1.0

Standards for the Structure of the English Teacher Education Program

The English Teacher Education Program models effective pedagogy in its content area courses and also provides opportunities for practice, analysis, reflection and implementation through courses in the Teacher Education sequence, including the elementary and secondary language arts methods courses, TE411 and TE 441.  Less directly, consideration of content curriculum design is implicit in the English courses EN335 and EN410, Children’s Literature in the Classroom and The Children’s Literary Tradition. Field experience among varied populations, in addition to classroom modeling and support, further enhances awareness of effective practices.

For English, as with other content areas, the Teacher Education component of the program is scrupulous in its adherence to the Michigan Curriculum Framework.  The English curriculum design is based on the standards of NCATE and other state and national guidelines. Close collaboration between the Teacher Education and English departments assures compliance with standards, and assures curriculum and cross-disciplinary integration and application.  Evaluation of teaching and learning is accomplished by various means, including portfolios, within the respective areas of English and Teacher Education, and candidate scores on certification tests indicate overall effectiveness.

1.1

The English teacher education program will model effective pedagogical practices and provide opportunities for analysis of pedagogy, reflection on pedagogy, and implementation of effective pedagogy in pre-service teachers= own planning and instruction.

Elementary

Major:  TE 411

Minor:  TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor:  TE441

1.2

The English teacher education program will embody a philosophy consistent with the Michigan Curriculum Framework (its Content Standards and Benchmarks, Teaching and Learning Standards, Assessment Standards, and Professional Development Standards).

Elementary

Major:  TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major:  TE441

Minor:  TE441

1.3

The English teacher education program will maintain an articulated and coordinated curriculum involving content, pedagogy, and professionalism, that is aligned with standards from NCATE, Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE), NCTE/IKRA Standards, and Michigan=s Guidelines for the Professional Development of Teachers of English Language Arts.

Elementary

Major:  TE 411

Minor:  TE411

Secondary

Major:  TE441

Minor:  TE441

1.4

The English teacher education program will promote curriculum integration and cross-disciplinary applications.

Elementary

Major: TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

1.5

The English teacher education program will provide multiple school-based experiences in environments where effective practices are modeled and supported, including experiences with varied populations.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN235

Minor: EN180, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN320

Minor: EN180, EN320

1.6

The English teacher education program will maintain a system of evaluation that includes demonstration and documentation (e.g., a comprehensive portfolio) of teaching and learning processes and abilities.

Elementary

Major:  TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major:  TE441

Minor: TE441

2.0

Standards for Professionalism

Courses within the Teacher Education sequence specifically foster responsiveness to the diversity of backgrounds and abilities among learners.  The conduct of classes in the content area depends largely on discussion and interaction among diverse learners and thus practices and models principles of professional respect.  The understanding of cultural identity and diversity is a specific emphasis of Teacher Education courses, and can be said to be in fact the main business of English courses, such as EN231/232 and EN233/234,  the British and American literature surveys, and EN401-407, the literary period courses, in which consideration of culture in its diversity and historical and global context features prominently.

The combination and integration of the professional focus of Teacher Education courses, and the academic focus of the English program models and supports the appreciation and practice of effective literacy in various media and genres.  Literature courses such as those mentioned above investigate respective and cross-genre expression and consider issues of artistic standards or merit as a function of effectiveness.  All courses, especially those in English,  require the practical demonstration of effective literacy and are rigorous in their development of and requirement for critical thinking.  In English, the senior-level Critical Theory course, EN421,  engages and investigates a range of formal critical theories.

Both the Teacher Education and English programs model and promote  participation in  professional organizations and activities.  In English, the senior thesis course, EN490 aims at developing a professional quality publication and presentation, and students are provided with professional opportunities to feature their work.  Field  experiences through the Teacher Education curriculum, and activities within the English program provide a variety of collaborative and public and professional venues for the appreciation and understanding of Language Arts.

2.1

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they respect the worth, contributions, abilities, language of all learners.

Elementary

Major: EN180 ,EN222, EN231-4

Minor: EN180, EN222, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN420

Minor: EN180, EN222, EN231-4

2.2

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they help students understand their own and others= cultures, abilities, and language.

Elementary

Major: EN180 ,EN222, EN231-4

Minor: EN180, EN222, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN420

Minor: EN180, EN222, EN231-4

2.3

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they develop students= effective use of oral, written, and visual literacy in their daily lives.

Elementary

Major:

 EN221, EN222, EN310, EN335

Minor: EN222, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320,EN420

Minor:  EN222, EN320

2.4

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they develop students= effective use of critical thinking.

