2014-2015 Course Offerings
Visit our course catalog registration website for the most up-to-date course offerings.
Values Based Leadership Courses
Teach with Your Strengths
Facilitator: Lauren LaMont
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Teachers will be happier and more productive, authentic and confident in their teaching practice as a result of knowing their strengths and understanding how to leverage them in their classroom. Throughout this course, 1st and 2nd year CMs will increase their awareness of their strengths and build the habits of consistently leveraging their strengths to maximize their effectiveness a teacher. Additionally, they will learn practical classroom strategies that enable them to facilitate activities and lessons in which their students learn to recognize and work with their strengths.
Atlanta RISE
Facilitator: Samuel Wakefield
Credit Hours: 4 credits
Date + Time: Saturdays: Oct 4th, Nov 1st, Dec 6th, Jan 10th, Feb 7th, Mar 7th, 9-1pm - REGISTER HERE (restricted to accepted applicants)
Location: Community Grounds
Atlanta RISE is our region’s premier leadership development program that focuses on enhancing the already emerging values and competencies of our most skilled up and coming leaders. What is the profile of a participant in Atlanta RISE? Atlanta RISE is for 2nd year corps members and alums. Participants in Atlanta RISE should have the following characteristics:
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Self-Awareness - a baseline understanding of their values, identity, and strengths
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Growth Mindset - a desire and ability to expand their knowledge, skills, habits, and behaviors
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Proven track record of success
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Looking to expand their impact
Watch this video for highlights from previous Atlanta RISE experiences: Atlanta RISE Video (Password: RISE2013)
For those interested, application information can be found here: Atlanta RISE application. Application Deadline: Monday, September 1st.
Developing Your Theory of Change
Facilitators: Samuel Wakefield and Lauren LaMont
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Option 1: Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Sept 25nd, Oct 2nd, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Oct 9th, Oct 16th, Oct 23rd, Oct 30th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
What problems exist in our society’s education system? What solutions have you been thinking about over the past year of teaching? What lessons are you learning from this experience, and how are you going to leverage your own personal leadership as alums? This course will help you begin to answer these questions and more as you explore what it means to have a personal theory of change.
Albany Community Leadership Journey
Facilitators: Samuel Wakefield and Lauren LaMont
Credit Hours: 4 credits
Date + Time: April 6th -April 9th - REGISTER HERE (restricted to accepted applicants)
Location: Albany, GA
Each spring we take a group of teachers, students, and community members with us to Albany, Georgia to explore issues of personal leadership and the legacies of the Civil Rights movement here in Georgia and its impact on us today as leaders. This course is a great mid-year boost for those in their 1st year of teaching who need a reminder about why they do this work, and what values, capabilities, and convictions they bring to this work as leaders.
Watch this video for highlights from our 2014 Albany Community Leadership Journey: Albany Leadership Journey Video (Password: LEAD123)
For those interested, the application can be found here: 2015 Albany Community Leadership Journey Application. The application deadline is Monday, December 15th.
Leadership Journey Refueling
Facilitator: Lauren LaMont
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Wednesdays: Sept 10th, Oct 15th, Nov 19th, Jan 14th, Feb 18th, Mar 25th - REGISTER HERE
Location: TBD
On the Albany Leadership Journey, participants explored and deepened their understanding of their personal leadership definitions, how identity impacts leadership, the people and places where they work, risk-taking, and assuming personal responsibility for making change, while building deep, trusting relationships with fellow participants. The Leadership Journey Refueling course is designed to build upon these foundations. Everyone who joins the Refueling course must be prepared to explore themselves deeply and be willing to be challenged and supported by others—and do the same for the rest of the group. You may only participate in this course if you attended the 2014 Spring Albany Leadership Journey.
Power and Privilege Courses
Justice Journey (Primarily 2nd Year CMs)
Facilitators: Samuel Wakefield and Lauren LaMont
Credit Hours: 4 credits
Date + Time: Jan 16-18th - REGISTER HERE
Location: Atlanta, GA
The mission of the Justice Journey is to increase the empowerment and leadership of our students and communities by cultivating social justice-oriented teacher leaders. This requires grounding new corps members and staff in a deeper interpretation of social change movements to help us reframe our work through the lens of equity with consideration of identity, values, motivations and goals; which continually evolve and help define us as change agents. We will engage in the following type of activities:
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Small group reflection and discussion exercises about the history of education in America, the role eugenics played in education’s evolution, and the implications of race and class in education
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Visiting cultural attractions around the city connected to various social movements- with a particular lens towards the history of race and class in or work as educators.
