Exhibit 3.4.a3 Examples of collaboration reported by faculty
The unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate field experiences and clinical practice so that teacher candidates and other
school professionals develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.
Course
EDUC 1010
Introduction to Teaching
as a Career
EDUC 2204
Introduction to
Secondary Education
EDCI 3160
Methods and Materials
in Elementary Social
Studies Instruction
EDCI 3400
Foundations of Literacy
EDCI 3425
Literacy for Content
Learning
EDCI 3440
Practicum in Corrective
Reading
EDCI 6620
Secondary School
Curriculum
EDCI 6430
Information Literacy
Instruction for Content
Learning
EDLS 6710
Nonfiction Across the
Curriculum
Field Experience Activity
Candidates engage in 25 clock hours of
partnering with a host teacher to provide
assistance, usually in the form of one-onone instruction to identified students
Candidates provide tutoring
Candidates observe and teach two lessons
to small groups or whole class
Candidates observe and assist a classroom
teacher, collect and analyze oral language
samples, oral reading samples, and writing
samples from 3 children
Observe and teach one content related
reading lesson and one content related
writing lesson
Administer an informal reading inventory
and analyze oral language and writing to
develop and implement an individualized
tutoring program for a child; administer
post assessments at the end of the
semester; Initial status and final case
reports are required
Candidates work with students visiting
from Washington, D.C. to make a book
MAT Candidates who are not teachers are
paired with 2 Morris Jeff teachers
Candidates engage in a 20-hour field
experience with students who learn
differently, including ADHD, Asperger’s,
and behavior disorders
Description of Collaboration
Professor collaborates with principals and
teachers to schedule, plan activities, and
provide supervision
Professor collaborates with administrators
and teachers to schedule and identify areas
for implementation
Cooperating teachers model, consult on
lesson planning, and give feedback on
performance
Partnering School or
Organization
Esperanza Charter School
Medard Nelson Charter School
Gentilly Terrace Charter School
Pierre A. Capdau Charter School
Upward Bound/Project PASS
Kenner Discovery Health
Sciences Academy
Cooperating teachers model and consult
with UNO students and give feedback on
student performance
Kenner Discovery Health
Sciences Academy
Cooperating teachers model, consult on
lesson planning, and give feedback on
performance
Classroom teachers and Reading
Interventionist provide guidance and
suggestions for tutors
Kenner Discovery Health
Sciences Academy
Candidates collaborate with a classroom
teacher to plan and implement the making
of a book
The candidates design and implement a
multi-genre unit with a whole class of
students
Caesar Chavez Charter School for
Public Policy
Teachers and teach candidates partner to
integrate nonfiction into the instruction of
middle school and high school classes in
English Language Arts, Science, Social
Studies, and Math
Holy Rosary
Kenner Discovery Health
Sciences Academy
Morris Jeff Community Charter
School
EDLS 6995
Library Science
Practicum
Collection Development for School Libraries
Library Science practicum student work
closely with the entire faculty to identify
needs in the curriculum in order to create a
book order for a premier children’s
literature collection
Hynes Charter
Library Science practicum students work
with the librarian to identify best new
books across the curriculum
Morris Jeff Charter School
All faculty in the IM program met
with the advisory group, made
up of school leaders (principals
and special education directors),
teachers in Greater New Orleans,
as well as candidates enrolled in
the program
Day of Collaboration: Special
education teachers from the
Greater New Orleans area (some
of whom were graduates from
the program) and special
education administrators from
Orleans Parish Public Schools ,
and school site teachers
Special education administrators
in Jefferson Parish Public School
System and Orleans Parish Public
Schools
Integrated Merged (IM)
UG & MAT
Review of all field experiences in courses
required in UG and MAT programs
Advisory Board reviewed the field
experiences and gave suggestions
Integrated Merged UG &
MAT
Review of the Practica (EDSP 3650 & 3660)
Group examined the practica for the UG
program (EDSP 3650 & 3660) and discussed
areas for improvement
Integrated Merged UG &
MAT
Developing areas of collaboration and
finalizing agreement in terms of MOU
Integrated Merged UG &
MAT
Generating quality field placements for
field experience opportunities
Integrated Merged UG &
MAT
Teacher Talk
IM faculty met with special education
administrators from Orleans and Jefferson
to discuss identification of partner faculty
(teachers in the schools) who could present
in COEHD classes and host the teacher
candidates when conducting field
experiences
Arranged for retired teachers to scout out
field experience opportunities for teacher
candidates in the IM program
Collaborate with community leaders to
provide special topics to teacher
candidates
Retired special education
administrators and United
Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO)
Retired special education
administrator and specialists in
child abuse, law enforcement
and homelessness