Ready, Set, Teach 1

"If children are not learning the way we teach, we need to teach the way they learn."

Ready, Set, Teach I (Principles of Education & Training) is a field-based internship which provides students a background knowledge of child and adolescent development principles as well as principles of effective teaching practices. Students in Ready, Set, Teach!, which can be taken for one or two years, work under the joint direction and supervision of both a family and consumer sciences teacher and exemplary educators in direct instructional roles with elementary, middle, and/or high school-aged students. Students from the class plan and direct individualized instruction and group activities, prepare instructional materials, assist with record keeping, make physical arrangements, and complete other responsibilities of classroom teachers. The students are involved in observations as well as direct student instruction; placement rotations are utilized to allow students to have experiences in a full range of education career roles, grade levels, subject areas, and ability groups. During the course of each semester, students enrolled in Ready, Set, Teach! I are involved in instruction from the family and consumer sciences teacher as well as periodically involved in supervised field-based observations and applications of principles/practices studied in class.

Ready, Set, Teach I covers a variety of topics including learning processes, educational theory, classroom management, and lesson planning. Students will research topics in education including teacher training. A portfolio that will serve as a resource for teaching will be required.