EDUC 740C - Teaching as a Profession III

1 hour
Teaching as a Profession III is a culminating experience that documents the final journey of the MAT candidate and integrates the candidate’s educational content knowledge with practical experiences through the completion of a professional portfolio. It is an opportunity to share professional development in a collegial setting. One of the focuses of this course is to help the candidate develop a deeper understanding of critical reflection, which is a topic in Teaching as a Profession II. The candidate will be encouraged to look more deeply into the underlying structure of the teaching behaviors and skills for best practices through a final reflective paper on the student teaching experience. The candidate will also present the highlights of the professional portfolio developed during the program. An exit interview will be administered at the conclusion of this course. GR