OUR CURRICULUM
The CalStateTEACH curriculum is based on the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs), the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP), 21st century skills, and cognition and learning research. CalStateTEACH offers a spiraling, integrated curriculum that includes classroom management, learning theory, and pedagogy in every term. CalStateTEACH is an outcomes-based program that uses a candidate data dashboard to drive instruction and improve clinical practice.
CalStateTEACH teacher candidates acquire new 21st Century knowledge and skills, use new media literacies and digital tools, work on collaborative teams, create new strategies and techniques, use appropriate technologies for teaching and learning, and create new spaces for teaching and learning. Candidates utilize the iPad to present content to children and to support children in making and demonstrating content. The expectation of using personal mobile devices within the classroom invites innovation from teacher candidates. Technology provides assistance and support for candidates to differentiate in creative ways.
Within the CalStateTEACH course portal, candidates access their collaborative community, CalStateTEACH multi-touch books, program calendar, etextbooks, iSupervision tool and lesson frame, Live-binder collection of all curricular resources, grade book, announcements and help desk. All resources necessary to participate in the Program are available through this interface.
After the start of the program, participants are emailed codes to redeem for an iPad while textbooks are pushed out by RedShelf, an e-book delivery entity when classes begin. These resources are covered by the materials fee and are used throughout the program.
