Welcome to the SERVE Program
The SERVE Program provides training and facilitates placement
of
CSULB students as tutors in urban classrooms.
CONDITIONS
FOR FIELD PLACEMENT
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University
students will work directly with K-12 students in urban classroom
settings.
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School
has a diverse student population in terms of language, culture,
gender and socio-economic background (minimum 27% of minority
student population).
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Cooperating
teacher has a professional teaching credential with a minimum
3 years of teaching experience. Student is not related to cooperating
teacher.
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EDEL
200/380: Student will observe and participate in a regular,
self-contained K-8 classroom in a core academic area (not departmentalized,
special education, computer labs, after-school programs, etc.).
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ENG
309: Student will observe and participate during the
teaching of language arts, specifically the teaching of writing
50% of the time; 50% may be in literacy-related instruction
in other disciplines, i.e. social science.
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Students
in Methods Courses: Student will actively participate
with the curriculum and assessments appropriate to the methods
course. These are assigned by the university instructor. Student
will provide syllabi and assignments to the cooperating teacher.
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Independent
Service Learning: Student may participate in any academic
experience with children at risk, including students in special
education.
REQUIREMENTS
- Second semester
freshman status or above;
- GPA of 2.0
or above in all work;
- Training
through SERVE Program or course work;
- Clearance
through SERVE Program;
- Minimum of
40 hours in the classroom or other assigned site during one semester
constitutes one rotation;
- 4-6 hours
per week on site, in at least 2-hour blocks of time;
- Each service-learning
rotation is at a different site, different grade level; at least
one rotation is in Long Beach USD for students in the Liberal
Studies Program.
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