Waterloo Schools and Wartburg College [electronic resource] : A Cooperative Venture To Increase the Minority Teaching Candidates in Waterloo, Iowa / Les Huth.
Wartburg College (Iowa) and Waterloo (Iowa) Public Schools have cooperated to implement a teacher preparation program designed specifically for minority Teacher Associates who are employed in the Waterloo Schools and to enhance the diversity training of all graduates of the Wartburg teacher educatio...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Wartburg College (Iowa) and Waterloo (Iowa) Public Schools have cooperated to implement a teacher preparation program designed specifically for minority Teacher Associates who are employed in the Waterloo Schools and to enhance the diversity training of all graduates of the Wartburg teacher education program. The program was initiated and developed through a democratic process and the growing knowledge that there was a significant need to increase the number of minority teachers employed by the Waterloo Schools and to increase the emphasis on and experiences in culturally diverse settings. The following program components were developed: (1) a one week Inner City Field Experience in New York City schools; (2) a Native American Field Experience at the Rosebud Native American School in South Dakota; (3) a partnership with Longfellow Elementary School in Waterloo (Iowa) which has a 50 percent African American population; (4) a satellite campus in Denver (Colorado) established as a student teaching site for 10 percent of student teachers; (5) requirement that all graduates must have at least 25 hours of culturally or ethnically diverse experience; (6) a pilot field experience at a Denver (Colorado) school with significant Latino enrollment; and (7) the Waterloo (Iowa) Teacher Preparation Project designed to provide positive role models for students in the schools by targeting Teacher's Associates, mainly minority, in the Waterloo school district. The structure of this project is as follows: two courses scheduled during fall and winter terms after school hours; four courses during the summer; completion of all courses required for a B.A. from Wartburg College and a teaching license within a 4.5 year period. (JB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED386442. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education (Washington, DC, February 1995). |
| Physical Description: | 10 p. |