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Dr. Courtney Howard, assistant professor in the School of Education, commented that
the students implemented a semester-long project within the Instructional Strategies courses that correlated with the goals and objectives of
the FBI curriculum. Working
in small groups
to develop unit plans on the topic, each individual developed lesson
plans and taught them to a class of his/her peers. The strongest elements of each lesson were combined to develop six lesson plans related to the intelligence work of the FBI.
The Claflin students submitted their lesson plans on November 15, 2006 to the FBI,
and two weeks later, were notified that they had been selected as one of three finalist
teams. As a finalist, the Claflin Team traveled to Washington, D.C., at the expense
of the FBI, to make a presentation to FBI officials. Dr. Courtney Howard, and Dr. Tina Marshall-Bradley,
dean of the School of Education, accompanied the student presenters: Amy Cooper, Elementary Education major; Emily Johnson, English education
major; Kimberly Moore, Music Education major; O’Brian Spann, Elementary Education
major; and Chiquanda Tillie, Early Childhood Education major. Fourteen students
contributed to the submission, however competition rules limited the number of students
who were allowed to travel to Washington, D.C.
Reflecting on the students’ hard work and perseverance, Dr. Howard said, “During
the course, some of my students lamented that lesson planning was more demanding
than they had expected. They simply did not realize how much research, analysis,
and reflection is required. I am so excited that our teacher candidates have the
opportunity to experience this tangible reward for their hard work.”
The goal of the FBI National Curriculum Development Challenge is to tap into the
creativity of America's future diverse educators to assist in developing age and
stage appropriate lesson plans to be used in a Shoebox Kit Series focused on interactive,
guest speaker led modules introducing students to the fields of Intelligence, Languages,
and Information Technology, to be implemented in middle school classrooms and after school programs.
Dr. Courtney Howard
choward@claflin.edu
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L-R: O'Brian
Spann, Amy Cooper, Dr. Tina Marshall-Bradley, Chiquanda Tillie, Dr. Courtney Howard,
Kimberly Moore, Emily Johnson.
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