Spring 2027

Seminar in Elementary Education

A weekly workshop seminar for elementary education students to develop skills as critically reflective practitioners and plan for full-time teaching experiences.

offering recorded1–2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sarah Lord3.2/5Carlos Orozco-WagnerEmily Shahan +3 more

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.97 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=131 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Deepen individual and collaborative awareness of self as it intersects with communities and schools

  • Expand developmental awareness and understanding of institutional and systemic inequities

  • Engage in activities that allow for demonstrated proficiency of the UW Teacher Education Performance Standards and Elementary Education Social Justice Mission Statement

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

CURRIC 367 and concurrent enrollment inCURRIC 454, 464 or 468

CURRIC 463 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027
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About this rating

Raw average: 1.67/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ERIN EDGINGTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KERRY KRETCHMAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SARAH LORD is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VALERIE HAMMER is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
FLD 001Classroom Instruction0 / 280
FLD 002Classroom Instruction0 / 400
FLD 003Classroom Instruction0 / 300
FLD 004Classroom Instruction0 / 300
FLD 005Classroom Instruction0 / 280
FLD 006Classroom Instruction0 / 280

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.97 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=131 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Critical reflection and practitioner skill development
  • Planning for full-time teaching experiences
  • Self-awareness in intersection with communities and schools
  • Institutional and systemic inequities
  • Teacher Education Performance Standards and Social Justice Mission

Skills

  • Developing skills as a critically reflective practitioner and making specific plans for a full-time teaching experience.
  • Deepening individual and collaborative awareness of self as it intersects with communities and schools.
  • Expanding developmental awareness and understanding of institutional and systemic inequities.
  • Demonstrating proficiency of the UW Teacher Education Performance Standards and Elementary Education Social Justice Mission Statement.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.02 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
CURRIC 463 · Spring 2027

Seminar in Elementary Education

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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