Foundations of Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades

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& Spring In this introductory course, Relay students will learn to employ the foundational elements of culturally responsive teaching to develop a positive classroom culture in service of building their middle grades students’ content understanding in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The course will prepare Relay students to practice culturally responsive instruction by attending to teacher and student identities, developing positive relationships, and employing instructional routines that support an emotionally safe and rigorous learning environment. With this foundation, Relay students will build their knowledge and skills around research-based instructional methods that develop students’ reading skills; their conceptual understanding and procedural fluency in math; and their inquiry skills in science and social studies. Relay students will apply their growing knowledge, skills, and mindsets to design and execute instruction that is aligned with growth and development processes in middle childhood.