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The course is designed to introduce future teachers to an overview of early childhood/elementary school curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Candidates gain an understanding of how curriculum, instruction, and assessment are interrelated and how theory and practice must be combined to make appropriate decisions as they complete a simulated pedagogical work sample.

Focuses on the linguistic and cultural relationships between language and learners including the assessment and evaluation of applied linguistics, the structures and function of spoken and written languages. Candidates practice numerous assessments and language intervention strategies designed as supports for learning, language disabilities, and cultural linguistic differences.

Emphasizes developing knowledge, understanding, and communication skills to develop and apply the resources of communities and families to meet the students' educational needs. Special attention is given to understanding the concept of family as a social structure and to appreciate the historical, cultural and social forces, which shape the families, school and community. Junior or senior status required.

Analyzes and plans toward productive behavior in academic and social settings. Candidates will participate in developing support systems for behavior in the classroom (PreK-transition) by learning alternative forms of intervention as well as collaborative and consultative techniques.

Candidates learn to compose an IEP for students with mild disabilities, use relevant assessment methods to identify students' instructional needs and monitor their progress, use the assessment data to inform planning and teaching, participate in field experience and practice all knowledge and skills they learn in the course.

Candidates learn to develop functional prevention and intervention assessment of students with moderate to severe disabilities, observe, sample, and analyze student behavior according to developmental cognitive, social, language, and motor domains in assessing and evaluating progress toward academic and curricular IEP goals and objectives, and understand specialized supports and technology.

Candidate learns to select, modify, and evaluate curricular materials for individuals and groups of English as a second language learners taking into account the learners' abilities, learning rates, and styles of learning. Candidates are also given field practice time to work with ESOL individuals using the methods and materials discussed in class.

Examines and applies the major concepts, theories, and research related to the nature and acquisition of language as a system. This includes a focus on the components of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, semiotics, discourse varieties, aspects of social and academic language, rhetorical registers, and writing conventions.

Examines various theories and current practices in employing discrete and holistic assessment to inform instruction and measure student learning. Formative and summative techniques in traditional and performance-based approaches, and the aggregation and desegregation of student data to inform instructional practices in diverse classrooms are some of the topics explored.

Examines various genres of literature, pre-primary through grade 8. Includes book selection appropriate to age and interest level. The course uses literature to enrich integrated school curriculum and demonstrates techniques for increasing reading motivation and teaching through print and technological media.

Explores the impact of computer technology on today's schools. Emphasis is placed on developing skills for integrating technology to facilitate learning.

Includes the content of comparative education and global education. Emphasis on multicultural education, civil rights, student and teacher rights in the context of school law and discrimination awareness with emphasis on school applications.

Emphasizes proactivity, problem-solving and communication in ECE/ELEM classrooms as the means for creating productive learning environments. Offers insights and practical strategies for working with students from diverse backgrounds and learning styles, and for establishing effective classroom relationships, procedures, and routines that encourage students' intellectual, personal, and moral development. Field experience required.

Emphasizes proactivity, problem-solving and communication in middle/secondary classrooms as the means for creating productive learning environments. Offers insights and practical strategies for working with students from diverse backgrounds and learning styles, and for establishing effective classroom relationships, procedures and routines that encourage students' intellectual, personal and moral development. Field experience required.

Develops reading and language arts skills, including speaking, listening and writing from age 3 through grade 8. Emphasizes reading readiness, emergent literacy, assessment, methods, materials, recent research, and theoretically sound practices for improvement and instruction of reading and language arts skills. All coursework will be evenly distributed between early childhood and elementary authorization levels. Field experience required.

Provides opportunities for candidates to explore trends, practices, materials, and resources for teaching mathematics and science to children ages 3 through grade 8. The course includes content-specific methods, materials, and assessments appropriate to an integrated elementary curriculum. Field experience required.

Pre-service teachers explore methodology and practice of integrating creativity into early childhood/elementary, intermediate, and secondary classrooms. Candidates experience a discipline-based arts practice. Candidates will demonstrate skills, concepts, and knowledge of developmentally appropriate material and curriculum through class presentations. Field experience required.

Introduces candidates to basic principles of curriculum planning and a variety of instructional models. Current literacy theory and practice for middle and high school classrooms are explored. Candidates acquire various methods for integrating literacy into content-area planning and instruction in ethnically and linguistically diverse classrooms. Field experience is required.

Focuses on designing effective language arts curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Candidates learn content-specific instructional and assessment methods and plan lessons that integrate these research-based methods for the diverse student bodies. Coursework will address both middle school and high school authorization levels. Field experience required.