My Experience and the Education System
Facilitator: Several Staff Facilitators
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Option 1: Mondays - Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Thursdays - Sept 4th, Sept 11th, Septh 18th, Sept 25th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 3: Mondays - Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, Nov 17th, Nov 24th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 4: Mondays - Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, Nov 17th, Nov 24th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Each CM will engage in a pre-reflective self-assessment concerning their identity stages and comfort ability talking about race; throughout the course, conversations will occur in small group settings to help participants further explore issues of race and class in relation to their personal identity development. Sessions will include skill building around the DCA competencies: expanding our locus of control, suspending judgment, developing interpersonal awareness, and asset based thinking.
Race, Class, and Privilege: Through Students’ Eyes
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Spring 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA
Now that you have the foundations of how race, class, and privilege have impacted your own experience, you will look at it through the eyes of students and see how they are impacted by issues of race and class in the educational system. You will analyze 3 case studies and connect the big ideas to how you are operating in your classroom. While engaging in this experience, you will collect information and data to create a mini-case study of your own using a student you are currently teaching and share lessons learned during the last seminar.
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Prerequisite: DEI 101 (My Experience and the Education System)
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Note: If you participated in the Jackson pilot last school year, you have already engaged in this experience.
Culturally Responsive Teaching Pilot
Facilitator: Jacinta Williams
Credit Hours: 3 credits
Date + Time: Spring 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA
This course will be by application only for a pilot on culturally responsive teaching incorporating the E3 framework.
Intersecting Identities
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Spring 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA
In this course, you will explore the intersectionality of identities that are relevant for your and your students’ context. These are intersections that are the most salient in the Metro Atlanta area:
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Intersection of Race/Class with Gender and Sexuality
LGBTQ students of color face oppression for multiple parts of their identities and have unique experiences in and educational context. This experience is good for beginning conversations around understanding LGBTQ work in education through an intersectional lens.
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Intersection of Race/Class with Language
Students of color who are both native and non-native speakers of English come to school with linguistical differences that are often marginalized. This experience will address the critical issues at the intersection of race, inequality, and language in education and how teachers can be more linguistically responsive.
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Intersection of Race/Class with Ability (this course could potentially be 6 weeks)
Students of color are overrepresented in special education programs and when enrolled experience racial inequity in the quality of their experience. This experience will look at the intersection of race/class with ability through two lenses. The first lens will focus on the overrepresentation of students of color in special education programs in the education system and your role as a teacher in providing appropriate support before special education is an considered an option and the second lens will focus on racial inequity within special education programs and your role in providing children with exceptionalities with an equitable experience in your classroom.
Culture Courses
Partnering with Parents
Facilitators: Samuel Wakefield and Derrick Beasley
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th , 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
This course is designed for teachers interested in building trusting, long term relationships with parents, and learning how to authentically partner with parents towards a shared educational outcome for students. Participants should expect to engage with parents during this session. Skills to be built:
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Improving language and communication between parents and teachers
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Developing an asset based approach in working with parents as partners
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Understanding mutual aspirations - and parents vision for their child
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Best practices for engaging parents
Real Talk About Transformational Teaching (Primarily 2nd Years)
Facilitator: Taylor Ramsey Mallya
Credit Hours: 1 credit
Date + Time: Option 1: Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
You’ve heard the phrase “transformational teaching”, and maybe not known what that really means. Well, here we’re going to explore what it means, in as practical/tangible a way as possible. By studying the factors that hold our students back, asking ourselves, “What would put kids on a path of expanded opportunity?” and then putting plans in place. This will be a no fluff course for folks who are really looking to expand their impact and want to ensure the work they do with students and parents endures. For real. It will be collaborative and hopefully reconnect you with the larger reason you joined Teach For America in the first place!
