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Video essay, part 1: Three new teachers discuss their classrooms, how their education prepared them and the effect of a school's location on student discipline.
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Video essay, part 2: They face special education with confidence, but three new teachers know there's a wide range of students with different needs.
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Video essay, part 3: How prepared are new instructors to meet teacher requirements and students' academic goals? Three new teachers tackle standards.
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Video essay, part 4: Perhaps the most challenging aspect of teaching isn't dealing with students; it's with their parents.
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Video essays, part 5: The three new teachers reflect on the past year and talk about their futures in education.
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Why teaching? Three newcomers to the profession explain why they want to be in the classroom.
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Stephanie Leija »
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Photo essay: A look inside the classrooms. Click here »
Reader forum: Does Colorado prepare its teachers well? Sound off on the state of education. Click here »
Teacher standards: A look at what new teachers must know to earn licensure. Click here »
Colorado Senate Bill 154: In 1999, Gov. Bill Owens signed into law a bill concerning performance-based teaching programs.
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360° photography: Virtual reality photos show how classroom set-ups affect discipline. Click here »
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About this series
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This is the first part in a series examining teacher preparation in Colorado through the eyes of two young teachers and one college senior preparing for a teaching career.
This report examines discipline and classroom management.
The second installment examines the formidable challenge young teachers face from special education and first-time English learners.
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The third installment illustrates how well first-year teachers are equipped to meet teacher and student academic standards.
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The fourth installment deals with teachers' abilities to interact with parents and the community.
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The fifth installment looks at the past year in the teachers' own words.
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Future installments will look at how teachers are prepared parent and community involvement.
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Classroom management requirements
Under newly adopted standards for Colorado teachers, all education students must demonstrate competency in classroom management before receiving a teaching license. Much of the learning happens during student teaching, field experiences or practicums, in which students observe veteran teachers and talk about disciplinary tactics.
Here's a snapshot of additional requirements at major teacher education schools in the state:
Adams State: Education students must take a three-credit course, Classroom Instruction and Management.
Colorado State: No specific course. Education students learn classroom management during their work in K-12 schools.
Metropolitan State: Education students must take a course titled, Assessment and Behavioral Management.
CU-Boulder: One unit on classroom management is in a required education psychology course.
CU-Denver: Two one-semester required courses address classroom management: Negotiating the Classroom for Children or Negotiating the Classroom for Adolescents and Individualizing Instruction for Learners with Challenging Behaviors.
University of Denver: Education students must take a seminar spanning three academic quarters that focuses on classroom management.
UNC: In an introductory course titled Conceptions of Schooling, education students ponder hypothetical situations. Classroom management also is addressed in a special education class required of all students.
USC: Classroom management is a major component of two required courses; Intro to Teaching and Capstone Seminar. It's also infused into the curriculum of more than 10 credit hours of methods classes students are required to take.
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