Teaching Methods
Instructor: Katie Mynatt
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Welcome to Teaching Methods! My name is Katie Mynatt and I began teaching at IVVC in 2017. I started in the Early Childhood Education class as the assistant and moved into the lead position in 2019. I am not only teaching this class, but took the same class for two years while I was in high school. I graduated from Aurora University with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education. Since graduating from Aurora University, I have worked in a daycare setting where I taught toddlers and Pre-K students. I then came to IVVC for a year where I was the assistant in this class. After that I taught second grade, as well as Pre-K in the Sandwich school district and then landed myself back at IVVC. I could not be happier to be back and I am excited to have a great year!
TEACHING METHODS I
Grades: 11, 12
Teaching Methods I is the first year of a two-year sequence where you will interact with children in a fully run student-taught preschool.
Units of study - Health, nutrition, safety, observation and guidance, family and community relationships, personal and professional development, child development from birth to 12 years, preschool social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development, preschool types, child development theories, establishing classroom limits, curriculum development
Tasks you will complete -
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Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order
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Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips
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Teach basic skills, such as colors, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
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Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
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Read books to entire classes or to small groups
Skills/abilities you need to be successful - comfortable speaking to peers, parents and children, selecting and using appropriate training/instructional methods and procedures, instructing, active listening, establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships, originality
Certification you may be eligible to receive upon successful completion -
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Gateways to Opportunity Level 1 Certification
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CPR Heartsaver Card
Related careers - Social and Human Service Assistants, Kindergarten Teachers, except Special Education, Self-Enrichment Education Teachers, Teacher Assistants, Nannies, Preschool Teacher, Children’s Librarian, Child Advocacy, Counselor, Social Worker
TEACHING METHODS II
Grade: 12
Required: 70% or higher in Teaching Methods I
Teaching Methods II is the second year of a two-year sequence where you will interact with children in a fully run student-taught preschool.
Units of study - Responsibilities of parenting, encouraging learning and brain development from 1 to 3 and 4 to 6, children’s health and safety, family challenges, children with special needs, child abuse and neglect, child care options, participating in early childhood education, careers in early education, theories and theorists, internship opportunities in local schools
Tasks you will complete -
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Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order
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Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips
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Teach basic skills, such as colors, shapes, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
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Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
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Read books to entire classes or to small groups
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Lead and conduct parent teacher conferences with preschool parents
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Be a positive role model to first year students
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Give constructive criticism to peers
Skills/abilities you need to be successful - comfortable speaking to peers, parents and children, selecting and using appropriate training/instructional methods and procedures, instructing, active listening, establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships, originality
Related careers - Social and Human Service Assistants, Kindergarten Teachers, except Special Education, Self-Enrichment Education Teachers, Teacher Assistants, Nannies, Preschool Teacher, Children’s Librarian, Child Advocacy, Counselor, Social Worker
Articulated Credit: WCC ECE 101 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education (3 credits); KCC ECE 112 - Guiding Young Children (3 credits)
Mrs. Mynatt can be reached at (815) 786-9873, extension 228 or via email at KMynatt@ivvc.net.