This week, I will complete and present my first case study as an MAT@USC TESOL student. In the TESOL track, performing a case study is one of the major requirements for completing Educ. 501: Introduction for English as a New Language. The case study involves observing and interviewing an English language learner and interviewing his or her teachers, parents and …
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California Charter Schools Association Conference
Thousands of charter school teachers and administrators gathered in the shadow of the California Statehouse in Sacramento last week to learn, connect and draw attention to a movement that now includes 982 schools in California which are educating 412,000 students. In the words of one of my USC colleagues: That’s a lot!
USC’s Rossier School of Education attended the California Charter …
Teaching Elementary School
Elementary school teachers play a pivotal role in the intellectual, social and emotional development of children. They must be competent in a variety of basic subjects including language arts, science, mathematics, social science, visual and performing arts, and physical education. Elementary school teachers also must have a strong foundation in the methods and practices of teaching, or pedagogy. This includes …
MAT@USC Sets Candidates Up for Success
by Danielle DiBlasi, MAT@USC Admission Counselor
I have been proudly representing the MAT@USC as an Admissions Counselor for two-and-a-half years. Working to spread the mission of strengthening urban education locally, nationally and globally has become not just a job to me, but more of a calling. Over the years, I have worked with countless inspiring candidates (future MAT graduates) who are …
So, you want to be a guiding teacher…
The MAT@USC program is unique in its approach to student teaching (also known as “guided practice”), mostly because it cannot ask its guided practice professors to visit teacher candidates on a regular basis to observe. Instead, the teacher candidate and the guiding teacher (also known as “cooperating teacher” or “master teacher”) feel the professor’s presence when the teacher candidate …
