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Course Name/Number:
CI 6021 Exploring Local Community Resources
Description: This is a six-week (half semester) online asynchronous graduate course, one of
five required for students pursuing the Learning with Community Resources Certificate. It
is designed for in-service K-12 teachers of social studies, science, language arts, arts
education, and/or math. This course considers ways that teachers can turn the unique
elements of their local community into engaging projects and lessons for their students.
What can this place teach us? What gives the community its local flavor? What are the
places of pride claimed by its citizens? Who and what is celebrated—and why? The types
of localities examined—from the physical landscape to cemeteries and statues to the built
environment—lend themselves easily to making connections across the curriculum and
turn selected sites into real-world classrooms. This course provides teachers the
opportunity to apply the program models introduced in the pre-requisite course CI 6020in
practical ways to their local community.
Credit Hours: 3
Required or Elective: Required
Faculty Members who Teach the course: Emilie Camp
Prerequisites: CI 6020
Textbook(s): Pumpian, Ian; Fisher, Douglas; and Wachowiak, Susan; Editors. Challenging
the Classroom Standard Through Museum-Based Education: School in the Park. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
Winter, Dave and Robbins, Sarah, Editors. Writing Our Communities: Local Learning and
Public Culture.
Dickson, Diane Skiffington, et al. The Oral History Project: Connecting Students to Their
Community, Grades 4-8. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006.
Resource Materials:
Marker Assignments: none
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
How is this outcome assessed?
1. Identify specific local community resources that present informal learning
opportunities
Interview of local teacher
2. Demonstrate ways that each community-based learning model has cross-disciplinary
curriculum applications
Application exercise, readings reflections
3. Develop plans for using specific community-based learning strategies with students
Application exercise, readings reflections
4. Participate regularly and appropriately in online group discussion and reflection
Discussion board postings
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Alignment with Transformation Initiative:
In view of this conceptual framework and our urban mission, the goal for our
Transformation Initiative is to improve the performance of students in high needs schools
by preparing educators who recognize the moral imperative to meet the needs of each
student. We will prepare educators who are committed to each student, caring about
each individual, and competent in evidence-based and data driven instruction. Themes
addressed:
 Helping candidates come to terms with unintentional barriers and bias.
 Preparing teachers for urban schools.
 Implementation of research-based strategies
Alignment with Conceptual Framework:
This course addresses these institutional standards:
Candidates of the University of Cincinnati are committed, caring, competent educators
 who successfully collaborate, demonstrate leadership, and engage in positive
systems change.
 able to address issues of diversity with equity and posses skills unique to urban
education including culturally responsive practice.
 who demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge, grounded in evidence- based
practices, and maximizing the opportunity for learning, and professionalism.
Alignment with Specialized Program Association:
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Language Arts and Social Studies
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Proposition 1: Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
Proposition 2: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those
subjects to students.
Proposition 4: Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from
experience.
Proposition 5: Teachers are members of learning communities.
Alignment with Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession:
 Standard Number 2. Teachers know and understand the content area for which
they have instructional responsibility.
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Standard Number 4. Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction that advances
the learning of each individual student.
Standard Number 5. Teachers create learning environments that promote high
levels of learning and achievement for all students.
Standard Number 6. Teachers collaborate and communicate with students,
parents, other educators, administrators and the community to support student
learning.
Alignment with State Requirements:
Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession
Attendance Policies: Attendance for this class is required. Missing more than one class will
negatively affect your final grade in the course. For class preparation, students are
expected to come on time, complete the reading/assignments, prepare answers to the
questions in preparation of the meeting, complete in-class assignments, and participate in
a lively class discussion.
Academic Integrity Policy The University Rules, including the Student Code of Conduct,
and other policies of the department, college, and university related to academic integrity
will be enforced. Any violation of these regulations, including acts of plagiarism, cheating,
or falsifying field work will be dealt with according to the severity of the misconduct.
Dishonesty in any form may result in a failing grade in a course and/or suspension or
dismissal from a program (e.g., graduate or undergraduate).
Electronic Communication Policy; All communication outside of class will be conducted via
email to the student’s bearcat online account. Replies will be within 72 hours, whenever
possible. At times I am engaged in national activities that preclude access to email.
Grading: Assignments total = 400 points Grades are calculated using a percentage of the
total points. A: 92-100 A-: 90-91 B+: 88-89 B: 82-87 B-: 80-81 C+: 78-79 C: 72-77 C-: 7071 D+ 68-69 D: 62-67 D-: 60-61 F: 59 and below
Topics:
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The community’s natural setting
Places of pride: Historic sites and community landmarks
If statues could talk: Monuments and public sculpture
Cemeteries as outdoor classrooms
Local businesses: Telling their stories
Walk around the block: The built environment
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Special Needs Policy – ―If you have a disability (e.g., visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical
impairment, communication disorder, and/or specific learning disability, etc.) which may influence your
performance in this course, you must meet with the Disability Services Office (DSO) to arrange for
reasonable accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to meet all the requirements of this
course. If you require accommodations due to disability, please contact DSO at 513-556-6823, Campus
Location: 210 University Pavilion. You will be provided an Accommodation Form indicating your
accommodation needs for the quarter. Please present this form to me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to ensure
your accommodation needs are discussed, agreed upon, and provided.‖ (see
http://www.uc.edu/aess/programs_services/disability.html).
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participate in any examination, study or work requirement on some particular day(s) because of his or
her religious belief should be given the opportunity either to make up the work that was missed or to do
alternative work that is intrinsically no more difficult than the original exam or assignment — provided
that the makeup work does not create an unreasonable burden upon University of Cincinnati and its
faculty. Upon request and timely notice, students should be provided reasonable accommodation.‖ (see
http://www.uc.edu/registrar/policies_and_procedures/religious_observances_statement.html).
"I" (Incomplete) – No grades of ―Incomplete‖ will be assigned unless there are extreme circumstances
AND a contract to complete the work is developed and signed by the student and the instructor prior to
the last week of class. It is the student’s responsibility to approach the instructor with the request for an
incomplete. Please note that a grade of ―I‖ will automatically be converted to an ―F‖ grade one
calendar year after the initial grade was assigned. (see
http://www.uc.edu/registrar/faculty_resources/grading_scales.html).
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Information Technology. Students who are found to be illegally sharing files will be subject to a
procedural review to determine responsibility under the Code. If responsible, this offense will become
part of each student's permanent judicial file with the University.‖ (see
http://www.uc.edu/conduct/Copyright_Infringement.html).
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