DNHS Teacher Cadet Program

The DNHS Teacher Cadet class is a CNM Dual Credit course.

Students earn credit for

EDUC 1120 (Intro to Education)--3 credits

and EDUC 1190 (Practicum)--1 credit.

Fall Semester

Units of Study:

Effective Teaching

--What does it look like?

--National Board Certification 5 Core Propositions

--Teacher Evaluation Systems

Careers in Education

--Pathways

--Licensure and Programs

--College Visits

Child Development

--PreK-12th grade

*Cognitive Development

*Social Development

*Moral Development

*Physical Development

*Observations @ feeder schools

High School Heroes--Junior Achievement
- Teacher Cadet Pairs teach 5 lessons to K-3 classes
- Prepping & Implementing pre-planned lessons
Special Education

--Laws and Definitions

--Accommodations and Modifications

--Observations @ feeder schools

English Language Learners

--Laws and Definitions

--Strategies for supporting ELD students

Other Barriers to Learning

--Effects of Poverty and Trauma

During Semester 1:

Teacher Cadets are required to earn 7 hours of Professional Development OUTSIDE of class time per 9 weeks to ensure they finish the requisite 45 Practicum hours as required by CNM for credit by the end of the year.

Teacher Cadets design their own PD experiences which are wide and varied.

Spring Semester

Units of Study

Classroom Management

--Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & What's Behind the Behavior?

--National Board Certification 5 Core Propositions

--Classroom Rules/Procedures/Norms

Lesson Planning

--Standards & Developing Objectives

--Bloom's Taxonomy & Webb's Depth of Knowledge

--I Do; We Do; You Do Model of Planning

--Assessment

Practicum (45 Hours Total Required)

--8-12 weeks of work in a feeder school classroom with a mentor teacher (2 block class periods/week)

--Weekly Reflection Journals & De-brief (1 short period /week)

--Teaching 1 lesson with help of mentor teacher

Closing Activities

--School/District/State Roles in Decision-making

--Your Dream School & Classroom

--From the Key to my Dorm Room to the Key to My Classroom (What's next?)

Other Opportunities

Near Peer Tutoring

Teacher Cadets AND Educators Rising members are trained to be Near Peer Tutors.

Tutors have the opportunity to be paid by APS

through a Near Peer grant to support

ELA and Math learning in our feeder schools.

**Teacher Cadets may elect to be paid for their Practicum hours. as Near Peer tutors.**

Those who do MUST complete & submit:

a W-9
weekly Near Peer reflections
end of semester Near Peer evaluation

Get involved: Stop by Room 337 for more info!

OR Contact Teacher Leader Christine Beverly (beverly@aps.edu)

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