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UChicago UTEP: Five Years from Pre-Service Through Induction

“Be the Change You Wish to See in the World” --Gandhi. UChicago UTEP: Five Years from Pre-Service Through Induction Doug O’Roark, Director, Secondary Math & Biology Teacher Preparation. Outline.

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UChicago UTEP: Five Years from Pre-Service Through Induction

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  1. “Be the Change You Wish to See in the World” --Gandhi UChicago UTEP: Five Years from Pre-Service Through Induction Doug O’Roark, Director, Secondary Math & Biology Teacher Preparation

  2. Outline • Big Picture: UTEP Math & Biology, Five Years • Year 1: Guided Field Work & Soul Strand • Year 2: Residency Seminar & Clinical Instructor Training • Induction: Coaching & Inquiry Groups

  3. UChicago UTEP: How It Works 1st Year 2nd Year Years 3, 4, and 5 • Academic Coursework • Fieldwork • Tutoring • Soul Strand • Job-Embedded Coaching • First Year • Induction • Meetings • Inquiry Groups • Methods, Learning Theory, C&A, Capstones • Professional Teaching • Seminar • Full Year • Residency ONE COMMON COHORT

  4. UChicago UTEP: Brief Overview • Math & Biology MAT and certification program • Residency: 2nd year two semesters in two CPS schools • 3-6 content courses in year 1; 11 PCK courses with STEM focus in year 2 • 3 years of induction • School Partnerships • Periodic Holistic Assessment • Cohort model

  5. Year 1: Guided Fieldwork • Visits to 10-15 schools • Fall • Meetings with Principals • ‘Observing Classrooms’; observation technique • Aligned with Schools & Communities; School Study • Winter • Focus on middle schools • Aligned with Human Development; Child Study • Spring • Focus on outstanding individual CPS teachers • Aligned with Philosophy of Ed; Teacher Study

  6. Year 1: Soul Strand • Three hour seminar meets 4 times per quarter • Commitment to developing Students’ Cultural Competence, Critical Consciousness, and Social Justice Activism • Deep study of Race, class, culture, gender, sexual identity, privilege, and personal identity • Final project: Autoethnography

  7. Year 2: Residency • Launch: Science and Math Camp • Fall & Spring: Two semester long placements in two different CPS schools • Residency Seminar: • Weekly meetings • Focus: Community, Planning • Protocols: Critical Incidents, • Questions Kids Ask, Teach Us • Projects: Beginning of • the Year, Planning Portfolio, Assessment Portfolio, Final Portfolio Presentation

  8. Year 2: Clinical Instructors • What are clinical instructors? • Why clinical instructors? • The greatest effect • The Traditional Model of Student Teaching • CI Development • Summer Camp • CI PD meetings

  9. Induction: Coaching • First year graduates receive weekly visits from UTEP coaches; 2nd year and third years get bi-weekly visits • First Year Induction (FYI) gatherings rotate between schools where graduates meet as a support group through the first year of teaching

  10. Inquiry Groups • Attended by graduates, clinical instructors, colleagues, and even 2nd year residents • Examples: Problem Solving, Teaching with Love & Logic, Affinity Groups (LGBQT, African American)

  11. Transferring the Ideas • Do the Leg Work • Find Developmental Platforms • The Big Picture Vision: Fully engaged with schools

  12. UChicago UTEP: Impact (Elem & Sec) 150 Graduates 100% Hire Rate of New Grads ~90% 5- Year Retention Rates 20% of Alumni have served as Clinical Instructors

  13. Questions?

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