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__Purpose__
This Wiki provides a site for the teachers of the Peoria Notre Dame Theology Department to post their course calendar. The goal is to offer a convenient way to comply with school policy requiring teachers file lesson plans.

__Requirements__
Theology department teachers are required to keep an up-to-date calendar of their course posted on this site. The calendar should include 1. The topic scheduled for each instructional day with a reference to the place in the text or note packet where the material can be found. 2. The dates for quizzes, tests and other assessments. 3. The dates that assignments are due.

__Posting Frequency__
Posting for the entire nine weeks of the term at one time serves as a happy medium between constraint and chaos. Those of you, who find this too daunting a task, may post the weekend before the week the material is taught. I urge you to plan for an entire chapter or unit at a time. This contributes to the continuity desperately needed by our less capable students.

__Teacher Cooperation__
Pacing remains a challenge. We must stay on pace in order to complete the course. Teachers who share the responsibility of a given course should visit the calendars of their colleague. Coordination greatly improves the learning environment for all of us.

__ Assessments __
A variety of well-designed assessments are vital to student success and a well-documented grade. I urge you to offer about one hundred points a week split between assignments and assessments.

__ Getting Started __
1. Select your Wiki page. 2. You will find a copy of the calendar template for the fall semester of 2009. 3. Please use this template to submit your lesson plan calendar.