Matching Standards with Substance: Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Teach Literacy
Susan Pasquarelli and Rachel McCormack
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Susan
and Rachel have developed this year-long literacy course in light of their
state’s standards for beginning teachers.
In this chapter, they describe their course and their
performance-based system of evaluation, which includes a “Preparing To
Teach” portfolio and a “Performance in the Classroom” portfolio.
EDUC 302: Literacy on the Elementary School I