2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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EDUC 430 - Setting Up School Experience and Practicum in Teaching Mathematics Methods: Secondary
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: EDUC 200
EDUC 201
Corequisite: EDUC 431
This course provides the prospective middle and high school teacher with an understanding of the mathematics curriculum in the secondary school with a focus on instructional strategies and techniques necessary for effective mathematics teaching and learning of the following domains: Expressions and Equations, Number Systems, Number and Quantity, Statistics and Probability, Geometry, Ratios and Proportions, Functions and Modeling. Special focus will be given to strategies that focus on the Standards for Mathematical Practice. This course is to be taken with EDUC 430 Practicum in Mathematics.
This practicum experience begins the final year of the initial teacher preparation program. and is typically taken in the fall semester of the senior year immediately prior to the student teaching semester. Every effort is made to place teacher candidates in the classroom where they will student teach so that the placement continues throughout the school year. Teacher candidates are expected to meet with their cooperating teacher (CT) and complete a minimum of 30 hours of work prior to the beginning of the school year for the class where they will be student teaching. These 30 hours should be spent helping the cooperating teacher prepare for the new school year, attending professional development sessions and beginning of the year faculty meetings, planning collaboratively with the CT and his/her colleagues, setting up the classroom to welcome new students, etc. as directed by the CT.
This practicum also coincides with EDUC 431 Teaching Math Methods: Secondary. Once the regular semester begins at Maryville, teacher candidates will spend two afternoons per week in their respective practicum placements. Teacher candidates should spend this time assisting the CT with individual/small/whole group instruction, co-teaching, observing, building rapport with students and other educators in the building, etc. Teacher candidates will also complete a series of practice teaching experiences under the direction of the EDUC 431 professor to apply learning from those classes in the field.
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