Elementary Fellowship
Facilitator: Yael Dvorin Ross
Credit Hours: 4 credits
Date + Time: TBD - REGISTER HERE (restricted to accepted applicants)
Location: TBD
The Elementary Fellowship is a supportive professional learning community for a group of 8-12 elementary educators who will deeply examine elementary content, learning, and pedagogy, who will build leadership in elementary education, and who will continue to strive for a transformational elementary classroom. Applications to participate in this experience are due by Monday, August 4th. Application information can be found HERE.
Teach Like A Champion
Facilitator: KIPP Facilitators
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Option 1: Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
When I was a young teacher, people gave me lots of advice. I’d go to trainings and leave with lofty words ringing in my ears. I’d be inspired, ready to improve – until I got to school the next day. I’d find myself asking, “Well, how do I do that? What’s the action I should take at 8:25 AM?” - Doug Lemov
This series of sessions focuses on discrete techniques used by excellent educators that put students on the path to and through college. Based on Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion, you’ll learn specific actions that you can implement immediately in your classrooms.
Developing a Positive Culture of Achievement in Your Classroom
Facilitators: David Hardin; Aundrey Page
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Option 1: Sept 4th, Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Sept 25th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Two major components must be true of students’ actions if they are to accomplish path-changing growth: they must master rigorous academic content in classrooms, and they must live out a strong culture of achievement. In a transformational classroom, these components exist and work in close connection. In this experience, however, we will isolate the types of observable student actions, behaviors &mindsets that are true for ALL students in an exemplary culture of achievement. Use your classroom context to diagnose your students’ current level, set a goal for where you want students to be at the end of this course, and receive feedback, coaching, and support on getting your students there.
Excellent School Visits
Facilitators: Yael Dvorin, Kaleah French, Erin Fleming
Credit Hours: 1 credit
Date + Time: TBD
Location: TBD
What’s happening in metro ATL’s top-performing schools? What are students doing and how are teachers helping them to perform at those levels. Through these in-the-field experiences, you will visit high-performing schools to further internalize the performance levels at which your students should be competitive. Observe classrooms, debrief with teachers, share resources, and discuss ways to implement what you’ve learned with your students.
Elementary Education Courses
Deep Reading Via Balanced Literacy
Facilitator: Yael Dvorin Ross
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Option 1: Sept 2nd, Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th , Nov 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
The power of literacy and the love for reading are critical for the work we do as elementary teachers. In this course you will learn & implement concrete strategies across balanced literacy structures to lead your students to be deep readers who make meaning of what they are reading, who actively make reading growth, and who love to read!
Conceptual Math
Facilitator: Yael Dvorin Ross
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Tuesdays: Oct 7th, Oct 14th, Oct 21st, Oct 28th, Nov 4th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: TBD
"Math Makes Sense to Me" is the goal of math instruction tin the elementary setting & will be explored in this course. You will leave with at least three strategies to implement in your classroom that will support kids are they are building conceptual understandings of math.
Leveraging the Writing Portfolio
Facilitator: Yael Dvorin Ross
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Oct 30th, Nov 6th, Nov 13th, Nov 20th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Building writers and authors in the elementary classroom involves strong writing instruction and strategies to facilitate your students' love for writing. This course will allow for you to plan and execute effective writing lessons for any genre and to support students throughout the different stages of the writing process.
Leveraging Math Assessments to Increase Math Mastery
Facilitator: Tamara Rice
Credit Hours: 1 credit
Date + Time: Option 1: Thursday, October 9th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Thursday, October 16th - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
You administered a math assessment...now what? In this course you will analyze your students' assessments, better understand their strengths and needs, and plan for the rest of the semester in order to maximize student growth and mastery in math.
Leveraging DRA to Increase Reading Growth
Facilitator: Tori Hines
Credit Hours: 1 Credit
Date + Time: Option 1: Thursday, Sept 18th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 2: Thursday, Sept 25th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 3: Thursday, Dec 11th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Option 4: Thursday, Dec 18th - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
You will leave this one night only course with a deep understanding of who your students are as readers and what strategies you will put in place to ensure your students will make significant reading growth.
