English Seminar

Catalog description

Candidates take this weekly seminar concurrently with student teaching or during the first semester of full-time teaching as a DSAP teacher. The seminar supports English teacher candidates to enact best practices in English education, helping them to select and review curricula, develop lessons and assessments for diverse learners, and work with struggling or difficult students. Weekly discussions draw on the teaching issues and problems faced by the English teacher candidates. The seminar also addresses more general school issues, such as the culture and organization schools, mandated Connecticut group-wide testing, classroom management, conflict resolution, communication with parents and caregivers, sensitivity to multicultural issues, and issues of inclusion. The job application process, including resume writing, interviewing skills, and developing a professional portfolio and teaching portfolio, are also addressed. Candidates receive information on the certification process.