Introduction to Teaching & Classroom Routines

Catalog description

This course is designed to support summer fieldwork in libraries, and serves as a bridge between fieldwork and course and fieldwork that begins in the fall. The course begins with a set of experiences in local communities which, along with courses, helps apprentices learn about neighborhoods and communities in which schools are located. This course provides apprentices with approaches to establishing classroom/group norms and practices allowing teachers to develop relationships with children. Apprentices will learn to establish routines and activities to be used in summer and fall fieldwork, as well as the professional cycle of planning, enacting, observing, and reflecting in a professional learning community. This course will also contribute to apprentices' understanding of literacy and math learning in the K-8 classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to the UTAP program or permission of the instructor.