Finalized Course/Unit Objectives:
After you have had your objectives evaluated by another member of the program. Make any last minute changes and post your final objectives to this blog no later than October 15, 2014. You will need to use your finalized objectives for the remainder of the activities in this unit so make every effort to complete them in a timely manner.
Course Objectives
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professional development, and school culture in working with teachers and other professionals.
2. To use knowledge of students and teachers to build effective professional development
programs.
3. To use the research base to assist in building an effective, schoolwide professional
development program.
4. To articulate the research base related to the connections among teacher dispositions,
student learning, and the involvement of parents, guardians, and the community.
5. To promote the value of reading and writing in and out of school by modeling a
positive attitude toward reading and writing with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents and guardians.
6. To join and participate in literacy organizations, symposia, conferences, and
workshops.
7. To demonstrate effective interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
8. To collaborate in, leading and evaluating professional development activities for
individuals and groups.
9. To demonstrate the ability to hold effective conversations (e.g., for planning and
reflective problem solving) with individuals and groups of teachers, work collaboratively with teachers and administrators, and facilitate group meetings.
10. To support teachers in their efforts to use technology in literacy assessment and instruction.
11. To demonstrate an understanding of local, state, and national policies that affect
reading and writing instruction.
12. To write or assist in writing proposals that enable schools to obtain additional funding
to support literacy efforts.
13. To promote effective communication and collaboration among stakeholders,
including parents and guardians, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and
community members
14. To advocate with various groups (i.e. administrators, school boards, and local, state,
and federal policymaking bodies) for needed organizational and instructional
changes to promote effective literacy instruction.
15. To demonstrate a critical stance toward the scholarship of the profession.
16. To inform other educators about the major theories of reading and writing processes,
components, and development with supporting research evidence, including
information about the relationship between the culture and native language of
English learners as a support system in their learning to read and write in English.
17. To communicate the importance of fair-mindedness, empathy, and ethical behavior in
literacy instruction and professional behavior.
18. To provide students with linguistic, academic, and cultural experiences that link their
communities with the school.
19. To collaborate with teachers, parents and guardians, and administrators to implement
policies and instructional practices that promote equity and draw connections
between home and community literacy and school literacy.