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Academy for Culturally Efficacious STEM Teachers (ACEST ). Becoming Culturally Efficacious: Induction Mentor Modules. Academy for Teacher Excellence College of Education and Human Development The University of Texas at San Antonio. Induction Mentor Modules Handbook.
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Academy for Culturally Efficacious STEM Teachers (ACEST) Becoming Culturally Efficacious: Induction Mentor Modules Academy for Teacher Excellence College of Education and Human Development The University of Texas at San Antonio
Induction Mentor Modules Handbook This handbook will benefit prospective and current induction mentors in becoming culturally efficacious. Mentors will acquire the knowledge and skills to assist and guide teachers for diverse classroom settings.
Transformative Culturally Efficacious Induction Mentors Academy for Culturally Efficacious STEM Teachers (ACEST)
A transformative culturally efficacious induction mentor is one who: • self-reflects on personal/professional cultural identities; • models critical thinking and problem solving skills; • advocates for the cultural and linguistic values of students and their communities; • facilitates the understanding of the interaction occurring among cognition, culture, and language within the sociocultural learning context that builds resiliency among diverse student groups; • uses mentoring and coaching techniques that embrace the concepts of cultural transformative pedagogy; and • guides teachers through the zones of professional development in their quest to become culturally efficacious.
Metamorphosis Evolution
Dimensions There are five dimensions in the Cultural Efficaciousness Evolution Model that serve as the foundation for becoming culturally efficacious induction mentors. Each dimension addresses a particular area of professional development based on educational literature forming a cyclical framework model of development.
The Five Dimensions METAMORPHOSIS As the Induction Specialist and the Novice Teacher work together and attend professional development sessions together, they undergo A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY. Like the evolution of a butterfly, they transform and emerge, depending on where they are in their metamorphosis. EVOLUTION
Activities: • Who am I? • LIBRE Model – Identify engagement Style • The Benefits of Being Bicultural/Bilingual • Building on What I Know • Embedding Culture into the Curriculum • Engaging Parents • Developing the Knowledge and Skills for Observing and Guiding Novices
Powerpoints: • Transformation of Teacher Identity • Despertando el Ser • Murdock Population of Texas YouTubes: • Hungry Caterpillar Video • Munching Monarchs • More Than Meets the Eye • Cultural Consciousness In America’s Classrooms Readings: • Transformation of Teacher Identity • Despertando el Ser • Pew Latino Report • CEOP Descriptors and Indicators: A Guide to Use with the CE Observation Protocol
Becoming Culturally Efficacious: Induction Mentor Modules on ATE’s Moodle http://moodle.ate.utsa.edu/moodle19/ Academy for Culturally Efficacious STEM Teachers (ACEST)