School of Education Handbook
- Clinical and Practica Policies and Guidelines
- Clinical To Do List
- Clinical Experience Expectations
- Alternate Activities for Human Relations Hours
- Guidelines for Writing Multicultural Reflections for Credit Hours
- Pre-Teacher Candidacy Clinical Experience Descriptions
- Disclosure Questionnaire
- TB Test Reminder
- Interview Verification Form
- Suggestions for Interview Questions
- Observation/Participation Verification Form
- Pre-Teacher Candidacy Clinical Log
- General Evaluation for Lesson
- Pre-Teacher Candidacy Grading Requirements
- Clinical Site Evaluation
- MD Lesson Plan Clarifying Details
- MD Lesson Plan Clarifying Details Outline
- MD Lesson Plan Outline
- Entire Modified Differentiated Lesson Planning Guide
- Reflective Practitioner
- General Practicum Application
- Analysis of Practicum Student
- Clinical Summation Evaluation Form
- Application for Teacher Candidacy
- Health Form
- Stage Three: High Stakes Portfolio Guidelines
- Instructions for Disk Duplication/Labeling
- Stage Three: High Stakes Portfolio Rubric
- Stage Three: High Stakes Portfolio Narrative Feedback
- Stage Three: High Stakes Portfolio Peer Feedback
- Stage Three: High Stakes Portfolio Artifact Checklist
- Teacher Internship Selection Form
- Confirmation of Teacher Intern
- Teacher Candidacy Placement Letter
- Teacher Candidate Response Form
- Teacher Candidacy and Internship Guidelines
- Checklist of CT Forms
- Cooperating Teacher License Verification
- Cooperating Teacher and Teacher Candidate Agreement Form
- Cooperating Teacher Weekly Feedback Form
- Teacher Candidate Analysis
- Teacher Candidate Grade Appraisal
- Teacher Candidate Emergency Contact Form
- Tips for First Year Teachers
- What Your Student Teacher Wants You to Know
- MD Lesson Plan Clarifying Details
- MD Lesson Plan Clarifying Details Outline
- MD Lesson Plan Outline
- Entire Modified Differentiated Lesson Planning Guide
- Framework and Context for Reflection Practitioner
- Useful Verbs
- Pre-Observation Preparation Guide
- Teacher Candidate Goal Setting Form
- Checklist of Basic Documentation
- Teacher Candidate Disposition Assessment
- Teacher Candidate Evaluation (Early Childhood-Middle Childhood)
- Teacher Candidate Evaluation (Middle School to Secondary)
- Cooperating Teacher Evaluations-Supervisor
- Cooperating Teacher Evaluations-Teacher Candidate
- Memo to Supervisors - Wrapping Up the TC Semester
- Teacher Candidate Exit Questions
- Professional Development Plan Form
- Guidelines for Portfolio Stage Four
Resources
The impetus for the teacher education program revolves around performance-based expectations as articulated in the ten Academic Goals of the institution and the ten Teacher Education Standards for the state of Wisconsin (WDP134.02). These provide direction for the scope and sequence of the Wisconsin Lutheran College teacher education curriculum; for the basis of student's experiential involvement, self-assessment, and reflection; and for the assessment of student growth in knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Standard 1: The teacher knows the subject content.
The teacher demonstrates understanding of the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines and creates learning experiences that make content meaningful and purposeful for learners. [P134.02(1)]
Standard 2: The teacher knows how learners grow and develop.
The teacher demonstrates understanding of how learners with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that support student intellectual, social, emotional, and personal development.[P134.02(2)]
Standard 3: The teacher understands diversity.
The teacher demonstrates understanding of how learners differ in approaches to learning, that barriers may exist impeding learning, and that adaptation of instruction may meet these diverse needs of learners, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities. [P134.02(3)]
Standard 4: The teacher knows how to teach.
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including technology, to encourage learner development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.[P134.02(4)]
Standard 5: The teacher knows how to create and maintain a positive learning environment.
The teacher demonstrates an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that engages learners through positive social interaction, active learning, and self-motivation. [P134.02(5)]
Standard 6: The teacher promotes and models effective communication.
The teacher promotes effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster and engage active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. [P134.02(6)]
Standard 7: The teacher possesses knowledge of educational foundations and skill at instructional planning.
The teacher demonstrates knowledge of the purpose of education, the historical and philosophical frameworks for school and learning, and clearly articulate a personal educational philosophy reflecting the purpose of education; the teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of educational foundations, subject matter, learners, the community, and curricular goals or standards. [P134.02(7)]
Standard 8: The teacher knows how to assess and evaluate student learning.
The teacher understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development and advancement of the learner. [P134.02(8)]
Standard 9: The teacher models Christian professional integrity.
The teacher demonstrates the characteristics of a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates effectiveness and strives for insight into current educational issues and programs, a commitment to ethical and value-based performance, and a priority of personal growth and service to the field of education and in one's faith life. [P134.02(9)]
Standard 10: The teacher networks with educational professionals and the community.
The teacher fosters positive relationships with colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support learning and well being; and acts with a Christian attitude, integrity, fairness, and professionalism in an ethical manner. [P134.02(10)]
Overview
Content Knowledge Tests
What: Core Academic Skills
When: Admission to Teacher Education
What: Tests for Specific Licensure Areas
When: Before Teacher Candidacy
Foundations of Reading Test (FoRT)
Who: Early Childhood, Elementary, Special Education
When: By January 31 after EDU 333
Continuous Review Process
Based on information from the Annual Assessment Report, the directors compile an annual Continual Review Process (CRP) report in preparation for an annual meeting with a Department of Public Instruction Liaison. The report is built around four key questions:
- What is your program learning from your existing assessment system and what are you doing in response to this information/data?
- Have you made any major/meaningful changes to your program? What changes have you made? Why? Why not?
- What technical assistance could the DPI provide your campus?
Title II Report
Section 205 of Title II requires reports from each institution of higher education (IHE) that conducts a traditional teacher preparation program or an alternative route to state certification or licensure program and that enrolls students receiving federal assistance under HEA Teacher preparation programs, both traditional and alternative, report to their states, which report to the U.S. Department of Education. Since 2001, the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education has collected data from states on teacher preparation programs and their students, as well as states' assessment and licensing of teacher candidates.
Annual Report on Educator Preparation Programs
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides statewide data on educators prepared, licensed and employed in Wisconsin public schools. The report notes, "Wisconsin public school staffing data was used for this report; therefore, program completers produced in Wisconsin who are employed in private schools or other states are not included in the employment data with in this report. Consequently, the data presented will understate the overall employment for candidates produced in Wisconsin." (p. 5)
Servant Leaders, Future Teachers
What is FTEA?
The Future Teachers' Education Association (FTEA) is an organization for students interested in the field of education.
What do they do?
On the Wisconsin Lutheran College campus, FTEA provides fun, various experiences, and encouragement to all education students in any walk of the education department.
- FTEA is a student organization that is affiliated with a larger body of similar student organizations on other college and university campuses both in the state of Wisconsin and nation wide.
- FTEA provides opportunities for students to learn and grow in a variety of ways.
Who can join?
Anyone interested in education!
Why should I join?
- Guidance through the education department at WLC
- Leadership experiences
- Hands-on community involvement
- Improved teacher preparation
- Professional development workshops
Members of FTEA are affiliated with the Student Wisconsin Education Association (StWEA) at the state level and the National Education Association (NEA) at the national level. It is important to note that FTEA does not necessarily agree with all of the platforms and beliefs of the state and national organizations.