Through this course, students will add to their teaching skills through direct interactions with children and families.Students will be working or volunteering in a dual language early childhood or elementary classroom and use the 102-Point Soy Bilingüe Dual Language Assessment as a framework for documenting and sharing their work within linguistically and culturally responsive early childhood and elementary settings. Using a participatory action research (PAR) approach with their teaching team, students will combine theory and practice within a social justice framework focusing on their work with children and families. They will engage with the social, political, and ecological context within which they work and live. Students will use the portfolio to document their teaching experiences; this will include (1) their language plan; (2) a list of the languages, cultures, and interests of the children; (3) child observations, (4) lesson plans, and (5) video clips of their teaching.
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This course is for students admitted into the Early Childhood Education Track at the Tacoma campus. Contact the faculty for more information.