Clinical Experience in Teaching: Residency Pathway

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Candidates will understand the importance of beginning instructional planning with determining essential understandings. Students will be able to apply this understanding to their own instructional planning.
• Candidates will understand the importance of making instruction relevant to students’ personal and academic needs and will apply this understanding to their own instructional planning.
• Candidates will be able to create and implement instructional plans that successfully integrate knowledge of content with knowledge of students.
• Candidates will identify and incorporate 21st century knowledge and skills in their planning.
• Candidates will effectively collaborate with other professionals to achieve desired student outcomes.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Lesson plans, Context for Learning and Assessment	25%
Commentary (Task 1 EdTPA)	25%
Ten-minute Video clips of teaching (with transcription of inaudible comments)	25%
Participation and Online Submissions	25%

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Marzano, R, Pickering, D. and Pollock J. (2001) Classroom Instruction that Works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Tomlinson, C. and McTighe, J. (2006) Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Burant, Terry. (2010) The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance, and Hope during Your First Years in the Classroom. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools