This course requires you to log 10 hours of mid-level field experience. It is your responsibility to make arrangements with the school district, and teacher for this clinical experience. Letters and information are included in Resources and Materials to help you with this.

To complete this course, you must be registered with the Family Care Safety Registry. Failure to register by Wednesday of the first week of class will result in your removal from the course. If you have questions regarding this requirement, please contact Jane Bethel, jbethel@centralmethodist.edu. ONLY contact Jane Bethel with questions about the Family Care Safety Registry.  You must contact the instructor of this course if you have any other questions, including questions about your practicum placement.  Contact information for your instructor is located on the Faculty Information portion of this course. 

Methods for Effective Teaching: Meeting the Needs of All Students, Eighth Edition. Paul R. Burden and David M. Byrd.  Pearson.  ISBN 13: 9780134695747

This course is the first in a series of three courses designed to introduce students to curriculum, assessment, student data, data-based decision making, and instructional strategies. The course will also require 10 hours of mid-level field experience. 2 credit hours. 

Course Prerequisites:   ED101/102 with a grade of C or better, Successful passage of MoGEA, and Junior standing or permission of Director of Professional Education.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

1. Know characteristics of effective teachers
2. Understand what to expect the first day and first year of teaching
3. Develop lesson plans, unit plans with consideration to the Missouri Learning Standards, grade level expectations/course level expectations.(Mo-SPE: 1C4, 2C3, 2C5,3C1
4. Communicate learning objectives. (Mo-SPE:6C1)
5. Create lesson plans/unit plans with consideration to differentiated instruction and learning styles. (Mo-SPE: 3C3, 4C3)
6. Demonstrate knowledge of critical thinking and problem solving, including various types of instructional strategies, to support student engagement in higher level thinking skills. (4C1)
7. Have a working knowledge of the basics of classroom, time, and behavior management. (MoSPE:5C1, 5C3, 5C4)
8. Develop strategies for assessing student progress. (Mo-SPE: 7C1, 7C4)
9. Demonstrate an understanding of how to work with parents and involve them in their student’s education.(Mo-SPE: 9C1, 9C3)
10. The student will demonstrate the ability to use professional resources related to teaching, including various classroom techniques.