Residency Capstone

Catalog description

In this culminating seminar, students will reflect on their growth and readiness to lead a classroom. They will draw on the knowledge, skills, and mindsets of highly effective teachers, while also considering their impact on student support and development in their classrooms. Students will also focus on identifying, understanding, and partnering with community assets as they prepare for their first year as lead teachers with the goal of creating partnerships with community assets that will support students as learners within the context of their community. This seminar will support students in curating a capstone portfolio that includes: (1) a collection of classroom video(s) and plan(s) that demonstrate evidence of the knowledge, skills, and mindsets required to be an effective culturally responsive and inclusive teacher of record, and (2) a community asset presentation that includes a profile of one community asset, a description of learnings about that asset, and an initial plan for engaging with the community asset in service of your classroom goals.