Intercultural Student Teaching
The Intercultural Student Teaching (坚持) Program at 资本 University is an optional, challenging and rewarding supplement to conventional in-state student teaching through which participants request placements in cooperating schools, families and communities in Australia, 中国, 哥斯达黎加, 厄瓜多尔, 英格兰, 法国, 德国, 加纳, 希腊, 印度, 爱尔兰, 意大利, 日本, 墨西哥, 新西兰, Northern 爱尔兰, 挪威, 苏格兰, 西班牙, 坦桑尼亚, 或威尔士. Participation in the 坚持 program does not extend your time at 资本, as it is completed during your regular semester of student teaching. 资本 University students seeking licensure in early childhood, secondary and intervention education as well as music and art education may participate in the program.
The 坚持 program is organized around three stages:
Stage 1: Preparatory Phase
During the preparatory phase, project applicants will:
- Attend EDUC 283 class (2 credits) sessions and participate in the Spring Workshop.
- Read articles on education, 历史, culture and contemporary issues (social, 经济, political) in the host nation.
- Submit overseas placement application.
Stage 2: Ohio Student Teaching
- Participants in the 坚持 Program will successfully complete 10 weeks of student teaching in an Ohio elementary or secondary school before reporting overseas.
Stage 3: The Overseas Student Teaching Experience
- The overseas placement period spans six to eight weeks.
- Housing in the overseas community is typically arranged by the head teacher of the school that accepts the student teacher.
- 坚持 program participants should expect differences in organization, 结构, procedures and philosophy between their Ohio schools and host nation schools. Such differences will be explored during the preparatory phase of the 坚持 program in EDUC 283.
Navajo Nation Program
In partnership with Global Gateway for Teachers, 资本 University is now offering Navajo Nation Program, another unique student teaching and cultural immersion experience. Student teachers live and work for a full semester on a Navajo Reservation in Arizona, New 墨西哥 or Utah. There, they teach in either a public reservation school or a Bureau of 印度n 教育 school. In exchange for room and board in reservation dorms, student teachers coordinate after-school activities for students staying in the dorms, provide tutoring and homework assistance, or help in the dorm cafeteria. The goal is to become a part of the community. Student teachers may visit students’ homes, develop personal friendships with the adults they work with at school and in the dorms, attend tribal council meetings, and observe and participate in tribal celebrations and ceremonies.
