Teaching academy
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A Glimpse of What THE TEACHING ACADEMY Is All About
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Why Choose the Cavalier Teaching Academy?
This unique program offers students skill proficiency in academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills.
Program Structure
The Teaching Academy program is broken up into the following four courses:
Introduction to the Teaching Profession
Human Growth and Development
Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction
Principles of Teaching Internship
Portfolio Requirement
Students in this program are required to create a portfolio, which should be developed on a continuous basis throughout all courses in this program and submitted to the instructor during the final semester of the program. The portfolio should include the following:
Survey of professional educators and summary of findings
Current event article summaries pertaining to education
Research and evaluation of teaching strategies observed during field experiences
Picture display of involvement during activities at field experiences/ internship (this should include research on legal ramifications of use of student pictures in displays, websites, etc.)
Journal entries reflecting on field experiences/internship
Personal accomplishments (awards, transcripts, talents, club memberships and office(s) held, letters of recommendation, community service involvement, etc.)
Documentation of required hours of observation/field experience and internship
At least three (3) lesson plans addressing three (3) different content areas or concepts (FLDOE)