Current Students - Courses
Step 1
Step 1 invites CST students to explore teaching as a career by teaching science/math lessons in elementary classrooms in order to obtain first-hand experience with planning and implementing inquiry-based curriculum. Experienced secondary classroom teachers (Master Teachers) teach the course, providing students with direct access to people who love teaching and who believe that teaching is a rewarding career choice. A low socio-economic elementary classroom and an experienced classroom teacher as mentor provide the future secondary teachers with a first taste of teaching in a diverse yet supportive environment.
Step 2
Students who want to explore teaching careers become familiar with the middle school
environment by observing and discussing middle school culture, and by teaching several
lessons to a middle school class. They build upon and practice lesson design skills that were
developed in Step 1 and also become familiar with excellent science or mathematics
curricula for the middle school setting. TUeach students may enjoy
their teaching experiences in middle schools to the extent that they decide to pursue
teaching in the middle grades. As a result of the Step 2 experiences students should be
able to make a decision as to whether they want to pursue a pathway to teacher
certification through the TUteach program.