Education and Training Pathway

Grade level:  9

Credit:  1

Prerequisite:  None

Exploring Teaching Career Options is the introductory course in the Teaching and Learning Pathway.  It is designed to give scholars an overview of the education field.  Throughout this course, scholars will explore five domains of topics relevant to the current practices and issues in education today.  These topics include the professional educator, the students, the classroom, the community, and the profession of teaching.  Field experiences are included in this course throughout the year.  These experiences will be in a classroom setting across all grade levels and multiple content areas.  (This course does not count toward the four courses that are required for pathway completion.)

Grade level:  10-12

Credit:  1

Prerequisite:  None

In this course, The Learning Community, students develop an understanding of the various responsibilities and systems involved in the K-12 educational system. Specifically, students will acquire the knowledge of education through the perspectives of classroom, school, district, state, and federal roles. 

Grade level:  10-12

Credit:  1

Prerequisite:  None

This course will develop rising educators' awareness of their funds of knowledge, as well as their personal biases that develop from their life experiences. Using research-based methods, rising educators will develop methods to impact student equity based on culturally competent models as well as growth mindset methods. 

Grade level:  11-12

Credit:  1

Prerequisite:  None

In this course, The Professional Educator, students will develop an understanding of how educators advance their profession within the classroom. Specifically, students will gain both the knowledge and skills to plan, deliver, and reflect on the process of teaching and learning. 

Grade level:  11-12

Credit:  1

Prerequisite:  None

In this course, students will refine the required knowledge and skills to be an effective educator while also practicing the dispositions necessary for the educational profession. Specifically, students will gain an understanding of how teachers lead through individual and collaborative growth and reflection. Students participate in clinical experiences. This is a student teaching experience where students should spend almost all their time in a classroom learning setting appropriate to their intended teaching discipline.