Elementary

Major:  EN180,  EN421, EN490

Minor: EN180, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN421, EN490

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

2.5

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they promote students=s appreciation of and engagement in a wide variety of media and genre.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN221, EN231-4, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

2.6

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they engage regularly in professional growth, through participation in conferences and other professional development opportunities; the reading and/or writing of professional materials; and the reading, writing, or performing of literary pieces.

Elementary

Major:  EN221, EN335, EN410, EN490, TE411

Minor:  EN335, EN410, TE411

Secondary

Major:  EN410, EN490, TE441

Minor: EN320, TE441

2.7

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they work with colleagues, parents, community members, and professional organizations to develop an appreciation and understanding of the English language arts.

Elementary

Major: EN221, EN335, EN410, EN490, TE411

Minor: EN335,EN410, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN410, EN490, TE441

Minor: EN320, EN441

2.8

English teachers demonstrate professional practices when they join and participate in professional organizations, such as the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Michigan Reading Association, the International Reading Association, the Michigan Association of Speech Communication, the Journalism Education Association, the Whole Language Umbrella; and the Michigan Association for Media in Education.

Elementary

Major:  TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

3.0

Standards for Knowledge of Content and Curriculum

The combination of professional Teacher Education and English programs models, instructs, and requires analysis and application of effective communication strategies in a variety of settings.  The English courses EN310 and EN320, Advanced Writing and Responding to Writing, specifically investigate the varieties of respective rhetorical positions between readers and writers.  These as well as required literature courses, by their nature, involve the understanding and application of the integration and variety of communication acts and processes.  Courses such as EN222, grammar, EN410, History of English,  as well as the foreign language requirements in the program investigate the history,  development and structure of language, processes of language acquisition and the diverse affects of culture on language, learning, and literacy.

The analysis of literature in its various forms, historical periods and cultural contexts constitutes the primary emphasis of the core of the English program.  Within this, consideration of key issues and themes both specific  and common to a variety of classic and contemporary literatures are examined, including issues of voice, authority, and the politics of marginality that apply to the contexts of gender and multicultural text production.    An understanding of intertextuality, the interrelationship and interdependence of texts over time and context is a feature of the historical approach of the English program  Literary development is presented as a function of history and culture, but

especially for teaching candidates takes into account the relationship between literature and cognitive and social development, such as is featured in the courses devoted to the understanding and application of Children’s literature, EN335 and EN410.  The appreciation and practice of the literary experience and of critical reading strategies and issues, including analysis of past and contemporary critical theory in the English course EN421, is designed to demonstrate the extension of the application of literature to the personal and public, ethical,  political and ontological world beyond the classroom.

The language and composition emphases of the English curriculum provide rigorous instruction, analysis, and practice in grammars and conventions, usage, purpose and process in both the reception and production of texts.  Advanced composition classes such as EN310 and 320, as well as literature classes in the core curriculum, place great emphasis on the understanding and application of issues of voice, style, purpose and context in a variety of communication settings, including the professional and artistic and in print and non-print media.

Over the course of their matriculation in the English program, candidates are expected to develop a mastery of fluent articulation and expression through the critical appreciation of literary craft and aesthetics and the extensive requirements for the demonstration of independent consideration and comprehension supported by research-based inquiry.  Teacher Education methods classes, such as TE4111 and TE421, provide methodologies for transferring content knowledge to application in the instruction of reading and writing.

3.1

Meaning and Communication

3.1.1

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the elements of effective communication in a variety of rhetorical situations and the use of appropriate communication modes and behaviors.

Elementary

Major:  EN221, EN310, EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320, TE 411

Minor: EN320, TE441

3.1.2

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the acquisition and development processes of first and second language learners in speaking, reading, and writing.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN320, EN410, EN420, TE441

Minor: EN320, TE441

3.1.3

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the integrated nature of the English language arts (listening, speaking, reading, writing, critical thinking, viewing, and visually representing).

Elementary

Major:  EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major:  TE441

Minor: TE441

3.1.4

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of a variety of communication models and an awareness of the interdependence of their components.

Elementary

Major: EN222, EN231-4, EN310, EN410

Minor: EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN321-4, EN310, EN320, EN410

Minor: EN231-4, EN320

3.1.5

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the history and evolution of the English language.

Elementary

Major:  EN222

Minor: EN222

Secondary

Major: EN420

Minor: EN222

3.1.6

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the social, cultural, and dynamic nature of language, particularly the reciprocal relationship between language, culture, and individual identity, and how language choices advance and constrain people.

Elementary

Major:  EN221, EN222, EN231-4, EN310

Minor: EN222, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN420,

Minor: EN222, EN231-4, EN320

3.1.7

English teachers will know and understand how students= culture and language can influence their learning and literacy.

