TCH 581 - Integrating Classroom Instruction and Leadership Credits: 3

Educators today serve a variety of roles within the classroom and school setting. These roles focus on instructional planning and decision-making, assessment and evaluation of student performance, as well as, professional leadership among peers and colleagues. This course will take the foundational knowledge learned in an initial methods course and expand the learners understanding so that they can utilize their knowledge, skill, and competency to master evidence based methods for engaging middle school students in the learning process. By utilizing the three pronged approach of instructional decision making informed assessment decisions, and serving as a teacher leader, the student will have a well-rounded understanding of the roles that they will serve upon entering their own classroom.