AE 4933 - Student Teaching Seminar Part I

• Students will learn K-12 instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards; their district’s organized plan of instruction; and the individual needs of their students.
• Students learn K-12 art content, central concepts, tools of inquiry, appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and specialized character of the visual arts being taught.
• Students will learn how to demonstrate a commitment to and respect for diversity, while working toward common goals as a community and as a country.
• Students will learn how to engage students as individuals with unique interests and strengths.Students will learn current research on effective instructional practices to meet the developmental and academic needs of K- 12 students.
• Students will learn to establish and communicate high expectations for all K-12 students and plan instruction that helps students develop critical-thinking and problem solving skills.
• Students will learn to communicate effectively, making learning objectives clear and providing appropriate models of language for K-12.
• Students will learn appropriate methods to assess what each K-12 student has learned, including formal and informal assessments, and use results to plan further instruction.
• Students will learn how to analyze K-12 student learning, development and growth and apply what they learn to improve their practice.
• Students will learn how to link professional growth to their professional goals.
• Students will learn to respond to a complex, dynamic environment.
• Students will learn strategies to exhibit leadership in their K-12 placements schools.
• Students will learn how to contribute to K-12 educational practices and the teaching profession.
• Students will learn systems to advocate for K-12 schools and students, partnering with students, families and communities as appropriate.
• Students will learn high ethical standards in the teaching profession. 
• Students learn how to demonstrate high levels of K-12 student learning, growth and academic achievement.
• Students will learn how to demonstrate high levels of student academic growth in the skills necessary for post secondary and workforce readiness, including democratic and civic participation. Students will learn strategies to demonstrate their ability to utilize multiple data sources and evidence to evaluate their practice, and make adjustments where needed to continually improve an attainment of student academic growth.