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Find "behind the scenes" photos from each of the lab schools at cta.org/ educator. The CDES Lab School A S S O C I AT I O N S I N V O LV E D : THE MISSION OF LAB SCHOOLS: —Preparation of new teachers. —Faculty development. — nquiry directed at the I improvement of practice. —Enhanced student achievement. Source: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) UNITED FACULTY OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION, CSU FULLERTON adults observing them that they hardly take notice of them at Fullerton College's Child Development and Educational Studies Lab School. "Adults with clipboards taking notes become like furniture as the children go about their busy day," says Tom Chiaromonte, who jointly oversees the "demonstration" early childhood program with Patricia Green Pappas. The early childhood education professors, members of United Faculty of North Orange County Community College District, hold lecture classes on site. For the "lab" part of their courses, college students walk down the hall to classrooms to observe children engaged in learning activities and play — and try out various teaching strategies, working under the supervision of college faculty and Lab School teachers. P R ESC HOOLE RS A R E SO U S E D TO FEBRUARY 2014 Educator 02 Feb 2014 v2.1 int.indd 25 www.cta.org 25 1/27/14 3:52 PM