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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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