Sample topics include before school starts, the first week, classroom management, IEP writing, diagnostic testing, long term curriculum planning, and grading. This course allows the intern time to speak supportively with other teachers. Constant evaluation is taken and Interns are asked what types of support they need. Interns are taught to begin analysis of their own teaching related to the California Standards for the Teaching Profession. Reading Language Arts and Reading Instruction in the Public Schools is an overview of principles of reading instruction, elements of the language arts program including literature-based reading, content area reading, the role of phonics, emergent literacy and diagnosis of reading problems.
Candidates learn to be an expert a developing lesson plans for single lessons.
These lesson plans must utilize appropriate techniques for setting student behavior standards at the beginning of each formal lesson to be presented. Candidates are also encouraged to enable students to participate in setting behavior standards that best enable learning to take place. Through their assignments and their teaching experiences, candidates make extensive use of the state frameworks in mathematics, history-social studies, and science. These resources are coordinated with state approved textbook adoptions and school district curriculum guides. The curriculum provides an opportunity for the candidate to gain essential knowledge about the nature of children, the curriculum, instructional materials, and effective teaching strategies from the instruction in the university classroom.