Syllabus

Teacher Education
07S:187/07S:191/07S:192 025 Student Teaching in ESL
Fall, 2009

Instructors: Cindra Visser

Emails: cindra-visser@uiowa.edu

Course Web Site:

Course Description

This course is a combination of two (2) courses; a practical student teaching experience in a public school and a monthly seminar that meets on campus. The monthly seminar will meet to share experiences and to further discuss any concerns about licensure, job hunting and the teaching profession in general. The three seminar meeting times will be arranged on a TBA schedule. The goal of this semester is to facilitate the learning of practical teaching skills in addition to life-long learning as an educator. In many ways, this semester will prepare you to continue to learn and improve as you embark on a career in teaching. The student teacher must approach this semester with a flexible mindset. The incredible variety of teaching situations, programs, age-levels, and classroom demands will require each student teacher to adapt and cooperate with his/her specific classroom teacher. This experience will provide a foundation for future successful teaching in schools. Your ability to provide positive learning experiences for students over an extended period of time and under the realities of daily classroom teaching must show gradual improvement during this semester. You will work with a cooperating teacher who has opened his/her classroom to you to offer you an opportunity to learn teaching while teaching.

Required Readings

Focus Standards and Student Assignments

Standards	Student Assignments
A: Student Learning
B: Diverse Learners
C: Planning Instruction	Journals, Lesson Plans, Student Teaching Proposal
D: Instructional Strategies	Journals, Philosophy Statement, Shared ESL Activity
E: Learning Environment
F: Communication
G: Assessment
H: Reflection and Professional Development	Journals, Philosophy Statement, Classroom Observations, Professional Portfolio
I: Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships	Journals, Philosophy Statement, Classroom Observations
J: Technology
K: Subject Matter Knowledge