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   EDU 480 - Teacher Leadership Seminar I

3.0 Credits


Prerequisites: Requires a professional Colorado teaching license and 3 years of teaching experience.
The Teacher Leadership Seminars serve multiple purposes for classroom teachers looking for pathways to engage in teacher leadership responsibilities in their schools and district. In particular, this course teaches the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for mentoring teachers new to the profession including: student teachers, new teachers, and teachers on an alternative certification pathway. The course focuses on coaching adult learners and how to provide feedback and support to colleagues for improving instructional and professional practices. Teacher Leadership Seminar I specifically focuses on building relational trust and rapport with a mentee and other professionals in an effective coaching relationship. It emphasizes best practices in culturally inclusive classrooms such as co-planning, co-teaching, and co-assessment, and provides tools for creating a strong observational cycle.

Practicum/field experience will apply the content from the course into practice while working in the field with a student teacher, new teacher or alternative certification candidate. The practicum work will be documented in weekly reflections, unit study assessments, and a culminating project for the course, which for this course is a Philosophy of Coaching Statement that will be applied to EDU 490 .

This course is one of two leadership courses necessary to attain the Colorado Department of Education’s Mentor Teacher Endorsement and includes 135 practicum hours that meet the requirements of the endorsement. A valid Colorado professional license and a minimum of three years of successful teaching experience are prerequisites for this course.
LEC 45 Contact hrs



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