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3.00 Credits
Available for candidates enrolled in the Montana Teaching Endorsement Internship Program through UMW. Eligible candidates must hold at least a Montana Class 2 teaching license, be employed in a position in the endorsement area they are seeking, and be accepted for participation by the UMW Office of Field Experiences. Candidates enroll in this course every fall and spring semester until the endorsement coursework is complete. A portfolio and an exit presentation are required at the end of the experience. $20/Credit Course Fee. Prereq: c/dfe. (fall/spring)
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3.00 Credits
Enrichment or expansion of normal student teaching duties in a specific concentration. Extracurricular involvement or specialized experiences concurrent with but above the normal demands of student teaching are provided. Students may choose to register for this practicum under another departmental rubric. (fall/spring)
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3.00 Credits
Enrollment in this course requires instructor approval. It is meant for those candidates who are employed by Montana school districts, but who are ineligible for other internship courses. Examples would include candidates with Class 4 licenses seeking to finish degrees and upgrade their license, or those teachers involved in the OPI Special Education Endorsement Program. Available to candidates who meet the following conditions: 1) are employed by a Montana school district in an area available for licensure and approved as a Teacher Education Major or Minor at UMW; 2) have completed all degree and/or endorsement coursework except student teaching; and 3) provide evidence of successful teaching experience in the field of employment. Prereq: c/dfe. (fall/spring)
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3.00 Credits
Directed research or study on an individual basis. Prereq: c/i, c/pc, and c/vc. (fall/spring)
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who have a bachelor's degree and are pursuing secondary educator licensure in their content area. The class uses ethnography techniques, a series of independent readings, and a concurrent or non-concurrent field experience at an identified "culturally diverse" site that introduces students to the culture of education and the education programs of a particular institution. Students must work closely with their advisor to enroll in this class. Some sessions may be taught as pre-sessions to fall and spring semesters. Prereq: TEP and bachelor's degree
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6.00 Credits
Provides students with a supervised field experience in the area of their emphasis. The practicum will be based upon an individualized training plan that outlines goals and activities for the practicum. (fall/spring/ summer)
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3.00 Credits
An individual project or thesis closely associated with the student's academic program and career goals. Student works with one selected faculty member. Prereq: Senior standing, c/i, and c/pc. (fall/spring)
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on evaluating teaching performance and has the advantage of illuminating what expert teachers do and how they use knowledge to support student learning. This clarifies the nature of highly accomplished practice and the purposes of teacher learning and develop-ment. This course offers student teachers who have completed their classroom experience the opportunity to discuss, assess, and evaluate their own teaching performance according to INTASC standards-standards which today guide professional expectations and goals of teachers. Prereq: Admission to Student Teaching and c/dfe. (fall/spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to be a celebration of the varieties of written and oral communication. Students will immerse themselves in language, to experience its range of expression. They will recognize the power of language to influence the world and to define the individual. Students will be provided opportunities to explore and express the possibilities language offers to influence others and to explore students' own individuality. This course will examine the symbiotic relationship between spoken and written language. Emphasis will be on personal expression, clear communication for selected purposes, the writing of essays, drafting and revising processes with attention to organization, style, and critical thinking, and critical reading and listening skills. Techniques will include discussion, improvisation, peer and instructor response, and self-evaluation. In preparation for this course students will be expected to read, prior to the block, a text selected by the department. Prereq: Writing Proficiency Standard (page 10), or ENG 091 grade C- or higher. (fall/spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course analyzes the study and practice of a wide variety of oral communication modes, with particular emphasis on oral interpretation of literary texts. Primary topics include analysis of literary modes and styles, communication objectives of the writer and of the speaker, audience analysis; adaptation of texts, and intellectual and emotional interpretation. Practical skills are taught: vocal production, facial and body expression, sense-memory, visualization techniques, and strategies to lessen and control performance anxiety. The course reviews some traditions of oratory, public reading, storytelling, and drama including Western and non-Western traditions. Teaching and learning activities include occasional lecture, speaking-listening exercises and imagination-building games, rehearsal techniques, oral presentations of published and self-written texts, performance analyses.
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