This course emphasizes the principles, goals, methods, and strategies for teaching mathematics in elementary and middle school. Topics include integrating math with literacy, differentiation, knowledge and implementation of curriculum, lesson planning, and assessment. This course fulfills a pre-student teaching experience for licensure. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program. Prerequisite: 307.

Methods and materials for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating social studies instruction based on model academic standards. Focused on development of curricula that promote equity, diversity, and social justice. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program. Prerequisite: 307.

Assessment serves as a cornerstone of special education, both in terms of eligibility determination and instructional planning. This course will focus on the wide array of assessment methods available for identifying students with disabilities and evaluating their responsiveness to instruction, including norm-referenced tests, criterion-references assessment tasks, curriculum-based assessments and measures, and dynamic assessment.

This course is intended to provide an overview of both the principles that undergrid PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) as a philosophy of practice and the practical applications of PBIS as a proactive approach in promoting optimal behavior across schoolwide, classroom, and individual levels. The reauthorization of IDEA in 2004 clearly mandates the use of PBIS as an evidence-based practice aimed at proactively addressing challenging behavior in students with disabilities. A central focus in this course is the application of this evidence-based practice with learners of all ages and abilities across learning environments, in particular students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Prerequisites: 290 or PSYC-171, 306 or concurrent.

This course focuses on leadership in building partnerships with families, colleagues, and the community at large. Topics include family systems theory, community collaboration approaches to meet the diverse needs of citizens, cultural and family diversity, impact of schools and education, and effective communication. As a result of this course, students will have a clear understanding of the critical importance of school/workplace-community relations, and the role of families, businesses, organizations, and leaders in creating a community of service for diverse needs. SJE

In this methods course, students will plan and implement instruction for students with disabilities. These strategies are meant to be used in both general and special educational classrooms to improve the learning and academic performance of students who qualify for special education services. The course content will include: (a) instructional design; (b) strategies to establish and maintain case records; (c) the use of assessment data to design goals and objectives for learning; and (d) information needed in the development of Individualized Education Plans. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program. Field work is required.

This course explores the civic, theological, and philosophical challenges and opportunities involved in a pluralistic world. What might it mean to move beyond tolerance toward civic engagement among people of various worldviews Students will analyze and experience contemporary interfaith organizations and initiatives including those that foster cooperative action in an effort to promote "a more just and humane world." This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.

The focus of this course is on the literacy development of children in pre-K to grade 3. The course covers the developmental process of literacy acquisition and the use of appropriate methods, models, and strategies for encouraging literacy growth. Early literacy concepts of phonological awareness, oral language development, phonemic awareness, word identification, phonics, and fluency are examined. The role of parents, community, and assessment tools are explored. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.

In this course, students explore, plan, design, and assess the infusion of technology in learning environments, including adaptive technology. They develop awareness of teacher productivity tools and explore ethical and legal issues surrounding use of technology in Pre-K through Grade 12 learning environments. Technology policies in the school setting are examined. Prerequisite: 215.

This course is designed to facilitate the development of an understanding of the value and function of creative activity in a childs learning, and how to plan, implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate integrated experiences in creative art, dramatics, music, movement, and play for young children. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.