Curriculum & Instruction

The purpose of the course is to analyze and study the philosophical and historical foundations that underline leadership concepts and practices in contemporary urban schools. Students explore the political, social, and economic context in which urban schools operate. Students also examine effective leadership and management strategies for urban schools in eight key policy/management areas: finance, personnel/employee relations, students' performance, program definition (curriculum and student services), facilities and security, media (communications and community relations), and education law

Provides an understanding of assistive technology and application in instructional programs, career tasks, and life skills for individuals with disabilities. Presentation and exploration experiences enable students to better use assistive technology in education, work, community, and home environments.

The purpose of this course is to examine issues related to family engagement within the context of classroom, school and community settings. The service-learning requirement will assist students in advancing their awareness of family involvement frameworks and strategies for effective partnership development and facilitation involving families, schools and communities. Students will engage in research that will assist them in developing engaged relationships with youth and families while learning how to facilitate partnerships with critical inquiry, reflection, and reciprocity.

This course provides an introduction to the terminology, identification, and issues commonly encountered when addressing the needs of diverse students with disabilities.

This course is aligned with the School of Education's conceptual framework to develop reflective educators, competent researchers, educational leaders, and change agents to serve in urban educational and human service environments. This course is designed to provide future educators with the theoretical bases necessary to obtain the goals of effective teaching and learning. This course will examine many questions and answers involving education in today's urban society. This course will incorporate not only vital facts but also future teaching suggestions that initiate change in our society.

This course examines the policies and practices used by human resource management staff to build and maintain an effective work force. Topics include human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, manpower development, compensation, and labor relations.

Issues confronting K-12 urban schools are bound to the social, economic, and political conditions of the urban environments in which schools reside. This course is designed to enhance students' knowledge of urban schooling through an examination of historical, social, economic, political and socio-cultural frameworks that emphasize how issues of race, class, gender, and immigration status have affected the distribution of equal educational opportunities in urban schools in the U.S. Connected to the historical and cultural analysis of urban schools, this course also examines teaching practices and programs that have demonstrated success with urban students. In this sense students not only have an opportunity to engage with the research literature on inequities in urban schools but also investigate the complexity and challenges of providing excellent education in K-12 urban school contexts.

This course explores the intersections between education, democracy and diversity in American schooling. Students will develop an awareness of race, ethnicity, class, gender and other lines of difference, and explore how schooling might be structured in ways that build equity and justice.

This course synchronizes and scaffolds each of the major components of the reading process. It focuses on the psychological, physiological and sociological factors affecting the developmental reading process and identification of the components of reading and familiarization with the trends and issues in reading education. Upon completion of this course, students will understand the principles of scientifically based reading research as the foundation of comprehensive instruction.

In this course you will interpret and evaluate literature written for children and adolescents in various genres, including myths and legends, fantasy, realism, biography, poetry, and picture storybooks.

This course will provide a survey of populations with exceptionalities. Attention will be given to the cause of these deviations and their effect upon the individual's development. Professional roles of the special education team members as well as the policies and regulations applicable to special education programs in general will be covered.

The course focuses on evidence-based reading interventions for struggling readers and is a required course in the Reading Specialist certificate program. The essential components of effective reading instruction, scientifically-based reading strategies, interventions for students with learning or language needs, and appropriate literacy assessments are addressed.

This course presents best practices in classroom and behavior management - from organizing time, materials, and classroom space to strategies for managing individual and large group student behaviors, transitions, lab activities, and other arrangements for classrooms in general and special education.

The course will cover the following: basic concepts, ethical concerns, legal issues, and typical procedures related to the assessment and monitoring of exceptional individuals, appropriate application and interpretation of testing results, appropriate use of widely accepted assessment instruments, strategies that consider the influence of diversity on assessment, eligibility, programming, and placement of students with exceptional learning needs.

This course introduces the student to the psychological foundations of educational theory, research, and practice. Topics include learning theory, learner characteristics, intelligence, creativity, motivation, measurement and evaluation, and models of teaching for all learners.

Focuses on the characteristics, identification, assessment, and instruction of students with exceptionalities. Explores special education children's syndromes and their learning environments. Includes the theories, laws, and procedures surrounding special education.

Through the study of the basic principles of curriculum development, educators and curriculum leaders are provided with knowledge, skills, and experiences to be actively involved in multiple facets of curriculum development, including planning, design, developmental processes and approaches, implementation, evaluation, and improvement/change. Development of curriculum will systemically address technology integration, evidenced-based practices, innovative and collaborative learning experiences, and the impact of social, political, psychological, and economic factors.

his course is aligned with the School of Education's conceptual framework to develop reflective educators, competent researchers, educational leaders, and change agents to serve in urban educational and human service environments. This course is designed to provide the current educator of exceptional students with knowledge of methodologies, strategies, and techniques useful in providing effective classroom instruction in the context of inclusive environments, while maintaining a focus on other placement options. Students will utilize their personal classroom experience to examine issues of inclusion, collaboration, programming, teaching strategies, classroom management, professional standards and problem solving, and other issues important to the development of students with exceptionalities in order to further advance their development in the mainstream society of America

This course is designed to help future teachers put instructional theory into practice. It will provide an integrated coverage of methods of classroom instruction, management and assessment. The methodology of the course will include practicum, lesson construction, practice teaching, in class exercises, discussion of readings, and exams. Students should leave feeling well prepared in the art and science of teaching, and be competent in several critical teaching practices.

Continuation of EDUC-691. This course is designed to help future teachers put instructional theory into practice. It will provide an integrated coverage of methods of classroom instruction, management and assessment. The methodology of the course will include practicum, lesson construction, practice teaching, in class exercises, discussion of readings, and exams. Students should leave feeling well prepared in the art and science of teaching, and be competent in several critical teaching practices.

Focuses on the characteristics, identification, assessment, and instruction of students with exceptionalities. Explores special education children's syndromes and their learning environments. Includes the theories, laws, and procedures surrounding special education.

Intensive field experience in a supervised setting, emphasizing research, clinical practice, or college teaching.