Duval County Public Schools

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Duval County Public SchoolsUniversity of
Florida

• Elementary Education
• Apprenticeship Program

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Background

• Transition to Teaching Grant, Alternative
  Certification
• Duval County Public Schools UF Partnership
• Teacher preparation for high poverty schools
• Title I schools
• One year apprenticeship, salary coursework
• Martin Luther King and Long Branch Elementary
  Schools

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Program

• One year apprenticeship
• Preplanning 8/13/07 through Post-planning 6/10/07
  
• Summer course through June
• Martin Luther King and Long Branch Elementary
  Schools
• Hourly Contract approximately 13 hr for 35hrs
  (Not reflective of the hours you actually work.
  You will be expected to follow the teacher
  schedule)
• No benefits (not paid for holidays, etc.)
• 15 credits of graduate coursework
• Offered on-site, not in Gainesville
• Opportunity for a graduate degree

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DCPS Lastinger ApprenticeshipElementary
Education Grades K-6

• Fall Semester
• RED 5355 Teaching Reading in the Elementary
  School
• EDE 6266 Teaching Learning in Elementary
  Classrooms
• Spring Semester
• EDE 6459 Guided Inquiry in Elementary Education
• EDE 6225 Practices in Childhood Education
• Summer Semester
• EDG 6211 Learning Theory Assessment

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DCPS Lastinger ApprenticeshipElementary
Education Grades K-6

• Professional Preparation Coursework
• Electronic Portfolio
• Portfolio Defense
• Required Tests
• GK (Passing scores on CLAST taken prior to
  July 1, 2001 is accepted)
• Florida Teacher Certification Elementary
  Education K-6 Subject Area Exam
• Florida Teacher Certification Professional Exam

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DCPS Lastinger ApprenticeshipElementary
Education Grades K-6

• Resources
• FCCJ Test Prep for GK
• FCCJ Test Prep for Elementary Education K-6
  Subject Area Exam
• Continuous support and supervision from UF Coach

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School Demographics

• MLK Elementary- 508 students 82 free/reduced
  lunch 97 African American, C School 17 new
  teachers (05-06) Reading progress- 28, 38,
  42, 45, 52
• Long Branch Elementary-
• 318 students 96 free/
• reduced lunch 96
• African American
• C School 8 new
• teachers Reading progress
• 30, 29, 28, 34, 41

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Insights from the TTT Program Coordinator

• History
• Transition to Teaching Grant
• Role
• Recruitment and Selection
• District Liaison- Staffing/Certification/Title I
• Strengths
• Ready pool of professionally
• certified new teachers
• Urban experience
• Struggles
• Challenges of the Urban Setting

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Insights from the Lastinger Coach

• Roles and Responsibilities
• UF- Lastinger Center, apprentice coach,
  instructor
• School Sites- provide
• professional development for faculty,
• inquiry, leadership team,
• writing coach, mentorship
• Strengths of Program
• variety of backgrounds, motivated individuals,
  UF
  Duval connections and support, principal
• support, the schools and their students,
• hands-on internships while receiving
• course work, wiki to stay connected
• Struggles- high stakes testing environment,
  mentor/ apprentice partnerships

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Is this the program for you?

• Are really and truly committed to working in high
  poverty/high needs schools?
• How busy is your life right now?  Can you make
  this commitment?

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Mentors Words of Wisdom

• The Apprenticeship Program provides you the
  opportunity to work in a hands-on situation. 
  Your hands are actively engaged at the beginning
  writing notes as you observe your mentoring
  teacher.  Next, your hands are engaged in making
  plans for teaching lessons yourself. Finally,
  your hands are engaged in grade books, lesson
  plan books, bulletin boards, etc.  Lastly, your
  hands are a tool that will touch the life of a
  child forever.  AMEN

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Insights from the Apprentices

• Working with children every day
• Learning by shadowing, co-teaching and attending
  seminars through the University of Florida
• Simultaneously working to state certification
  within the year
• Exploring variety of teaching methods
• Learning teaching at same
• time
• Receiving on-going
• professional
• feedback and support

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Questions

• For more information, please contact either
• Lissa Dunn
• dunnl_at_educationcentral.org
• Diane Yendol-Hoppey,
• dyhoppey_at_coe.ufl.edu