Strategies for Collaboration 3 s.h. This class lays a foundation for the degree program. Participants discover how to take ownership for their own learning through shared readings and reflections in a social learning context. Participants begin to clarify procedures for doing systematic inquiry and reflection in future learning. Through self assessment, a personal professional development plan is constructed.
Teachers develop professional skills for managing and monitoring student learning.
Cohort Study Seminar II 3 s.h. Teachers develop skills to be members of learning communities. Contributions are made to school effectiveness by collaborating and establishing positive interpersonal relationships with other professionals. Teachers expand the knowledge base for the subjects they teach and critique how to teach those subjects to students. They develop appreciation for how knowledge in their subject is created, organized, and linked to other disciplines.