This course is designed for teachers who are employed as clinical faculty, student teaching supervisors, cooperating teachers and mentor teachers. It develops teachers' awareness of their own reflective decision-making through action research, discussions and simulations. The course also presents a framework for assessing student teachers' development. Three years' teaching experience. This course emphasizes classroom inquiry for practitioners.
Teachers explore autobiography, multiple and personal voices, and narratives in context.
Readings and projects connect teachers' own personal agenda with school change and environment. 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 underrepresentation of student populations in gifted programs.