OAKS 74 Oakes Core Assistant Seminar

Oakes Core Assistants (CA) participate in a pedagogy course while embedded as assistants in Oakes Core classes. They gain an educator’s perspective on key social justice concepts explored in the Core Course, reflect on this knowledge in seminar assignments, and apply what they have learned in the classroom to their mentorship of students. CAs gain leadership skills, learn strategies to mentor and support first-year students, and create a research project culminating in an essay evaluating and synthesizing their classroom observations, mentorship, and pedagogical research. CAs attend Core classes and plenaries; observe pedagogical practices; write reflective journals documenting their observations; and discuss, develop and explore a pedagogical lens of their choosing for their research. Enrollment is restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior Oakes students by permission of the instructor.