Annenberg Learner - Graduate Credit Requirements

Folder/Journal: Document the class time spent during the workshop or course by maintaining a folder in which you record your reactions and responses to the ideas and activities presented at your local group site. You should include copies of activity sheets, summaries of group discussions, e-mail messages sent by you as a part of the listserv discussion group, and your answers to questions presented in the series or on the Website. For the 3-credit courses you should include all completed activities, problem sets, and questions for each session, as well as your completed homework problems.
Please Note:
Group Participants: If you are taking the workshop or course as part of a group, please list in your folder/journal the facilitator name and any sponsoring organization.
Individual Participants: If you are taking a 2-credit workshop individually, your folder/journal needs to demonstrate approximately 25-30 hours of participation in the workshop outside of the expected homework time. If you are taking a 3-credit course individually, your folder/journal needs to demonstrate approximately 40-45 hours of participation in the course outside of the expected homework time. You can document informal conversations with colleagues, include your reaction to suggested readings, create an annotated bibliography of course resources, respond to discussion topics with personal journal entries, or anything that will demonstrate your self-initiated and full participation.

Reflective Paper: Write a two to three page reflection paper (for 2-credit workshops) or a three to five page paper (for 3-credit courses) that explains your goals for improving instruction in your school or classroom as a result of participating in the workshop or course, including how your classroom practice may be enhanced. Please use standard formatting, i.e., typed, single-spaced, 12 pt. font, etc. Feel free to write this paper in a form that you find most practical or useful for your work (such as a letter to parents, or a column for a newsletter). NOTE: For Essential Science for Teachers participants, your annotated bibliography fulfills this requirement.

Classroom Project: For your project, choose some techniques that you have seen during the workshop or course and would like to try. Draft an original lesson or unit, or make changes to a current lesson plan that uses these techniques. Put this plan into action in your classroom. (If you are an administrator, you don't have your own classroom, or you are taking this course during the summer session, modify the project to fit your situation. For example, if you are a parent, you may work with your own children. If you aren't a parent, you may choose to work with a small group of children in an informal learning setting. In addition, you may choose to prepare a professional development session/workshop for other teachers or do a reflective paper and lesson plan for a lesson you may implement in the future.) Submit your plan with a description of implementation, evidence of implementation (student work, a performance assessment rubric, anchor papers, etc.), and a written reflection evaluating your results, summarizing your impressions, and suggesting changes for future implementation. NOTE: For Essential Science for Teachers participants, your action research project fulfills this requirement.

Grading will be on a pass/fail basis only.

The following is the grading criteria for the assignments:

Folder/Journal (documents participation, assigned activities, problems, etc.)	30%
Reflective Paper (2-3 pages for 2 credits, 3-5 pages for 3 credits)	30%
Classroom Project	40%
Total	100%
80% = passing

Be sure to mark each item within your folder clearly with your name and address. Your coursework will not be returned, so please keep a copy for your records.

For science workshops and courses, mail your completed coursework folder to:

Attn: [Workshop Name]
Ms. Barry Carroll
CNS-EOC, Colorado State University
B301 Natural and Environmental Sciences Building
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1802

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Barry Carroll by phone at 970-491-1124, by fax at 970-491-2005, or by email at barry.carroll@colostate.edu. You may also write to Barry Carroll at the address above.