Teaching Courses

I am teaching four education courses: Examining the Teaching Profession, Contemporary Issues in Education, Teaching as a Profession Practicum, and Early Childhood Practicum. If you have any specific questions about course topics, feel free to stop by Room 302 or email me.

Examining the Teaching Profession 

Semester: Fall

Offered: 2025

The Examining the Teaching Profession is the foundational course under the Teaching as a Profession pathway and prepares students for future positions in the field of education. Teaching as a Profession students study, apply, and practice the use of current technologies, effective teaching and learning strategies, the creation of an effective learning environment, the creation of instructional opportunities for diverse learners and students with special needs, and plan instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, community, and curriculum performance standards. 

ETP Course Syllabus

Standards 

Contemporary Issues in Education 

Semester:  Spring

Offered: 2025

Course Description:This course engages the candidate in observations, interactions, and analyses of critical and contemporary educational issues. The candidate will investigate issues influencing the social and political contexts of educational settings in Georgia and the United States and actively examine the teaching profession from multiple vantage points both within and outside of the school. Against this backdrop, the candidate will reflect on and interpret the meaning of education and schooling in a diverse culture and examine the moral and ethical responsibilities of teaching in a democracy. 

CIE Course Syllabus 

CIE Standards 

Teaching as a Profession Practicum

Semester: Fall & Spring

Offered: 2025

The practicum offers a candidate in the Teaching as a Profession career pathway a field experience under the direct supervision of a certified teacher (mentor teacher). The practicum stresses observing, analyzing and classifying activities of the mentor teacher and comparing personal traits with those of  successful teachers. The candidate intern will develop a portfolio of their skills, plan and teach a lesson or lessons, understand and practice confidentiality as it pertains to the teaching profession, meet the needs of students with special needs, maintain the safety of the students, practice professionalism, and demonstrate ethical behavior.

TAPP Course Syllabus  

Teachings as a Profession Practicum

Early Childhood Practicum 

Semester: Fall & Spring

Offered: 2025-2026

The practicum offers a candidate in the Early Childhood Education career pathway a field experience under the direct supervision of a certified early childhood educator (mentor). This field experience may be used as partial requirements for the candidate to earn the nationally recognized CDA credential. The practicum stresses observing, analyzing, and classifying   activities of the mentor and comparing personal traits with those of successful early childhood educators. The candidate intern will develop a portfolio of their skills, plan and teach a lesson or lessons, understand and practice confidentiality as it pertains to the teaching profession, meet  the needs of students with special needs, maintain the safety of the students, practice  professionalism, and demonstrate ethical behavior.

ECEP Syllabus 

 
ECE Practicum

CTSO/Club FCCLA & FGE

Semester: Fall & Spring

Offered: 2025

Students are encouraged to participate in the FCCLA  career technical student organization and FGE club. FCCLA allows associates to compete in and gain knowledge in teaching skills by participating in various teaching competitions. FGE allows associates to compete as well as gain professional development related to the teaching professions. In FGE, associates learn from college professors and college students on best practices in teaching. 

Please click on link to learn about FCCLA!. 

FCCLA