WestRiverTeacherCenter

ProfessionalDevelopmentGraduateCredit

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MentoringFutureEnglishLanguageArtsTeachers
1professionaldevelopmentgraduatecredit
15
KevinMoberg,ChairoftheDepartmentofTeacherEducationandAssistant
ProfessorofEducation(7014832178orkevin.moberg@dickinsonstate.edu)
CourseLocation: online

CourseDescription:
ThiscourseoffersastructuredopportunityforcurrentsecondaryschoolteachersofEnglishlanguage
artstoserveasrolemodelsandmentorstouniversitystudentswhohopetobecomeEnglishteachers
themselves.ThepurposeistodevelopthenextgenerationofexcellentEnglishteachersinpartbygiving
themaccesstothewisdomofexperiencedteacherswithvaluableadvicetoshare.

Participantsinthisprofessionaldevelopmentgraduatecoursewillinteractwiththestudentsinan
undergraduatecourseonmethodsofteachingsecondaryEnglishlanguagearts.Secondaryteachersand
universitystudentstogetherwillreadabookontheprofessionofteachingEnglishandwillengagein
onlinediscussionoftheirreading.Participantswillsharetheirowninsightsandexperiencesfromthe
classroom,shareeffectiveteachingstrategies,andgainpersonalinsightthatcomesfromreflectionon
theirdiscussionswithpeersandfutureteachers.

CourseMaterials:
Toparticipateinonlinediscussionsandshareresourceswiththeuniversitystudents,eachparticipant
musthaveaccesstoacomputerwithareliableInternetconnection.

EachparticipantalsomusthaveacopyofthebookTheEnglishTeachersCompanion(4thedition)byJim
Burke.ThebookisavailableattheDSUUniversityBookstore(onlineatbookstore.dickinsonstate.edu)
orfromthebookspublisher,Heinemann(onlineatwww.heinemann.com/products/E02840.aspx).

CourseOutcomes:
ArticulateonesbeliefsaboutEnglishasadisciplineandwhatsecondarystudentsmustknow
andbeabletodofromthatdiscipline
Exchangeeffectivetechniquesforteachingwriting,reading,speaking,listening,andlanguage
skillsandforassessingstudentslearninginthoseareas
Expresswhatinsightsabouttheprofessionhavebeengainedfromparticipatinginthiscourse

OutcomesAssessment:
Postthoughts,questions,andresponsestoouronlinediscussionboardforeachchapterofthe
book,engagingwiththeauthorsideasandthoseoftheotherparticipants
Shareonesuccessfullessonplanoreffectiveteachingideaforeachofthechaptersonteaching
writing,reading,speakingandlistening,andlanguagestudy
Writeanendofcourselettertotheuniversitystudentsarticulatingtheimportantpointsfrom
thiscoursetorememberastheybegintheirowncareersasEnglishlanguageartsteachers

InstructionalMethods:
MyroleinthiscoursewillbeprimarilytofacilitatetheonlinediscussionsaswereadthechaptersofJim
BurkesbookforEnglishteachers.Withtheparticipantsexpertiseandtheneedsoftheuniversity
studentsinmind,Iwilldirectconversations,probeformoredetails,askforexamples,etc.Myintention
istoencouragerichdiscussionsothattheexperiencedteacherswillgainnewinsightswhilearticulating
theirbeliefsabouteffectiveEnglishteachingfortheuniversitystudentstoconsider,respondto,adopt
orresist,andsoon.

Iwillalsoprovidedirectiontoparticipantsinthiscourseonhowtoutilizethetechnologytoparticipate
intheonlinediscussionsandtosharetheirlessonideasorarticlesonteachingstrategies,aswellasthe
endofcourselettertotheuniversitystudents.

CourseSchedule:
Onaverage,participantswillspendonehourperweekengagedinreading;postingandrespondingto
comments(relatedtothereading)onanonlinediscussionboard;andsharingsuccessfullessonplansor
articlesonteachingstrategiesrelatedtochaptersfour,five,six,andseven.Thefinaltaskwillbeto
sharetheendofcourseletter.

Week
Reading
Sep.0105
ch.1 WhatWeTeach:(Re)DefiningEnglishasaDiscipline
Sep.0812
ch.2 Who[m]WeTeach:UnderstandingandTeachingtheNext
Generation
Sep.1519
ch.3 HowtoTeachSoStudentsWillLearn,Use,RememberandEnjoy
Sep.2226
ch.4 TeachingWriting
Sep.29Oct.03
Oct.0610
Oct.1317
ch.5 TeachingReading
Oct.2024
Oct.2731
Nov.0307
ch.6 SpeakingandListening
Nov.1014
Nov.1721
ch.7 LanguageStudy:Vocabulary,Grammar,andStyle
Nov.2428
Dec.0105
ch.8 AssessingandGradingStudentLearningandWork
Dec.0812