Colorado Teacher Cadet

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Colorado Teacher Cadet

• Michelle Koch
• Colorado Teacher Cadet
• FACS Program Director
• Colorado Community College System
• August 17, 2019

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Teacher Cadet Mission

• Encourage students who possess exemplary
  interpersonal, academic and leadership skills to
  consider a teaching career
• Provide these future community leaders with
  insights about teaching and schools

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Historical Milestones

• 1985 -- Teacher Cadet began in South
  Carolina

1999 -- Over 23,500 students have
completed Teacher Cadet in South
Carolina
2004 -- Replicated in over 25 states
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Teacher Cadet Details

• Year-long course

Honors elective
For Juniors and Seniors
College level
Enrollment criteria Application, 3.0 GPA, three
teacher recommendations, possible interview
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Teacher Cadet Requirements

• Application Process
• State-wide Syllabus
• Prescribed Curriculum
• Required Artifacts
• Portfolio
• Certificates of Field Experience Hours and
  Portfolio Credit Recommendation

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Teacher Cadet Content

• Theme 1
• Experiencing Learning

Theme 2 Experiencing the Profession
Theme 3 Experiencing the Classroom
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Teacher Cadet Programs in Colorado

• Under the CCCS/CTE Education Career Cluster
• Teacher training and on-going classroom support
  professional development

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Colorado Implementation

• CTE Education Program Formula Funding
• Option to select a dynamic teacher for TC
• Career Technical Education Credential
• Curriculum Training Prof. Development
• Some districts offering English elective credit
• Program Accountability
• Rigorous Curriculum
• Student data collection

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Historical Milestones -- Colorado
2014 Completers
Over 2500 Colorado students have taken the
Teacher Cadet (TC) class (as of May 2014)
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Colorado Teacher Cadet Programs (2008)
Adams 12
Ft. Morgan
Arapahoe/Douglas
Jefferson Co
Aurora
Mesa Valley-
Boulder
Platte Valley
Cherry Creek
Poudre Co
Co Springs 11
Weld Co.10
Academy 20
Widefield
Douglas Co
Windsor
Elizabeth
Greeley
20 Programs 18 Districts
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Resources for Experiencing Education

• Use South Carolina curriculum - CERRA

• Supplemental College Texts
• Becoming a Teacher (Forrest W. Parkay and
  Beverly H. Stanford)
• Annual Education Edition Dushkin/McGraw-Hill

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Connections with Higher Education

• Curriculum alignment to the Colorado Teacher
  Licensure Standards
• College credit for Intro to Ed./Education
  Foundations Courses
• UNC - EDF 366, 3 to 6 credits
• CSU Pueblo EDU 202, 3 credits
• UCD TC Internship, 1 to 2 credits
• UCCS TC Internship, 1 credit
• ED PSY, Colo. Springs only
• CCU EPS 203 PSY. Of Ed. Foundations, 1 credit
  20 hours of EDU Field Experience
• CCCS EDU 221, Elementary Ed, 3
  credits (statewide)

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Student Benefits

• Develop leadership skills
• Build presentation skills
• Inside look at education as a career
• Experience the intrinsic rewards of teaching
• Expand decision-making experiences
• Begin development of common EDU artifacts based
  on CO teacher licensure
• Earn field experience credit towards teacher
  prep programs

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Program Vision/Needs

• A state leadership position and funding for the
  administration, training, professional
  development, articulation and public relations of
  the program
• Student access to a Teacher Cadet program in
  every district in Colorado
• Strengthen the teaching pathway by linking high
  school students to college teacher education
  programs and licensure