Middle Level Education 410 - Fostering School, Family, and Community Relationships (Three semester hours)

A field-based course emphasizing shared responsibility among educators, students, the family unit, and the community; examining the home-school connections and the roles and responsibilities of educators on a campus. Developing strategies for reciprocal relationships with peers, parents, and the community to promote collaboration while learning to become a reflective and self-assessing practitioner. Includes an investigation
of the effects of a collaborative practice such as peer mediation, service learning, or teachers as advisors..

Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and placement in a NET CPDT Center.