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MAY
TERM OPPORTUNITY |
"Hope
Comes to Watts"
An Educational Experience in
Los Angeles, California
May 2013
EDUC
488 (4 credits)
"Hope
Comes to Watts" meets requirements for students in the Education Program,
as
well as students
who have
a
heart
for
working
with
children
and
youth
in
an
urban
school
setting,
who are majoring or minoring in:
- Psychology
- Social
Work
- Ethnic
Studies
- Others
upon approval
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"Hope Comes to
Watts"
- A 3-week May Term in 2013
- Meets 4-6 times during Spring 2013
- EDUC-488 Field placement component
- Daily classroom experiences
- Assignments focus on reading, writing and project-based learning
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What is The
Watts Learning Center?
- An award-winning, charter school in Watts, Los Angeles with
elementary and middle school campuses;
- designed to be a world-class, child centered school with strong
ties to families and the community;
- that produces high academic achievers who are self-confident,
ethical and motivated to be lifelong learners.
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Participants will:
- Gain an understanding and awareness of varying
cultures
- Explore issues affecting the African-American and Latino
communities in the Watts area
- Discuss issues affecting urban schools nationally and in
Watts
- Confront issues of personal bias and assumptions and their
impact on student learning
- Develop personal respect and responsibility for diversity
and the rights of each individual
- Identify ways that the local culture affects the learning
processes in children and youth
- Discover learning styles of African-American and Latino-American
children and youth and complimentary teaching methods in the
school
- Apply knowledge and skills from coursework
in an urban school setting
- Exhibit professional skills such as lesson planning and
classroom/behavior management in the school setting
- Display professional dispositions and decision making in
the school setting
- Practice professional communication skills in the school
setting
- Engage in various cultural experiences
- Participate in an immersion experience in an award-winning
urban school
- Explore the day-to-day opportunities & challenges of teaching
- Identify/discover one’s Christian calling as well as
explore issues of social justice
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Possible course substitutions:
- Senior Seminar
- Cultural Heritage II
- IDS 200 Encounter with Cultures
- May meet Cultural Diversity or Domestic Global Learning flag
(depending on year of entry)
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 Dates & Deadlines
- Information sessions:
- September 12, 7:00pm, VZN 247
- October 3, 4:00-7:00pm, Maas Aud.
- November 2 - Application and $100 deposit due
- December 14 - Final commitment (no refund of deposit after
this date)
- Spring 2013 - 4-6 Class sessions
- May 6, 2013 - Travel to California
- May 25, 2013 - Return to campus
Costs
- Tuition for 4-credit course
- Approximately $3,500 to cover:
- Additional cost for weekend meals, optional travel and spending
money (e.g. souvenirs)
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Directors:
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