Elementary

Major: EN221, EN222, EN231-4, EN310

Minor: EN222, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN420

Minor: EN222, EN231-4, EN320

3.2

Literature and Understanding

3.2.1

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of literature as oral, written, enacted, and visual texts that reflect cultures, values, and perspectives.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4,

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

Secondary

Major:EN180, EN231-4,

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.2

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of a wide variety of quality contemporary and classic (works which have been widely recognized over time for their excellence) literature appropriate for different developmental levels and student needs, including multicultural/world literature, literature by women, and literature for young adults.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN401-7, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.3

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of key issues and recurring themes in classic and contemporary literature in a variety of cultural contexts.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN410-7, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.4

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the use of oral, visual, enacted, and written texts to explore and address important issues and problems in communities beyond the classroom.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN35, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN401, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.5

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of varied critical approaches to textual analysis.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410, EN421

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN320, EN410, EN421

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN320

3.2.6

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the historical/social contexts of and relationships among texts.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN401-7, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.7

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the varied purposes for reading that foster life-long reading practices.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN401-, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.2.8

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of issues of censorship.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN401, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

3.3

Genre and Craft of Language

3.3.1

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of grammars and conventions of English, e.g., morphology, phonology, semantics, and syntax.

Elementary

Major:  EN222, EN310

Minor: EN222

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320, EN420

Minor: EN222, EN320

3.3.2

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of differences between descriptive and prescriptive conventions of usage.

Elementary

Major:  EN222, EN310

Minor: EN222

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320, EN420

Minor: EN222, EN320

3.3.3

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the diversity of language uses, patterns, and dialects in spoken, written, and visual discourse.

Elementary

Major: EN222, EN231-4, EN310

Minor: EN222, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410, EN420

Minor: EN222, EN231-4, EN420

3.3.4

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the effects of style, voice, and language choices as determined by context, purpose, and audience in print and non-print texts.

Elementary

Major:EN221, EN222, EN231-4, EN310

Minor: EN222, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major:  EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410, EN420

Minor: EN222, EN231-4, EN410

3.3.5

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the characteristics, forms, and appropriate use of a variety of genre, e.g., narration, drama, poetry, exposition, and persuasion.

Elementary

Major:  EN180, EN221, EN231-4, EN310, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180 EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN320

3.3.6

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of the appropriate use of a variety of artistic and stylistic techniques and devices.

Elementary

Major: EN180, 221,  EN231-4, EN310, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN335

Secondary

Major:  EN180, EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN320

3.3.7

English teachers will know and understand the instructional application of writing processes, including inventing, revising, and publishing.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN222, EN310, EN335, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN335

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN310, EN320

Minor: EN180, EN320

3.4

Skills and Processes

3.4.1

English teachers will demonstrate a mastery of and understand the instructional application of the effective use of the English language, both written and oral, in a variety of rhetorical contexts, including the mechanical and technical conventions of standard written and spoken English (e.g. grammar, punctuation, and spelling).

Elementary

Major: EN221, EN222, EN410, EN490

Minor: EN222, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320, EN420, EN490

Minor: EN222, EN320

3.4.2

English teachers will demonstrate a mastery of and understand the instructional application of independent reading and viewing and the critical consideration of texts with reasonable comprehension and interpretation.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN401-7, EN490

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN20

3.4.3

English teachers will demonstrate a mastery of and understand the instructional application of the use of research and reference resources for inquiry-based learning in literacy education.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN410, EN490

Minor: EN180, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN401-7, EN410, EN490

Minor: EN180, EN410

3.4.4

English teachers will demonstrate a mastery of and understand the instructional application of critical standards for analyzing and assessing the craft, aesthetics, and significance of their own, students= and other authors= texts.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN221, EN231-4, EN410, EN421

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN410

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410, EN421

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN320

3.4.5

English teachers will demonstrate a mastery of and understand the instructional application of the processes of and strategies for reading and writing.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN310

Minor: EN180, EN231-4

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN231-4, EN310, EN320, EN410, EN421

Minor: EN180, EN231-4, EN320

4.0

Standards for Pedagogy (Instruction and Assessment)

Through the modeling provided by courses throughout the English program, the specific content of courses such as EN335 Children’s Literature in the Classroom and EN410 The Children’s Literary Tradition, and the courses provided by Teacher Education in learning environments and pedagogical methods and practices, candidates acquire the skills and abilities to select resources and materials and design goal-oriented and standard-based integrated language arts curricula that accommodate diverse learners and learning experiences.

