Name: Laura Pomerance

Affiliation: National Council on Teacher Quality

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: 1. Syllabi for one section of each of the following courses. I request copies of syllabi as they were distributed to students (i.e. not departmental or generic syllabi shared by multiple course sections) and course sections taught during the 2017 - 2018 school year or later.
a. All courses which participants in the Bachelor of Arts in Education/Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Teacher Certification are required to take and which focus on reading instruction, including:
EDCI 4110W Teaching Reading and Writing in the Elementary School
EDCI 4130 Teaching the Language Arts in the Elementary School
b. All courses which participants in the Bachelor of Arts in Education/Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Teacher Certification are required to take and which focus on the content that elementary math teachers need to know, including:
MATH 2010Q Fundamentals of Algebra and Geometry
c. All courses which participants in the Undergraduate Secondary Program are required to take and which focus on English or math instructional methods, including:
EDCI 3211 Intro to Secondary Methods and Clinic - English
EDCI 3212 Introduction to Secondary Methods and Clinic - Mathematics
EDCI 4215 Teaching of Reading in Middle and High Schools
EDCI 5093 Practicum
EDCI 5450 Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Secondary School
ONE OF: EDCI 5092 Practicum OR EDCI 5093 Practicum
ONE OF: EDCI 5125 -or- EDCI 5250 -or- EDCI 5255 Teaching Composition (7-12)
d. All student teaching courses or accompanying seminars which must be taken by participants in the Bachelor of Arts in Education/Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Teacher Certification or Undergraduate Secondary Program, including:
EDCI 4150 Directed Student Teaching
2. Any of the following as created and/or used by University of Connecticut in connection with participants in the Bachelor of Arts in Education/Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Teacher Certification or Undergraduate Secondary Program. If the same document is used in multiple contexts, I request only one copy.
a. All handbooks related to student teaching that are distributed to teacher candidates, university supervisors, and/or cooperating teachers
b. Blank examples of all forms used to evaluate the performance of student teachers and accompanying rubrics
c. Blank templates of communications (letters or emails) sent to school district or school staff requesting student teaching placements, describing cooperating teacher selection criteria and/or describing the selection process for cooperating teachers
d. Blank examples of applications filled out by potential cooperating teachers
e. Copies of all contracts with school districts or individual schools in which student teachers are placed.

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