EDU4490 — Teacher Leadership Seminar II
EDU 4490 - Teacher Leadership Seminar II EDU 4490 - Teacher Leadership Seminar II 3.0 Credits The Teacher Leadership Seminars serve multiple purposes for classroom teachers looking for pathways to engage in teacher leadership responsibilities in their schools and district. In particular, this course teaches the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for mentoring teachers new to the profession including: student teachers, new teachers, and teachers on an alternative certification pathway. The course focuses on coaching adult learners and how to provide feedback and support to colleagues for improving instructional and professional practices. Teacher Leadership Seminar II specifically revisits the observation cycle from Teacher Leadership Seminar I and continues the focus on coaching an individual on pedagogical cycles including: teaching and learning, data, goal setting and other effective practices an educator can use in the classroom to better serve his/her students, as well as in the profession of teaching. Practicum/field experience will apply the content from the course into practice while working in the field with a student teacher, new teacher, or alternative certification candidate. The practicum work will be documented in weekly reflections, unit study assessments, and a culminating project for the course, which for this course is a capstone project with an analysis and reflection of a recorded coaching conversation with a mentee that applies course content fr
Prerequisites: EDU4480, EDU-490, LEC45