NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

 

 

Course title:  INTRO TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Course prefix, number, and section number:  EDUC 1301.0840

Semester/Year of course:  SP/2022

Semester start and end dates:  01/18/22 – 05/14/22

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Asynchronous online

Class meeting location, days, and times: 48 lecture hours on Canvas

Lab meeting location, days, and times: 16 hours minimum at field site locations

Semester credit hours:  3

 

Course description:

An enriched, integrated pre-service course and content experience that provides active recruitment and institutional support of students interested in a teaching career, especially in high need fields. The course provides students with opportunities to participate in early field observations at all levels of P-12 schools with varied and diverse student populations and provides students with support from college and school faculty, preferably in small cohort groups, for the purpose of introduction to and analysis of the culture of schooling and classrooms. Course content should be aligned as applicable with State Board for Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities standards; and the course must include a minimum of 16 contact hours of field experience in P-12 classrooms.

 

Course prerequisites: None

 

Required course materials:

Textbook: Class set is purchased and in Mrs. Zavala’s classroom at LaGrone Academy

Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education, 2nd Edition. By David Jerner Martin & Kimberly S. Loomis.

Published by Cengage

ISBN: 9781133943013 Hardcopy

 

Name of instructor: Leah Zavala

Office location: LaGrone Academy – Portable Aruba

Telephone number: 940-369-4874

E-mail address: lzavala@nctc.edu

Office hours for students: A Days only: 7am-8am, 11am-12pm, 3pm-4pm. All others by appointment only

 

 

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

 

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

 

 

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

 

List of graded assignments: Practicum Time Log, Reflections, Quizzes, Learning Projects, & Discussion Boards

 

Graded Assignment	Point Value	Due Date
Course Orientation Quiz	50	1/24
DB 1: Effective Teaching	50	1/31
Piaget Quiz	50	2/7
Module 1 Vocabulary Quiz	25	2/14
Module 1 Unit Quiz	25	2/14
DB 2: Maslow’s Hierarchy	50	2/21
Learning Project 1	50	2/28
Learning Project 2	100	3/7
Module 2 Vocabulary Quiz	25	3/21
Module 2 Unit Quiz (mid-term)	50	3/21
Influential Psychologists and Their Theories	50	3/28
Learning Project 3	100	4/4
Field Experience Time Log	50	4/4
Module 3 Vocabulary Quiz	25	4/11
Module 3 Unit Quiz	25	4/11
Field Experience Journal Reflection	100	4/11
DB 3: Historical vs. Modern	50	4/18
DB 4: Teacher Dismissal	50	4/25
Philosophy of Education	100	5/2
Module 4 Vocabulary Quiz	25	5/9
Module 4 Unit Quiz (Final exam)	50	5/9

 

Final grade scale:

Final Grade Scale: A= 90-100%, B= 80-89%, C=70-79%, D=60-69%, F=59% and below. 

 

1000-900 pts = A

899-800 pts = B

799-700 pts = C

699-600 pts = D

599-0 pts = F

 

Late work policy: No late work will be accepted.

 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

 

 

COURSE POLICIES

 

Academic Integrity Policy:

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:

1. Grade of zero (0) for the offending assignment
2. Student will be ineligible to receive a final grade of A in this course, regardless of points earned
3. Final grade of F in this course
4. Formal hearing with a college administrator
5. Expulsion from the course

 

Attendance Policy:

It is the student’s responsibility to check into the CANVAS course regularly.  Attendance in an online course is recorded by work submitted.  It is the student’s responsibility to submit work by the due date in order to be counted present.  This course requires field experience hours.  It is important that the student adheres to the attendance guidelines and schedule given by the facility in which they are placed.  Failure to earn the required hours of field experience will result in failure of the course.   

 

Withdrawal Policy:

A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is:  April 4th, 2022

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify current issues influencing the field of education and teacher professional development.
2. Analyze the culture of schooling and classrooms from perspectives of language, gender, socioeconomic, ethnic, and disability-based academic diversity and equity.
3. Provide examples from classroom observations and course activities that demonstrate understanding of educational pedagogy and professional responsibilities of teachers.
4. Evaluate personal motivations, educational philosophies, and factors related to educational career decision making.
5. Recognize the various multiple intelligences/learning styles in order to be able to implement instructional practices that meet the needs of all students.

 

Associate of Arts in Teaching Programmatic Objectives:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the teaching profession’s main tenets.
2. Identify the major ideas and influences of major educational theorists.

 

 

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