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Disclaimer:
This page is intended for use by NEW CFF Coaches on their journey to facilitate the Embedded Learning Course: The Need for change. And not intended to take the place of the actual course documents. OR this page is otherwise known as ...the Information they did not show us at training sessions but is helpful in planning. Most of this helpful advise I gathered from a cohort ONE coach and by my own very recent experience with Embedded Learning. I am at Unit 2 in this course so if other coaches want to join in with their advise please feel free to JOIN THIS SPACE! I will approve you asap!!

What to Print

 * Print the **Learning Guide** for each participant of The Need for Change Course and place it in a 3-ring binder. The participants will need to follow this printout closely AND TAKE NOTES in the notebook to effectively answer the online discussions.
 * Print the Unit 1 Activity Time Breakdown. This will serve as a checklist of what do to next. When to VIEW A Multimedia Segement, when to READ an article, when to PARTICIPATE in a Discussion Activity -- title of activiy (ex. Technology reflections)
 * Print the Unit 2, 3, 4 and 5 Activity Time Breakdown (this is what I have done for each unit and yes we check off each item as completed)
 * Print the Rubrics for Learning Logs, Sync Point Discussions, and Action Plan.
 * Print at least one KLD Chart

What to PDF or Read on Screen
Each of the articles could be made available in PDF format so teachers will not need waste paper. They will need to hint the print button to move on but hopefully you can send it to a pdf "virtual printer" rather than a real printer. If you have a server space that teachers can access or a website that you could link the teachers to this could be helpful. Other Ideas: Flash Drives with PDF documents, have teachers download the printed PDF to the desktop so they do not have to use paper....are other options. (Some teachers may feel a need to print... go with it....) but try to be more GREEN

Administration of Learners

 * (probably YOU?) BUT Use a Separate LOGIN Account or you will get confused!**
 * Someone will need to register all the learners or go to each teacher and have them [|register for the Embedded Learning Program].
 * Teachers will need their PPID. If they do not know it they can check the [|PDE Website].[|CLICK HERE]
 * Who ever is in charge of assigning groups will then need to RELEASE the group to the facilitator.

Facilitator of Learners
Whom ever is the Facilitator will need to create the Sync Points for the Units and Start the Discussions to create embedded discussions. (more later) THE FACILITATOR WILL ALSO NEED TO RELEASE THE GROUP. But before you can release your group you MUST add the Sync Points (or delete them but that is a pain because you still have to add them back in later)
 * (probably YOU?) Use your real LOGIN**

Sync Points
Unit One Sync Point found in the FACILITATOR GUIDE in a boxed sections Facilitator Sync Point Instructions (IT IS A Getting to know you Activity) Please share what brought you to the profession of teaching. What are your other obligations on your time? Family, activities or hobbies. " ( OR copy and paste the text from Discussion Topic: a. and b.) Unit 2, 3, 4 Sync Points are in the FACILTATORS Guide also.
 * //Sync Point Title//**: Teacher of 21st Century Students
 * //Sync Point Discussion://** "Please share your educational background, what schools you attended including high school and colleges.
 * //Sync Point Title//**:
 * //Sync Point Discussion//**: Just copy and paste the suggested text!!!

Group Discussions
There are two options: Have each learner start their own thread of discussion or YOU START THE DISCUSSION and they reply to your first post. Type the Topic Questions for your discussion for the first posting and have each person relpy is the simplest method because then everyone can see the comments in the threaded discussion.

Job Embedded Activity
These are surveys that the teacher needs to select six students currently in their classes and have them answer the questions. Some of my teachers had the whole class complete the survey and used the data from the six selected students from that section. (That was for classroom management issues plus it lead to some class discussion of 21st Century Learning. PARTICIPANTS CAN NOT MOVE PAST THIS POINT in the coures unless you allow the to "Cheat" and fill in a bogus learning log... WHICH THEY SHOULD GO BACK LATER AND FILL IN CORRECTLY. This will cause some confusion... did I say some confusion.. I mean a good deal of confusion.... but be patient with them and tell them it will be ok ... DEEP BREATHS!!

Coursework OVERVIEW!!!
This feature will appear to your participants as soon as they click the LEARN button. IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes to go through.. (It seemed like forever so I may not be accurate on the time... someone please update with the real time frame when you begin your course) Thanks. It will take them through a guided tutorial of how embedded learning works. They may want to look at the documents that you have printed and placed in a binder ... to familiarize themselves with the terms. Learning Log, Sync Points, Group Discussions and Action Plan.

Then they can begin the Need for Change Course.

FAQ

 * Q: When you facilitate the course, did you enroll yourself as a student as well?
 * A: You can not be a student in a course you facilitate.. (it does not work)
 * Q: When you facilitate you COMPLETE your requirement for taking the 30 hour course!! If not, how did you access the content the teachers in the program were using?
 * A: When you are logged in as a facilitator YOU have access to all course document AND media AND discussions AND sync points... And can view what everyone else has entered!
 * A: There are four sections across the top of the facilitator page one says Course work....and has the guides and all of the documents in a long list... (your teachers can see this page too!!)
 * Q: Did you feel that you needed to read and do the same things the teachers have to?
 * A: Yes .. I read the articles so I can participate in the discussion.. I can watch the media... the only thing that is hard to judge is ... when they have to stop what they are watching and go to the learning log or a sync point AND Then they have to enter information BEFORE they can move on...
 * Q: How much interaction "felt" right?
 * A: I had the group fill in the first sync point and then I had them go around the room and talk about their background. They said a lot more than they wrote. And I think they got the idea that they could type more for the next one and it would be ok!
 * Q: Or was it more of a "guide on the side"?
 * A: I was guide on the side... I kept asking them to show me where they were and we trouble shot the problems as a group.. It felt good to have every one be part of the solution process! They felt empowered...to help each other with issues and just asked me for clarification.
 * Q: Did you print out the articles, etc…?
 * A: No we did not print the articles but you certainly could..
 * A: 1) you do HAVE to hit the print button but you can cancel when the print window comes up because
 * A: 2)The previous coach saved all the documents as PDFs and we had access to them to read on our computers... (he did this last year and had it saved to an inhouse server folder)

I gave the following information to my group for each section as we began that section. It helped with completion of assignments. Your personal Checklist: To complete Section 1 and Section 2 You should have each of the following Learning Logs/Discussions/Sync Points and Quizzes
 * Embedded Learning Course:**


 * Section 1**
 * 1) Sync Point Discussion
 * 2) Quiz 1 (one or two questions check list)


 * Section 2:**
 * 1) Learning Logs
 * 2) Student Use of Technology
 * 3) Classroom Organization
 * 4) 21st Century skills
 * 5) Discussions
 * 6) Student Engagement
 * 7) Student Thinking
 * 8) Technology
 * 9) SyncPoint 2
 * 10) Quiz 2 (with Essay section)
 * Section 3:**
 * 1) Learning Logs
 * 2) Instructional Practice Analysis
 * 3) Personal Change
 * 4) Discussions
 * 5) Successes and Challenges
 * 6) Current Readiness
 * 7) Sync Point 3
 * 8) Quiz 3 (with Essay section)


 * Section 4:**
 * 1) Learning Logs
 * 2) Specific Actions
 * 3) Department Analysis
 * 4) Stakeholder Analysis
 * 5) Discussion
 * 6) Shared Vision
 * 7) Sync Point 4
 * 8) Quiz 4 (Essay... 250 word minimum)