Organization

=UOIT Courses=

Each course I am enrolled in for the fall semester has it's own folder within "My Documents" These folders are organized differently depending on the needs of each course, with notes from each week, as well as specific folders for each assignment I am working on. To help myself keep organized overall I utilize an agenda to keep all of my due dates in order, along with other social and personal commitments that I have.

=Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies=

I have purchased some cue cards and a holder for them to keep in my room here in Oshawa. I keep notes during each class, and am going to use these cue cards to put them all into once place. Categories of information to go on these cue cards are: energizers (i.e. stand on the line), ways to get student attention (i.e. lights off), types of bell work/tickets out of class (i.e. one thing you learned today), activities to engage students when they are done work (i.e. brainteasers), and specific pedagogies (i.e. Think-Pair-Share). Each colour of writing on a cue card will represent one of these specific categories. I chose cue cards because they are easy to take with me to school, placement, or at home, and can easily add any number of cards at a time.

=Placement=

As requested by the Field Experience Handbook, I have created a binder for all of the placement resources I collect to be kept in one place. I suspect that one binder will not be enough as I near the end of this year. I have bought some files already for myself to start organized from the get-go, and have already placed some of my resources that I have collected from the past four years of Concurrent experiences at UOIT in there. My goal is that if I have a plan in place to store things from the beginning, it won't seem as daunting a task to start when it is required.

=Student Council=

As I prepare for this upcoming busy year as President of the Student Council for the Consecutive Education program at UOIT, I am currently creating a binder to keep agendas, events, and objectives for this year in perspective. I will keep this separate from my other school related work, because although it is a UOIT involvement, I need to remember to find a balance between both school and extra-curriculars.

=My Classroom=

I believe I will have a better understanding of how I want to organize my own classroom after I see what leading my own class is like during my first placement.