“Be the Change You Wish to See in the World” --Gandhi

UChicago UTEP: Five Years from Pre-Service Through Induction

Doug O’Roark, Director, Secondary Math & Biology Teacher Preparation

Outline

• Big Picture: UTEP Math & Biology, Five Years

• Year 1: Guided Field Work & Soul Strand

• Year 2: Residency Seminar & Clinical Instructor Training

• Induction: Coaching & Inquiry Groups

• Academic Coursework

• Fieldwork

• Tutoring

• Soul Strand

• Methods, Learning Theory, C&A, Capstones

• Professional Teaching

Seminar

• Full Year Residency

• Job-Embedded Coaching

• First Year Induction Meetings

• Inquiry Groups

1st Year 2nd Year Years 3, 4, and 5

ONE COMMON COHORT

UChicago UTEP: How It Works

UChicago UTEP: Brief Overview

Math & Biology MAT and certification program

Residency: 2nd year two semesters in two CPS schools 3-6 content courses in year 1; 11 PCK courses with STEM focus

in year 2

3 years of induction

School Partnerships

Periodic Holistic Assessment

Cohort model

Year 1: Guided Fieldwork

• Visits to 10-15 schools• Fall

• Meetings with Principals• ‘Observing Classrooms’; observation technique• Aligned with Schools & Communities; School Study

• Winter• Focus on middle schools• Aligned with Human Development; Child Study

• Spring• Focus on outstanding individual CPS teachers• Aligned with Philosophy of Ed; Teacher Study

Year 1: Soul Strand

• Three hour seminar meets 4 times

per quarter• Commitment to developing

Students’ Cultural Competence, Critical Consciousness, and Social Justice Activism

• Deep study of Race, class, culture, gender, sexual identity, privilege, and personal identity

• Final project: Autoethnography

Year 2: Residency

• Launch: Science and Math Camp• Fall & Spring: Two semester long placements in two

different CPS schools• Residency Seminar:

• Weekly meetings• Focus: Community, Planning• Protocols: Critical Incidents, Questions Kids Ask, Teach Us

• Projects: Beginning of the Year, Planning Portfolio, Assessment Portfolio, Final Portfolio Presentation

Year 2: Clinical Instructors

• What are clinical instructors?• Why clinical instructors?

• The greatest effect• The Traditional Model of Student Teaching

• CI Development• Summer Camp• CI PD meetings

Induction: Coaching

• First year graduates receive weekly visits from UTEP coaches; 2nd year and third years get bi-weekly visits

• First Year Induction (FYI) gatherings rotate between schools where graduates meet as a support group through the first year of teaching

Inquiry Groups

• Attended by graduates, clinical instructors, colleagues, and even 2nd year residents

• Examples: Problem Solving, Teaching with Love & Logic, Affinity Groups (LGBQT, African American)

Transferring the Ideas

• Do the Leg Work• Find Developmental Platforms• The Big Picture Vision: Fully engaged with schools

UChicago UTEP: Impact (Elem & Sec)

• 150 Graduates • 100% Hire Rate of New

Grads• ~90% 5- Year Retention

Rates• 20% of Alumni have

served as Clinical Instructors

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Questions?