An important part of becoming a middle or high school teacher is joining the specialized group of professional educators in your specific area of expertise. Although many values, goals, and methods of classroom instruction are common to all subject areas, each discipline has its own unique culture of teaching practice. The purpose of the course is to induct you into the culture of teaching in your subject area. Each middle or high school subject area, if powerfully taught, has the capacity to transform and empower students. Powerful teaching acknowledges that we learn both through the company we keep, and through a personal relationship with knowledge and truth. Each subject area can be thought of as a club, with its own conversation about knowledge base, culture, and ways of defining and addressing truth. Learning is the process of entering into increasingly deep levels of club membership. This course focuses on specific methods of teaching in your content area.