Department of

Education

Our Conceptual Framework

ExperienceBasedTeacher Education

EBTEWhat experiences shape the training of teacher

candidates while they attend SWOSU?

Exemplary University Classroom Experiences

Best Practice Field Experiences

Teacher Education Cohort Experiences

Education-Related Service Learning Experiences

Exemplary University Classroom Experiences

“Faculty members have the responsibility to make [teacher candidates] aware of and to provide teaching strategies for maximizing student learning in the multitude of various classroom environments.”

Policy and Procedures Manual (OSRHE,2012)

Exemplary University Classroom Experiences

Examples of Classroom Experiences:

Desired teaching behaviors that are modeled by SWOSU’s professional faculty

Designing lesson and unit plans

Engagement with guest speakers.

Theoretical knowledge via coursework, texts, discussions, and multi-media presentations

Best Practice Field Experiences“The unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate field experiences…so that teacher candidates…develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.”

Professional Standards for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation Institutions (NCATE, 2008)

Best Practice Field ExperiencesExamples of Field Experiences:

30 hour observation field experience in Foundations of Education course

Practicums in Methods courses

Diversity field trips in Principles of Teaching and Contemporary Issues courses

12 week Student Teaching experience

Teacher Education Cohort Experiences“Teachers are members of learning communities…They work with other professionals on instructional policy, curriculum development and staff development.”

The Five Core Propositions (NBPTS, 1997)

Teacher Education Cohort ExperiencesExamples of Cohort Experiences:

Collaborative classroom exercises

Peer presentations and reviews

Classroom discussions

Electronic discussion posts on D2L, blogs, and Wikis

Education-Related Service Learning Experiences

Service learning incorporates these four elements:

1. An identified community need

2. Students able to meet that need through service

3. A course objective being met in the performance of the service

4. A formal reflective activity following the service

Service Learning at SWOSU

(SWOSU, 2012)

Education-Related Service Learning Experiences

Examples of Service Learning Experiences:

Special Olympics

Burcham Elementary’s F.R.O.G. Program

Burcham Elementary’s Early Bird Reader Program

Weatherford Middle School’s After School Program

Federated Church’s Positive Pathways Program

EBTEThe 4 Experiences:

University Classroom Experiences

Field Experiences

Cohort Experiences

Service Learning Experiences

The goal of

EBTE

is to produce professionally

competent

teachers.

Professionally competent

teachers create quality

PK-12 classroom experiences.

The product of quality classroom experiences

is student learning.

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Exemplary UniversityClassroom Experiences

Best Practice Field Experiences

Teacher Education Cohort Experiences

Education-Related Service Learning Experiences

Professional Competence

Quality PK-12Classroom Experiences

PK-12 Student Learning