Exhibit 3.4.a3 Examples of collaboration reported by faculty The unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate field experiences and clinical practice so that teacher candidates and other school professionals develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.

Course / Field Experience Activity / Description of Collaboration / Partnering School or Organization
EDUC 1010 Introduction to Teaching as a Career / Candidates engage in 25 clock hours of partnering with a host teacher to provide assistance, usually in the form of one-on-one instruction to identified students / Professor collaborates with principals and teachers to schedule, plan activities, and provide supervision / Esperanza Charter SchoolMedard Nelson Charter School Gentilly Terrace Charter SchoolPierre A. Capdau Charter School
EDUC 2204 Introduction to Secondary Education / Candidates provide tutoring / Professor collaborates with administrators and teachers to schedule and identify areas for implementation / Upward Bound/Project PASS
EDCI 3160 Methods and Materials in Elementary Social Studies Instruction / Candidates observe and teach two lessons to small groups or whole class / Cooperating teachers model, consult on lesson planning, and give feedback on performance / Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
EDCI 3400 Foundations of Literacy / Candidates observe and assist a classroom teacher, collect and analyze oral language samples, oral reading samples, and writing samples from 3 children / Cooperating teachers model and consult with UNO students and give feedback on student performance / Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
EDCI 3425 Literacy for Content Learning / Observe and teach one content related reading lesson and one content related writing lesson / Cooperating teachers model, consult on lesson planning, and give feedback on performance / Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
EDCI 3440 Practicum in Corrective Reading / Administer an informal reading inventory and analyze oral language and writing to develop and implement an individualized tutoring program for a child; administer post assessments at the end of the semester; Initial status and final case reports are required / Classroom teachers and Reading Interventionist provide guidance and suggestions for tutors / Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
EDCI 6620 Secondary School Curriculum / Candidates work with students visiting from Washington, D.C. to make a book / Candidates collaborate with a classroom teacher to plan and implement the making of a book / Caesar Chavez Charter School for Public Policy
EDCI 6430 Information Literacy Instruction for Content Learning / MAT Candidates who are not teachers are paired with 2 Morris Jeff teachers / The candidates design and implement a multi-genre unit with a whole class of students / Morris Jeff Community Charter School
EDLS 6710 Nonfiction Across the Curriculum / Candidates engage in a 20-hour field experience with students who learn differently, including ADHD, Asperger’s, and behavior disorders / Teachers and teach candidates partner to integrate nonfiction into the instruction of middle school and high school classes in English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math / Holy Rosary
EDLS 6995 Library Science Practicum / Collection Development for School Libraries / Library Science practicum student work closely with the entire faculty to identify needs in the curriculum in order to create a book order for a premier children’s literature collection
Library Science practicum students work with the librarian to identify best new books across the curriculum / Hynes Charter
Morris Jeff Charter School
Integrated Merged (IM) UG & MAT / Review of all field experiences in courses required in UG and MAT programs / Advisory Board reviewed the field experiences and gave suggestions / All faculty in the IM program met with the advisory group, made up of school leaders (principals and special education directors), teachers in Greater New Orleans, as well as candidates enrolled in the program
Integrated Merged UG & MAT / Review of the Practica (EDSP 3650 & 3660) / Group examined the practica for the UG program (EDSP 3650 & 3660) and discussed areas for improvement / Day of Collaboration: Special education teachers from the Greater New Orleans area (some of whom were graduates from the program) and special education administrators from Orleans Parish Public Schools , and school site teachers
Integrated Merged UG & MAT / Developing areas of collaboration and finalizing agreement in terms of MOU / IM faculty met with special education administrators from Orleans and Jefferson to discuss identification of partner faculty (teachers in the schools) who could present in COEHD classes and host the teacher candidates when conducting field experiences / Special education administrators in Jefferson Parish Public School System and Orleans Parish Public Schools
Integrated Merged UG & MAT / Generating quality field placements for field experience opportunities / Arranged for retired teachers to scout out field experience opportunities for teacher candidates in the IM program / Retired special education administrators and United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO)
Integrated Merged UG & MAT / Teacher Talk / Collaborate with community leaders to provide special topics to teacher candidates / Retired special education administrator and specialists in child abuse, lawenforcement and homelessness