These curricula, based on the modeling and instruction of the English-Teaching program, are implemented via practices designed to create a dynamic, interactive and collaborative learning environment in which open discussion , inquiry (including research),  and peer support encourage multiple perspectives and informed critical analyses.  The curricula and practices foster both group and individual development of language arts skills and understanding in  an environment where expectations are clear, learners can orient themselves within those expectations, and  acquired literacy is a means of appreciation, self-reflection, and extension beyond the classroom.  This literacy of course includes the effective use of technology both in delivery and production.

Again, through the modeling  and coursework in English, such as in EN320 Responding to Writing,  and through the understanding, professional practice and experience provided specifically by coursework in Teacher Education,  candidates acquire a firm grounding in the constructive response to learners,  in guiding learner efforts through rubrics and the adaptation of curricula to learner profiles, and in the selection, implementation, and interpretation of assessment tools and strategies whose results measure teaching effectiveness and compliance with standards, and are used to continually revise instructional design and delivery.

4.1

Instructional Design

4.1.1

English teachers will be able to examine, evaluate, and select resources, such as textbooks, other print materials, video, film, recording, and software which support the teaching of English language arts.

Elementary

Major: EN335, EN410, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN410, TE441

Minor: TE441

4.1.2

English teachers will be able to design and sequence literature, writing, and language assignments which support standards-based integrated units of instruction.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.1.3

English teachers will be able to set meaningful goals as part of short and long term planning for literacy instruction.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.1.4

English teachers will be able to plan for literacy instruction to accommodate the range of learners and different learning needs.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.1.5

English teachers will be able to plan instruction that takes into account students= personal backgrounds and experiences, students= prior curricular experiences in language and literacy, and students= cross-disciplinary curricular experiences.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2

Instructional Strategies

4.2.1

English teachers will be able to use discussion for a variety of purposes, e.g., to engage students in literacy tasks, to develop interpretations and understanding of multiple points of view, to promote critical thinking, and to promote an understanding of their own and others= perspectives and experiences.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2.2

English teachers will be able to ask questions as a means of probing for learner understanding, helping students articulate their ideas and thinking processes, promoting risk taking and problem-solving, facilitating recall of information, encouraging convergent and divergent thinking, stimulating curiosity, and helping students to question.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2.3

English teachers will use small group work and collaborative learning to facilitate critical thinking as students construct meaning in the English language arts, i.e., peer revision, collaborative group writing, dramatic performance, readers= theatre, and literature discussion groups.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN320, TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2.4

English teachers will be able to work with students individually through such activities as conferencing and facilitating independent projects.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2.5

English teachers will be able to present or explain information to support literacy learning, i.e., assignments, criteria for evaluation, information about an author or period, terms or concepts in language, rhetorical strategies, revision strategies, etc.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN310, EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN180, EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major:  EN180, EN310, EN320, TE441

Minor: EN180, TE441

4.2.6

English teachers will be able to create environments that support respectful approaches to individual differences in culture, race, gender, religion, ethnicity, and heritage.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.2.7

English teachers will be able to model the use of technology as an effective component of learning for conducting research and for the processes of writing.

Elementary

Major: EN180, EN310, TE 411

Minor: EN180, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN180, EN310, EN320, TE441

Minor: EN180, TE441

4.2.8

English teachers will be able to use means to encourage student goal-setting, reflection, meta-cognitive understanding, and assessment.

Elementary

Major:  EN310, EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN310, EN320, TE441

Minor: EN320, TE441

4.3

Assessment Strategies

4.3.1

English teachers will be able to respond effectively and constructively on an ongoing basis to student=s literacy efforts, i.e., student=s contributions to discussion, writing, and oral presentations.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN320, TE441

Minor: EN320, TE441

4.3.2

English teachers will be able to design rubrics appropriate for literacy tasks.

Elementary

Major: TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.3.3

English teachers will be able to recognize students= oral and written miscues and their underlying causes as a means of informing curricular choices for individual and group instruction.

Elementary

Major: EN222, EN310, TE 411

Minor: EN222, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN320, EN420, TE441

Minor: EN320, TE441

4.3.4

English teachers will be able to design a variety of assessment tools, i.e., essay tests, portfolios, objective measures, individual projects, performance criteria, reflective self-evaluation, etc.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.3.5

English teachers will be able to interpret and report assessment methods and results to students, administrators, parents, and the public.

Elementary

Major: TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.3.6

English teachers will be able to use assessment results to shape or revise instructional design and/or strategies.

Elementary

Major: TE 411

Minor: TE411

Secondary

Major: TE441

Minor: TE441

4.3.7

English teachers will be able to use the requirements of state and national assessment programs to inform curricular choices and instructional strategies.

Elementary

Major: EN335, TE 411

Minor: EN335, TE411

Secondary

Major: EN410, TE441

Minor: TE441