This course is designed to prepare you for a successful student teaching experience. Some of the major themes and activities are: analysis of yourself as a teacher and as a learner, subject knowledge, adolescent development, student learning styles, lesson planning, assessment strategies, classroom management techniques and differentiated instruction. The course requires significant personal involvement and time. You will observe high school classes, begin to pursue a more active role in the classroom in the latter part of the semester, do reflective writings on what you see and think (journal), design and teach a mini-lesson, design a major curriculum unit and engage in our classroom discussions and activities.

Goals:Increase teacher knowledge and comfort level of use with the 4 documents:Widely Applicable Prerequisites for College and Career Readiness, Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool,Wisconsin Standards for Mathematics,Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations.Develop tool(s) to assist in making informed decisions about what to focus on in the first three years of high school mathematics curriculum, including making decisions about what to use from current curricular resources, when to supplement from OER, and what OER to use.