Practices for Meaningful Discourse and Discussions
Facilitator: Erin Quackenbush
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Thursdays Sept 4th, Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Sept 25th, 6-8pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Bring rich discourse and discussions into your classroom! Throughout this course you will learn and be able to implement best practices for meaningful discourse for math and other content areas.
Everything DRA (strongly recommended)
Facilitator: Multiple elementary team staff members
Credit Hours: ½ credit
Date + Time: Thursday, July 30th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Wednesday, Aug 6th - REGISTER HERE
Date + Time: Saturday, Aug 9th - REGISTER HERE
Location: TFA office
Everything DRA is an opportunity for you to pick up your DRA kit and prepare to be ready to successfully administer, score, and track the DRA!
The Power of Phonics and Decoding
Facilitator: Principal Shawn Bender
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Wednesdays, Sept 10th, Sept 17th, Sept 24th, Oct 1st, 6-8pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Reading Performance Tasks (for Science and Social Studies Content)
Facilitator: Principal Shawn Bender
Credit Hours: 1.5 credits
Date + Time: Wednesdays, Nov 5th, Nov 12th, Nov 19th, 6-8pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
STEM Courses
Science Structures and Routines
Facilitator: Dr. Bertina Banks
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Just as classroom management is less effective without procedures for sharpening pencil and passing in papers, so is science instruction less effective without routines. Join this set of learning experiences to build knowledge and skill around routines high impact, rigorous, exploration routines for the science classroom (i.e demo labs, lab journals, using the scientific process, etc).
Math Structures and Routines
Facilitator: Kaleah French
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Just as classroom management is less effective without procedures for sharpening pencil and passing in papers, so is mathematics instruction less effective without routines. Join this set of learning experiences to build knowledge and skill around high impact, rigorous, exploration routines for the math classroom (i.e math talk, no speak teaching moments, skill drill).
Previewing Upcoming Units - Math
Facilitator: Kaleah French
Credit Hours: 1.5 Credits
Date + Time: Thursday Sept 4th, Thursday Oct 2nd, Monday Nov 3rd 6-8pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: TBD
Extend your understanding of the mathematics concepts you’ll be teaching by unit in these monthly previewing meetings. This set of experiences will allow you to examine unit and lesson plans; discuss resources and teaching strategies; anticipate and problem-solve ways to address student misconceptions; and further internalize the concepts behind different mathematics units.
Math Daily Lesson Planning
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Oct 9th, Oct 16th, Oct 23rd, Oct 30th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Having learned about lesson planning at institute, here’s your chance to take this skill to the next level. How should your student’s prior knowledge inform your daily planning? What are other ways of planning besides the 5 step lesson plan? How do I logically sequence and plan for daily lessons based on a summative? Come to this session to learn more.
Science Daily Lesson Planning
Facilitator: Kaleah French
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Having learned about lesson planning at institute, here’s your chance to take this skill to the next level. How should your student’s prior knowledge inform your daily planning? What are other ways of planning besides the 5 step lesson plan? How do I logically sequence and plan for daily lessons based on a summative? Come to this session to learn more.
STEM Growth Mindsets
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Nov 6th, Nov 13th, Nov 20th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
How do you shift “I can’t do math” attitudes to “Yes, I can!”? Attend this series of experiences to discuss ways to build growth mindsets in Metro ATL STEM students. Explore specific strategies, resources, and frameworks for cultivating efficacious mindsets toward STEM education.
Special Education Courses
Case Management
Facilitator: Jennifer Fornek and Thomas McGaha
Credit Hours: 3 credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Sept 4th, Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Sept 25th, Oct 2nd, Oct 9th 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
The case management series will give you the tools, strategies, and best practices in for serving as the case manager for your students and to serve as a resource at your school.
Co-Teaching
Facilitator: Ajeenah Rasheed-Carroll
Credit Hours: 1 Credit
Date + Time: Mondays: Oct 13th and Oct 20th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: TBD
In this 2-part series, you will continue to examine the co-teaching relationship, your role as a co-teacher, and your role working with co-teachers.
