EDU 212 Teaching Lab III: Grades 3-6
(Contact Hours: 4) This is the third in a series of clinically based courses offered that teacher candidates take during their first or second year as students pursuing a transfer degree designed for teaching candidates. The course is designed to engage teacher candidates in developing a deeper awareness of the four core content areas (English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and is specifically designed to assist teacher candidates in six areas: 1) learning to build classroom community, equity, and relationships with children, 2) learning to plan for, teach, and assess English language arts learning in a 3-6 grade classroom setting, 3) learning to plan for, integrate, and assess English literacy learning, science, and/or social studies into the teaching of those English language arts lessons, 4) learning to plan for, teach, and assess mathematics learning in a 3-6 grade classroom setting, 5) learning to plan for, integrate, teach, and assess social studies, science, and/or technology into the teaching of mathematics, and 6) learning to engage in thoughtful self-observation at the conclusion of each lesson that they teach, focusing on improving their practice for the lessons yet to be taught. This course provides candidates 16-20 hours of field experience. All students are required to complete the State of Michigan Central Registry Clearance Request for this course. An additional background check requested by our local public schools may be required as well. It is highly recommended that students do not take EDU 211 and EDU 212 in the same semester. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of EDU 110 is REQUIRED.