Evoc 518 WR5
Material for a Substitute Instructor
To: Substitute Teacher
From: Phil Fournier, Instructor, Automotive Engine Performance
Re: Emergency Lesson Packet
Thank you for teaching my class in my absence. You will find most of my
students are serious adult students interested in a career as automotive
technicians. I put this packet together
to facilitate your teaching experience. I have attached a list of my schedule
and other pertinent information, a list of my class rules, and an emergency
lesson plan. Let the students know that they are required to do this lesson. If
they do not complete the lesson, they will receive a zero that will be averaged
into their final grade. I believe in flexibility so don’t feel you are tied
completely to this lesson plan, but of course the overall objective of the plan
needs to be met. Make any changes you
feel are necessary. Just let me know what they are, so I can adjust the grades
accordingly. I want to thank you again for teaching my class on short notice.
Substitute Lesson Packet - Part 2
These are the
classroom rules which these students received on the first day of class.
This is a college class. All students are here as a result of
selecting the course of their own free will and no one is required to stay in
the class. As a consequence of this,
adult behavior is both expected and demanded.
Lest there be any confusion as to what this means,
the following rules are set forth:
1.
Respect
will be shown to fellow students and the professor at all times. This includes not talking during lectures
unless called upon to answer a question, or by raising a hand to ask a
question. It also includes shutting off
cell phones during class hours.
2.
Fighting
or racial slurs are intolerable and will result in expulsion from the class as
per school rules.
3.
Safety
glasses will be worn at all times in the lab.
4.
Smoking
and tobacco chewing is not permitted in the classroom or in the lab per state
law. Smoking may occur in the designated
areas on break time.
5.
Name
calling and similar immature behavior will not be tolerated.
6.
School
policy discourages food in the classroom for hygiene reasons. However, this instructor realizes that many
of the students are also holding down jobs and time for eating can be hard to
find. Food and drink may be consumed in
the classroom prior to the start of class provided it is not carried into the
lab.
Consequences: As is appropriate for adults, consequences
for rule breaking are either very mild or very severe. In sixteen years of teaching, this instructor
has never needed to proceed beyond consequence number 1.
1.
Violation
of rules 1, 4, 5, and 6 will result in a verbal warning on the first
violation.
2.
Repeat
violations will result in a conference with the department head, the student,
and the instructor as to whether or not the student should stay in the class.
3.
Violation
of rule 3 will result is loss of lab privileges until safety glasses are put
on.
4.
Violation
of rule 2 will result in immediate expulsion.
Substitute
Lesson Packet - Part 3
Keys: The classroom is not locked.
You can park your car in the spot next to the south rollup door marked
“Faculty parking”. Ask the tool room
attendant for a temporary parking permit if you need one. The tool room is kept locked and the student
worker there, Vincent Thorn, can get you any tool you may need. Students understand the tool checkout
procedures; you will not be responsible for their tools other than the safe use
of them.
Class Schedule:
1. Monday – Wednesday, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Room: 904,
Helpful students: Ed
Garcia and Keith Smith are taking the class for a second time to add to their
knowledge. They are both exceptional
students who accept responsibility and are anxious to help others, particularly
in the lab.
Class Dynamics - This class is generally excellent with very few
discipline problems. You may find that
Ted Watson likes to talk on endlessly if you give him opportunity. He doesn’t understand gentle hints; you must
simply take control and interrupt him to go on with your lecture.
Additional Class
Rules:
The students should be turning in their worksheets from last week’s lab, along
with the answers to the questions from chapter 6. They will turn them in to the in-box located
on the teacher’s desk. Before you begin
the class, ask the students if anyone else needs to turn in work. You will not be expected to grade the
papers. Place them in the marked folder
(labeled “homework and worksheets for week 6) in the associate faculty office
with my name on it.
I cannot grade by attendance, but must keep
roll per college policy so please have the students sign the sign in sheet
before the first break period.
I should warn you
that these students have a struggle getting to class on time. As they are almost all adults working to support
families I cut them some slack for arriving late, but I do not back-track in my
lecture. They are expected to get the
missed material from the other students on their own.
I am a stickler on
two rules in particular: Safety glasses in the lab and no cell phones in the
class. By now the students realize that
these two rules are immutable, but may think the cell phone rule doesn’t apply
since I am absent. It would be advisable
to repeat at the beginning of class that the “no cell phones” rule is still
applicable. I always remind students
about the safety glasses at the beginning of lab and I would ask that you do
the same.
Supplies:
Substitute Lesson Packet - Part 4
Substitute Lesson Plan
Instructor: Phil Fournier
Subject: Automotive Engine Performance
Date: In My Absence
Student Performance objective: By
the end of the lesson the student should be able to look up specific information
pertinent to their own vehicle (or one of the school-owned vehicles) using the Alldata On-line information database.
The students will demonstrate
competency in this skill by filling out the information worksheet and turning
in the actual computer printouts in the five areas for which informational
printouts are requested by the worksheet.
A five question quiz, fill-in-the-blank, will be administered at the end
of class.
Anticipatory
set: Explain to the
students the absolute necessity of having information, specifications,
troubleshooting details, and operational strategies specific to their
vehicles. As the students have been
begging me to show them how to use this system, I don’t think you need spend
much time here, perhaps one minute.
Introductory
video: The video provided
by Alldata is in the filing cabinet. It makes for a good introduction to the
interface, the use of the mouse and keyboard, and the hotkeys for moving
between screens. It is 15 minutes long.
Lecture
and demonstration: Using
the overhead LCD projector and the classroom computer with internet connection,
go to the website www.alldatapro.com . Enter the user name MSJC and the password
MSJC (case sensitive). From the opening
screen, enter the vehicle details listed permanently on the side of the
computer case, the school owner 2001 Honda Accord LX, with 2.3L VTEC engine and
Check
for understanding: It is
essential that the students understand the sequence before being sent to the
lab computers themselves. Ask several
students to come to the key board and demonstrate a look up of their own
vehicle.
Lab
exercise: There are 24
students in the class and only 4 computers.
Students can generally work effectively in groups of two. I have the students count off and then pair
up odd numbers and even numbers, then send 8 students to the computers. The remaining 16 students should be working
on the simulator workstations, either to catch up on worksheets not completed,
or working ahead on next week’s worksheet.
We have covered this material already in the lecture, so the students
should be able to work independently.
Set a time limit of 30 minutes for each group of students. This should be more than sufficient for each
student to finish the worksheet.
Closure: Students
should meet in the classroom 30 minutes prior to the end of class, regardless
of where they are in their lab work. Ask
if tools have been returned to the tool room (they have to leave their driver’s
license behind, so very few forget to return them). Give the five-question quiz
(in filing cabinet marked folder).
Collect quiz and dismiss the class.