Annual Report 2009-2010 - Graduate School of Education and ...

Classroom Lessons Brought to LifeEducation DivisionStudent Teachers Receive On-the-Job Training in Schools Throughout Southern CaliforniaThis year, more than 270 students in GSEP’s master of arts in education with teaching credential program became studentteachers at 80 schools across Southern California. The roster of elementary, middle, and high schools included charter,magnet, and parish schools. While teaching, students in this program are mentored by knowledgeable teachers and faculty, andgain the experience of developing a curriculum for instruction during select segments of the class period.In addition, Dr. Kathy Church, assistant professor; Laura Péwé, Professional Development School (PDS) coordinator atthe Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Science (EARTHS); and a group of seven master of arts ineducation with teaching credential students (now alumni) of the PDS program at the Westlake Village Graduate Campuspresented on “Equality and Social Justice: Student Teachers Reach Out as Change Agents,” at the American EducationalResearch Association 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on May 2, 2010. This GSEP team was one of 24 across thenation presenting in a roundtable entitled “Professional Development Schools and Social Justice: Studies of School-UniversityPartnerships Committed to the Highest Ideals of Equity.” These teams of university- and school-based researchers featuredtheir work based on the “Nine Essentials of Professional Development Schools,” as established by the National Association forProfessional Development Schools and PDS standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The GSEPgroup’s presentation fell under the theme “Community Contexts and PDSs.”