Endorsement in Critical Instruction: Requirements
Getting started:
· Email a letter of intent to Critical Classrooms Steering Committee
· Attend Critical Classrooms (CC) Information Session or Introductory Meeting
· Establish a mentor/point person (initially, one of the 109/110 ADs, or fellow CC member)
Activities:
· Observe another CC TA’s or faculty member’s classroom and submit a brief reflection to your mentor and the program that links to CC’s goals (the observation and reflection should focus on issues of power in the classroom)
· Invite a new CC member, CC mentor, or faculty mentor to observe your classroom (and submit their reflection)
· Contribute two teaching materials—a syllabus, lesson plan, assignment prompt, activity, or teaching philosophy—along with a framing statement to online CC archive
· Attend four CC workshops. You are welcome to petition that a workshop or training outside of CC that addresses the goals of the certificate program count
· Plan and lead one CC workshop or event (reading groups, socials, etc.); may be collaboratively-led
· Take on a leadership project (e.g. help maintain CC online archive, mentor an endorsement candidate during his or her time in the program, serve on the steering committee, etc.)
Throughout the program:
· Attend quarterly CC meetings
· Attend quarterly CC Workshops
· Check in with mentor/point person once per quarter
After all the above have been completed:
· Complete and submit a “critical teaching portfolio” including a statement of teaching philosophy, syllabus, and three teaching materials that speak to the goals and issues of Critical Classrooms
· Complete an exit reflection