French Studies 579 - Teacher/Middle&HighSchoolClass

This course is a 2-credit support seminar that was created for student teachers of French who are simultaneously completing their full-time student teaching practicum (FrenchEd 500U) in a public middle or high school in Massachusetts. The purpose of this seminar is to provide a supportive place where initial licensure candidates reflect upon and articulate their developing identity as teachers, and explore and reflect upon the complexities of teaching within their particular classrooms and communities, as well as within the broader social context of education. The seminar informs teaching candidates of the responsibilities and requirements of the student teaching practicum; provides a space of confidentiality in which candidates reflect on and discuss issues specifically related to their student teaching experiences; supports them in developing their required student teaching portfolios (on Tk20), and guides them in locating a suitable teaching position upon completion of the program.