Programs for DC Public and Public Charter School Teachers
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Spring 2012 Graduate Level Learning Circle Courses for Master Teachers
The School of Education, Teaching and Health (SETH) is pleased to announce a series of 3-credit graduate level courses designed to support the instructional leadership of master teachers in schools that employ novice teachers who participate in American University's Capital Excellence (CAP-X) Program, a NCATE accredited alternative licensure program for teachers in the District of Columbia.
American University is able to offer any teacher currently working in the schools listed below a full scholarship through the Capital Excellence grant.
Each course or "learning circle" is designed to strengthen existing skills in teaching and advance teacher engagement in reflective practice and collaboration with other teachers. The common threads of planning, organizing and monitoring and managing classroom instruction are discussed in each circle. Multiple teachers from one school are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility: Each master teacher is required to have a minimum of three years of teaching experience and highly qualified teacher status. The selected teachers will support the ongoing development of teachers in their schools. Teachers who meet the above criteria and are from the following school are eligible to apply:
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Aiton ES Appletree Early Learning PCS Ballou SHS Brent ES Brightwood EC Brookland EC Brown MS Capital City PCS Cardozo SHS Carlos Rosario International PCS Center City PCS Columbia Heights EC Community Academy PCS Coolidge SHS DC Bilingual PCS DC Prep PCS Deal MS Dunbar SHS Early Childhood Academy PCS Excel PCS |
Friendship PCS Harriet Tubman ES Hart MS Hendley ES Hope Community PCS Hospitality High PCS Howard Road PCS IDEA PCS Ideal Academy PCS Imagine Hope PCS Jefferson MS John Tyler Elementary School KIPP DC PCS Mary McLeod Bethune PCS Maya Angelou PCS Miner ES Nia Community PCS Orr ES Oyster Adams ES Payne/Marshall ES Peabody ES |
Powell ES Raymond EC Ross ES School Without Walls Simon ES Spingarn HS Stanton ES Takoma Educational Center Thomas ES & Plummer ES Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS Tree of Life Community PCS Truesdell EC Two Rivers PCS Walker Jones EC Washington Metropolitan High School Washington Yu Ying PCS West EC Wilson HS Winston EC Woodson HS |
When: Spring 2012
Course 1: EDU 596: Common Core Mathematics: K-6 (3 credits)
The goal of this course is to review the mathematical content of the K-5 curriculum, as outlined in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, so as to help educators develop extraordinarily clear understanding of the concepts involved, and to then translate deep personal mathematical understanding into effective teaching and assessment strategy. Is 0 even or odd? Is -0 the same as 0? Why is negative times negative positive? Why is dividing by a fraction the same as multiplying by the reciprocal? Why does the long division algorithm work? What is the best way to multiply numbers? Why the number 360 for the number of degrees in a circle? What is x, really? There are no prerequisites for this course. Informally, however, participants are expected to come with an attitude of frankness and openness, a willingness to question, and the desire to truly understand and explore mathematics.
This class meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 to 8 pm on March 6 - April 26th. The class does not meet on April 3, 5, 10 or 12.
Course 2: HFIT 596: Healthy Schools and Schooling (3 credits)
This class seeks to examine the burgeoning movement to create healthy schools across the U.S. Includes consideration of the facilities, recreation, food, transportation, and curricula practices of schools. The course considers the theory, current practice and implications of creating healthy schools with a special emphasis placed on the recently created D.C. Healthy Schools Act and the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools program. Students will be given the opportunity to learn from some of the top practitioners in the field and visit local healthy schools.
This class regularly meets on Tuesday evenings, 6 to 8 pm on January 17-March 6 and from March 20-April 24. There are also two Saturday classes, meeting from 10am to 2pm, on March 24 & 31.
Course 3: EDU 696 Comprehension and Reading (3 credits)
The course will build an understanding of the cognitive processes that underlie reading comprehension. Students will explore, examine and evaluate strategies for comprehension instruction through researching qualitative studies in journals and textbooks for both narrative and expository text. In addition, students will collaborate to determine strategies most beneficial to students across the grade levels. Emphasis will be placed on current evidence-based practices.
This class meets Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:00 pm January 17 - May 8, 2011.
Where: School Site TBA
Registration: Completed Application Should Be Received by December 1, 2011. Click here to download the Capital Excellence application. Please fax your application to 202-885-1187 or mail to: Attention: Kaye Williams, Gray Hall Room 115, American University; 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20016
Inquiries: Please contact Dr. Williams at 202-885-3726 or kwilliam@american.edu