Methods for Differentiated Teaching in SPED Humanities
Facilitator: Andrew Potter
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Tuesdays: Oct 28th, Nov 4th, Nov 11th, Nov 18th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: TBD
You will leave this series with methods & strategies for differentiating your teaching in your humanities setting. This will better allow for you to plan and exeucte meaningful learning for all students you work with.
Tiering Assessments & Plans: STEM
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Oct 30th, Nov 6th, Nov 13th, Nov 20th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
In this series, you will gain skills and strategies for tiering assessments and plans in the STEM setting. This will allow for you to better facilitate student learning and mastr of concepts and content in the STEM setting.
Incorporating Learning Profiles into Plans & Assessments
Facilitator: Erin Quackenbush
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Oct 27th, Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, Nov 17th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Incorporating learning profiles into every day is necessary in supporting your students. In this series you will learn more strategies and best practices for ensure every plan and every assessment incorporated the learning profiles of all of your students.
Coalition for Diverse Learners (formerly known as the SPED Assembly)
Organizer: Erin Quackenbush
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Satuday, December 6th, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Atlanta Speech School
Join us at the Atlanta Speech School for the Coalition for Diverse Learners (formerly known as the SPED Assembly). This will be a unifying experience for teachers and parents of students receiving special education services. We will engage in learning, discussion, and reflection to unite as advocates and supporters for our students with learning differences. Corps members are encouraged to invite parents and advocates to join us. Registration opens November 10th. All CMs will receive 2 Course Catalog credits for attending the event. If you are in TCP, this event can replace the required 4-week Diverse Learners course on Thursday nights in January.
Humanities Courses
Strong Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Classroom
Facilitator: Nautrie Jones
Credit Hours: 3 credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Teaching the foundations for reading and writing can be difficult, especially in a secondary classrooms. This session will provide you with a tool case of go to strategies to encourage and build reading and writing skills in your classroom.
Planning Using Literacy Design Collaborative
Facilitator: Erin Fleming
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Sept 8th, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd, Sept 29th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
This course is designed to provide secondary ELA and SS teachers with a framework to create LDC tasks, modules, and courses designed to teach students to meet Common Core literacy standards while also learning to meet content demands at high levels of performance. LDC offers teachers an instructional system for developing students’ literacy skills to prepare them for the demands of college and careers. LDC does not provide “off-the-shelf” curriculum units or lesson plans and expect teachers to just go implement them. Instead, LDC empowers teachers to build students’ literacy skills and understanding of science, history, literature, and other important academic content through meaningful reading and writing assignments that are aligned to the CCSS. Ultimately, LDC relies upon the wisdom of teacher practice, helping teachers take ownership of their own professional growth to drive more powerful outcomes for their students.
Planning in World Language
Facilitator: David Hardin
Credit Hours: 2 Credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Sept 4th, Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Sept 25th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Would you ever go on a road trip without a map? Would you ever teach without a plan? In this course world language teachers will learn the fundamentals on how to plan for world language to meet rigorous intended outcomes.
Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing Skills for the World Language Classroom
Facilitator: TBD
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: Mondays: Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
Language and communication are at the heart of the human experience. To meet 21st century teaching standards, the United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad. This imperative envisions a future in which ALL students will develop and maintain proficiency in English and at least one other language, modern or classical. In this course CMs will learn key instructional strategies in reading, writing, listening and speaking to build students communicative ability.
Thinking Like a Historian
Facilitator: Erin Fleming
Credit Hours: 3 Credits
Date + Time: Thursdays: Oct 9th, Oct 16th, Oct 23rd, Oct 30th, Nov 6th, Nov 13th, 6:00-8:00pm - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary
The Thinking Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues. They learn to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence.
Teacher Certification Pathway (TCP)
Formerly known as TLDP
Electronic Portfolio Advisory (2013 CMs Only)
Facilitators: The TCP Team
Credit Hours: 2 credits
Date + Time: TBD - REGISTER HERE
Location: Perkerson Elementary School
This course is mandatory for all 2nd year corps members who were enrolled in TLDP last school year and did not complete major course assessments in TLDP (e.g. Unit Planning Project, Classroom Culture Portfolio, IE Project and Final Exam, etc.) and/or did not submit a completed electronic portfolio.