This course is designed for teachers who are employed as clinical faculty, student teaching supervisors, cooperating teachers and mentor teachers. It develops teacher's awareness of their own reflective decision-making through action research, discussions, and simulations. The course also presents a framework for assessing student teacher's development. Three years teaching experience. For practicing K-12 teachers across disciplines.
Participants investigate and experience current practices in literacy instruction.
Based upon National Writing Project assumptions, participants read, write, and reflect upon their teaching. Examines barriers that cause under representation of student populations in gifted programs. Discusses identification and programming strategies for gifted students with disabilities, underachieving students, and students form diverse cultural groups. A follow-up for Eastern Michigan Writing Project Teacher Consultants. Participants analyze findings and prepare reports based in their own classroom research.