This course will focus on designing effective math curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Candidates will learn content-specific instructional and assessment methods and plan, teach, and assess lessons that facilitate learning of important math related knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Field experience required.

Focuses on designing world language curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Candidates learn content-specific instructional and assessment methods and plan, teach and assess lessons that facilitate learning of world language knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Coursework will address middle and high school authorization levels. Field experience required.

Focuses on the design of effective social studies curriculum and instruction. Candidates will learn content-specific instructional methods and will plan and teach lessons that integrate these methods. Coursework will address both middle school and high school authorization levels. Field experience required.

Provides opportunities for candidates to explore trends, practices, materials, and resources for teaching science. Covers both instructional methodologies and assessment for science at the middle and high school levels of authorization. Field experience required.

Candidates maintain, update, and submit evidence of completing tasks aligned with state and national standards to their academic advisor during each semester that the candidates enroll in an endorsement course. A candidate-generated portfolio of evidence is submitted as a capstone requirement to the academic advisor at the end of the program.

Practicum is a supervised field experience that provides opportunities for candidates to meet professional competencies as recommended by the state and national organizations. Prior approval by Reading Faculty Advisor.

Opportunity to blend study and practice in a specialized area such as a field placement. Regardless of setting, the practicum is under the direction of a university instructor. Candidate is expected to develop a proposal for study which must be approved by instructor, assistant dean, and the dean. May be repeated up to 9 hours.

Practicum is a supervised field experience that provides opportunities for candidates to meet professional competencies as recommended by the state and national organizations. Prior approval by Special Education Faculty Advisor.

ED 469/569 Practicum is a supervised field experience that provides opportunities for candidates to meet professional competencies as recommended by the state and national organizations. Prior approval by ESOL Faculty Advisor.

Provides student teachers opportunities to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume major responsibilities on a part time basis of the wide range of teaching duties under the direction of qualified personnel and will produce a work sample demonstrating acquired professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Provides student teachers opportunities to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume major responsibilities on a part time basis of the wide range of teaching duties under the direction of qualified personnel and will produce a work sample demonstrating acquired professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Provides student teachers opportunities to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume major responsibilities on a full time basis of the wide range of teaching duties under the direction of qualified personnel and will produce a work sample demonstrating acquired professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Provides student teachers opportunities to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume major responsibilities on a full time basis of the wide range of teaching duties under the direction of qualified personnel and will produce a work sample demonstrating acquired professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Student teachers continue to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume full-time teaching responsibilities for an extended period of time under the direction of qualified personnel. A work sample is required.

Student teachers continue to apply professional and pedagogical principles in a classroom and school community. Student teachers assume full-time teaching responsibilities for an extended period of time under the direction of qualified personnel. A work sample is required.

Studies components of the reading process and the various operations performed while reading. Candidates develop empathy and respect for the learner of reading while exploring the stages of reading and the particular operations and strategies necessary in the ability to be a reader. Required for reading endorsement.

Introduces candidates to the broad areas of language and culture relevant to PK-12 classrooms. Introduces theories, materials, and methods for reading/language instruction for diverse classrooms. Candidates develop empathy and respect for students with language and cultural differences. Required for reading and ESOL endorsement. Field experience arranged by instructor may be required.

Reviews current theory, knowledge and practice of reading and written communication for students in grades 4-12. Integrates pedagogical knowledge of literacy development of theory into practice. Candidates learn methods for facilitating the use of reading and writing skills in the content area classroom. An emphasis is placed on teaching for diversity and developing empathy and respect for all learners.

Studies theories, strategies, assessment methods, case studies of assessment, diagnosis, and instruction of reading-related learning problems which exist in PK-12 classrooms. Focuses on working with individual learners’ problems in reading and the language arts related to diverse learners. Required for reading endorsement. Field experience required.

Provides student teachers opportunities to examine accomplishments and share concerns regarding their teaching performance in the middle and high school classrooms. Student teachers will acquire information about transition to the profession, professional development plans, and information about initial and continuing licensure.

Provides student teachers opportunities to examine accomplishments and share concerns regarding their teaching performance in the early childhood/elementary classrooms through participation in group discussion. Student teachers will acquire information about transition to the profession, professional development plans, and information about licensure.

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Research, study, or original work under the direction of a faculty mentor, leading to a scholarly thesis document with a public presentation of results. Requires approval of thesis director, department chair, dean, and the director of the honors program, when appropriate.