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ROSEBUD
INDIAN RESERVATION
- for either May Term or Student
Teaching Experience
CROSS CULTURAL
EDUCATION/
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
This
course is conducted on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota
and provides an opportunity to learn about the history and culture
of the Lakota Sioux as well as work in the Todd County School
district or health care settings.
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cultural immersion and allows students to live and learn
in the Lakota Sioux culture. Education, Social Work and Health
Care settings in the Todd County School District provide
opportunities for this cultural immersion. Orientation to
the Lakota culture also includes meeting with tribal, school,
dormitory, and business representatives, hospital administrators,
spiritual leaders, and Indian students. Trips to Wounded
Knee, Crazy Horse, Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, and the Akta
Lakota and St. Francis museums provide further information
about the Sioux Nation. |
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“Participating
in events like the Rosebud’s waicipi (pow wow) and
listening to elders speak about their heritage gave me
a greater understanding
and appreciation for the Native American Culture. And,
the natural beauty of South Dakota was spectacular!” Another
student exclaimed, “It was a chance to spend
quality time in the classroom and turn my Hope experiences
into
real life teaching experiences. I never dreamed three
weeks could have such a powerful impact on my life.” Amy – Elementary |
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LIVERPOOL,
UK
- for either June Term or
Student Teaching Experience
An
exciting opportunity to travel to Liverpool, England, where Elementary, Secondary
and Special Education program students will teach in British schools and take
courses from their Hope professors. |
While
in Liverpool, the Hope students will reside and board
at Liverpool Hope University, a sister college with which
Hope has had a long and fruitful relationship. The city
of Liverpool served as the “2008 Cultural Capital
of Europe” and provides many off-campus activities.
Additionally, students will take weekend trips to London
and Edinburgh, Scotland, which includes an excursion
to the Highlands. |
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"Imagine
a month of being fully immersed in British culture…living,
traveling, observing, and teaching in the rich history
and culture of England.
The Liverpool May Term allowed me to see the vastness
of education beyond the confines of my own frame
of reference and a glimpse of what teaching in another
part of the
world is. Let your imagination run wild and consider
the world of education in Liverpool."
Ryan – Secondary
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RURAL
EDUCATION-
May Term
A
study of rural community attitudes and characteristics which
affect the local school with actual teaching in rural Michigan. |
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in a rural education environment. Participants will spend
four
weeks working directly with students. They will have extensive
opportunities to assist skilled educators and to plan and
deliver their own lessons. Each participant will work directly
with students all day long. It usually
takes place in a community
of very modest economic resources,
rich in racial and ethnic diversity. |
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"The
experience I had in the Rural Education Program was
invaluable to me because I learned more about my
future career, social skills and myself. The first day
of being
in a classroom, I was totally immersed in my longawaited
experience of actually being in front of a classroom
teaching. From then on, both my students
and I were learning from each other academically and
socially. I believe they have taught me so much more
than I could have ever taught them in the three weeks we had together. This experience was an eye-opener to the
reality and different realms of teaching. I would definitely
recommend this experience."
Meyly - Elementary |
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CHICAGO
SEMESTER-
Student Teaching
An off-campus
program rooted in the Christian faith. The program challenges
students to integrate their personal, profession and public
lives through internships, academic seminars and urban experience. |
Students who wish to student teach in an urban
setting, may find the perfect
opportunity in Chicago. Hope College is part of a consortium
of colleges that arranges for student teaching placements
in the heart
of the city. Students will work under experienced mentor teachers. They
seek
strong
students
who
have
a
heart
for
teaching
in
diverse, urban settings. Students will experience living
in a large city with its possibilities and challenges.
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Chicago during St. Patrick's Day
coloring the river green.
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“I fell
in love with teaching in a diverse, urban setting.”
– Sarah
- Secondary |
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“I learned
how to truly live on my own in an environment that
is different from what
I am used to.”
– Christopher - Secondary
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“Student teaching in Chicago looks amazing on a resume.
Administrators look at you and say, ‘You taught in inner-city
Chicago??? Tell me about that!’ "
– Kristin - Elementary |
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PHILADELPHIA
CENTER- Student
Teaching
TPC
offer students independent urban living, a unique placement
process, substantial internship learning, and a chance
to live and study in one of the most culturally diverse, vibrant,
and affordable cities in the country. |
Interested in learning
more about urban education? The Philadelphia Center is the
place to be. TPC offers exceptional
opportunities
for students seeking to complete their certification requirements
by student teaching or volunteering in an urban classroom.
Philadelphia’s dynamic public and innovative charter
schools provide rich and diverse options to aspiring teachers.
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Making connections between
urban education and other social, political, cultural, and
economic institutions
that impact
and intersect with public education. Exposure to graduate schools
and students from other colleges and universities.
Living, working, and experiencing life in Philly. The Philadelphia
Center (TPC) is one of the nation’s oldest experiential
education programs. Founded by the Great Lakes Colleges Association
(GLCA) in 1967 and managed by Hope College.
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"My work with urban students
offered a unique opportunity for me to watch my students
enrich their peers’ lives with their backgrounds,
knowledge, and ideas. As my students worked together and
learned from each other, I was further transformed into
a teacher dedicated to embracing all that diversity, in
all its variations, can offer."
-Andrea - Secondary |
"My internship was key in helping
me define my goals and interests within teaching. My Philly
Center experience,
more than any other single experience during my college education,
is
responsible for that."
-Caitlin - Elementary |
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DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS
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Student Teaching Experience
Students who wish to student teach in an overseas setting,
may find the
perfect opportunity through the Department of Defense Dependents
Schools.
Hope College has established a relationship with the DoDDS
that enables
student teachers to complete the student teaching experience
overseas. |
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The Department of Defense Dependents
Schools (DoDDS) is a worldwide school system, operated by
the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in more
than a dozen foreign countries. Their mission is to provide
quality education for eligible children of the DoD military
and civilian personnel on official overseas assignments.
The personal experience of learning about other people and
cultures is one of most important things in the preparation
of viable citizens in our global neighborhood.
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This Student Teaching Program provides
that experience. If you participate in a student teaching
program with DoDDS, you will have the opportunity to teach
in an intercultural setting to meet your institution's goals
and expectations for the student teaching program. You will
not only learn to teach but as you teach, you'll learn about
a different culture. Many DoDDS student teachers have returned
to the United States with fond memories of countries and
cultures they had previously only read about. |
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Dominican
Republic - Student Teaching Experience
Doulos is looking for leaders who desire
to teach creatively and experientially, while
encouraging students to follow Christ
in all circumstances. |
Students completing the Elementary Education certification
program who wish to student teach in an overseas setting, may
find the perfect opportunity in
the Dominican Republic. Hope College has established a relationship withthe Doulos
Discovery School in the Dominican Republic and is able to send student
teachers there in both the Fall and Spring semesters.
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Private schools are abundant but are
costly and therefore only largely available to the wealthy.
The public education
system is lacking nationwide, holding the country’s poorest
in the cycle of poverty. Doulos was conceptualized as an opportunity
for life-giving change to students from all walks of life,
their families, and the surrounding community all through the
lens of Christ’s revolutionary vision. The hope of Doulos
and a reason for its inception is to create positive change,
to meet a need by bridging the gaps of economic and religious
separation that exist in the Dominican Republic, and move forward
together to impact this country and the world for Christ’s
Kingdom.
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