Teaching: Becoming an Urban School Teacher

Syracuse University School of Education

Format: On Campus (at Syracuse University)

Eligibility: Students must be of rising high school sophomore, junior, or senior status – or a 2022 high school graduate. 

Credit: Noncredit

Grading: Pass/Fail

Course Objectives: Link to Website

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Name at least 3 unique challenges and affordances of teaching in public urban schools
• Describe at least 3 research findings related to student learning in urban schools
• Describe the pathway for teaching certification in their home state, including implications for high school academic achievement of prospective teachers
• Identify the basic tenets of constructivism and how it relates to teaching writing and mathematics
• Name and enact at least 1 15-minute minilesson for teaching students about mindfulness, at least 1 15-minute minilesson for teaching students about writing, and at least 1 15-minute minilesson for teaching student about mathematics.

Send email to cjsharpe@syr.edu if you have any questions!