented and is best suited to participants who have not yet
begun implementing SEL in either student curricula, or
a teacher professional development.
This is a space to outline how you are planning to implement SEL.
>> Explain what opportunities and experiences you wish to enact for student
or teacher SEL or well-being during the next unit or semester at your school.
Articulate why such a change of plan is needed and how it might affect your and
others' practice in your school setting.
If focusing on student experiences, you should be specific about the proposed
curriculum, as well as the places where you can incorporate new resources and
new content from the MOOC.
If you're focusing on teacher well-being, delineate the elements of your change
plan, how it builds in your school's professional development, and
how you hope, such professional development will affect your and
other's instruction as well as the broader school of culture.
>> Option 3 is reflective and
is best suited to participants who've already begun
implementing changes in their classroom or school as you progress through the course.
Based on successful completion of courses one through four,
explain what motivated you to enact the change and
how you've applied these ideas and practices in your setting.
Please also provide a discussion, a journal, or a list of ways that you have
implemented and assessed outcomes from either SEL instruction in your classroom,
over a semester or year, or teacher, social and emotional enhancement.
What was your experience, and
what knowledge did you gain from attempting these changes?
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