Career Day - Charter Captain

Discussion:
-how Mr. Wolotsky became a charter fisherman
-Charter Fish here or somewhere else? Seasonal or year round?
-making ends meet as a Charter guy


The Legal Requirements to be a Charter Captain:



A TWIC Card

 It is a tamper-resistant, common identification credential, issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), containing a biometric (fingerprint template) of the card holder.

If you are applying for any Merchant Mariner credentials, you must already have applied for a TWIC

Captains license from the Coast Guard(a 6 pack or a operator of an uninspected vessel) :

• pass a written test after taking a USCG approved course
• sea time
• pass a physical exam
• drug test
• cpr
• fingerprints
• 3  character references

Maine Guide's License (TideWater)

• Pass First Aid
• Pass a written and oral exam

Some Business  Stuff

1. Insurance
2. website/facebook/blog
3. Selective Advertising, where makes the most sense?
4. brochures
5. Telephone talking on phone
6. Calender
7. Newsletter
8. Buying gear

Some characterisitcs of a good charter captain:
-Patient
-funny
-get along well with others
-Have some way of staying organised
-Be Fishy

The Fun Stuff

A video with some clients

My cool electronics, the weather

A commercial my wife made

Charging the beach on Costa Rica

Costa Rica Fishing

Formative Assessment

The following blog post is laid out in chronological order for you. In other words links shared and information presented at the beginning of our Tech Wednesday will be first and stuff shared at the end will be last.


1. Click on this link and say what you hope to get out of our time with each other today about formative assessment.


2.Today's short workshop will be organized around the Big6, a model of learning and information-problem-solving.

3. Dan's Big6 Ribs Presentation

4. Please take this questionnaire on the Ribs presentation.



Some of Dan's Favorite Formative Assessments

Task Definition:
A. Paraphrase the Assignment (Takes away the helpless hand-raisers)
-Have students interview You
-Grade based on how completely they describe the project back to you
B.Essential Questions
C. Process Assessment
-What has been your best source of information and why?
-What have you done since we started our research?
-What will be your next steps?
-Moving forward, what will your biggest challenge be and what will you do to handle this challenge?
-Grade is based on their Meta-cognition and their willingness to write it out

Information Seeking Strategies
A. Brainstorm
 
B. Justify sources
    Choose 4 sources and rank them according to what you anticipate being the most helpful to the      least helpful


Location and Access
A.3 Minute Pause
B. Compare Notes

Use of Information

A.Graphic Organizer(elmo time)
B. 3-2-1 end of the class See my example below
Name three things you learned today?
What two things do you want to try in regards to formative assessment in your instruction?
Describe one conclusion you want to make about formative assessment and your instruction?


Nice explanation of formative assessment and some well explained examples too

Below is another form of an electronic formative assessment made with SurveyMonkey, another free site.
Click here to take survey