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First term offered :
Course Prefix&Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
ED 656	Professional Seminar I	3 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces)
Professional Sem I

Catalog Description:
Students will begin their engagement in developing a learning community that will span their four terms in the MAT program. Students will learn about and discuss the culture and ethos of schools, prepare for field experiences, examine curriculum, assessment, and management issues and strategies, and gain entry into the professional culture of reflective practice.

Course Goal and Objectives:
� Design and participate in a learning community � Examine the culture of schooling and one�s place in it � Understand the expectations placed on pre-service teachers � Examine the importance of becoming a reflective practitioner � Explore personal experiences, values and beliefs about learning and teaching � Inquire into the meaning of being a �reflective practitioner�

Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.):
ED 656 is the first in a four-part Professional Seminar course series that is being added as part of larger revisions to the Teacher Education Division�s M.A.T. program. These four seminars have been designed to: � address identified programmatic needs in the areas of organization, advising, and communication by providing a unified experience, and faculty guidance, for all cohort members - the intention is to have the entire series taught by one faculty member, provide a cohesive faculty support for students throughout the four terms � strengthen continuity, communication, and support while allowing greater focus on cohort development and the building of a learning community for MAT students � engage students in the reflective process of education through discussion, analysis, and the Action Research process � prepare students for entry into the job market, the profession, and the first year of teaching, and for professional development during that first year � address exit survey feedback, and state and community partner needs, around developing teachers� skills in collaborative work � allow students to discuss special topics related to the school environment � address low exit survey numbers on preparation in long-term planning and the use of research skills/dispositions to explore classrooms/schools by providing a continuous experience across quarters which focuses on teaching experiences and the application of research lenses to those experiences � allow for greater alignment and coordination of WOU coursework and classroom placements through focus on teaching issues and through embedded assignments which create links to field experiences, allowing teacher candidates to integrate and synthesize fieldwork and coursework around curriculum, assessment, and management � allow reform of program exit requirements, eliminating the comprehensive exam in favor of a professional project, which fits better with our constructivist nature as a program and our program-wide emphasis on reflective practice, and provides a more authentic assessment of skills and proficiencies than a comprehensive exam, also allowing for the development of unified expectations around program products

Faculty and facilities needed:
current MAT program faculty and existing MAT program facilities

Brief Course outline:
This initial course in the four-part seminar series will engage students in the development of a cohort-model learning theory which will introduce them to the profession of teaching. Students will engage in reflection on previous and upcoming experiences in schools, preparing for their field assignments and for their roles as teacher candidates. Students will examine and participate in the culture of reflective practice, looking back on their own experiences and motives, and linking their previous experiences to their future goals, and identities, as educators.

Approval Queue C00155

Step	Approver	Decision	Timestamp
1 - Department	-----------------	Approved	November 13 2009

2 - Division	Mark Girod	Approved	November 13 2009

3 - Division Curriculum	Mary Reynolds	Approved	November 13 2009

5 - Graduate Committee	Approved	November 17 2009

6 - Faculty Senate	Katherine Schmidt	Approved	January 13 2010

7 - Dean	Hilda Rosselli	Approved	January 20 2010

8 - Provost	Kent Neely	Approved	January 25 2010

Attached Files:

Graduate Committee - MAT Program Revisions - ED 656 PS I Syllabus - submitted.doc

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