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The URBAN SPECIALIST program incorporates twelve hours
of university credit completed over a two-year period. Participants
are involved in two Summer Institutes as well as seminars
and class meetings throughout each of the two years with
a total of 100 contact hours per year, a technology strand
that continues across all courses, and independent projects
aligned with National Board Certification standards. The
courses selected for the program can be used in partial
fulfillment of a higher degree requirement.
During the Summer Institutes, participants learn from leaders
in the field of urban education as well as a cross-section
of UT and KCS faculty. UT and KCS faculty are invited to
participate in the design and implementation of the coursework
and are compensated by URBAN IMPACT for their efforts.
Participants who are selected for this program engage in
course work focused on research-based curriculum and instruction
approaches to improve teaching and learning in urban schools,
action research, special-education interventions that can
be used to accommodate the needs of diverse student populations
and learning about the socio-cultural context of urban schooling.
Educators who complete the Urban Specialist Certificate
will be recruited through Knox County's Teacher Center to
lead professional-development seminars for beginning teachers
and teachers new to urban schools. Urban Impact will financially
support these exemplary urban educators for assuming leadership
roles in inducting beginning teachers and those new to urban
contexts.
Summer Institute 2002
Summer Institute 2003
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