EDU 510 EDUCATIONAL STUDIES 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates
This course provides an overview of the historical, philosophical and sociological foundations of education with the intent of providing the opportunity to formulate, discuss and evaluate educational policies and practices as they relate to the classroom.
EDU 511 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates
This course is an introduction to research with emphasis on research techniques, reporting, and interpreting educational research. The student will have the opportunity to relate educational research to classroom practice.
EDU 512 PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates
The student will study human development from birth through early adulthood. Emphasis will be on understanding language, cognitive, and social development. Candidates will examine the implications of developmental factors for teaching
and learning.
EDU 513 LIBERAL ARTS ENRICHMENT 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates
This course is designed to broaden the liberal arts background, and to strengthen the candidate’s knowledge of selected disciplines of liberal arts. Courses in various academic disciplines will be offered.
EDU 513 LIBERAL ARTS ENRICHMENT: POLITICS & ECONOMICS 3 credit hours
This is the required Liberal Arts Enrichment for all pre-administration candidates.
This course is an in-depth study of the political and economic structures as they affect the educational process focusing on federal, state and local levels of government.
EDU 514 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates
Candidates will be introduced to the multitude of issues that impact the uses of technology, the role of technological innovations, and the opportunities presented by technology in the teaching and learning environment. Candidates will design instructional strategies to integrate technology into the curriculum, author a faculty/staff development program, create a technological strategic plan, and apply problem-solving strategies in instructional settings. Grant writing and distance learning may be investigated.
Reading Specialization
EDU 541 FOUNDATIONS OF READING & LANGUAGE ARTS 3 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates
This course is a study of the developmental stages of reading and language arts, including skills components, evaluation methods and instructional approaches with focus on reading and writing. It is an overview of the historical trends and the current theories and models of the reading and writing process. (25 hours of field experience required for License+Master’s candidates only.)
EDU 542 TEACHING READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS 3 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates. Prerequisite: EDU 541
This course is an in-depth analysis of content area materials and the content area strategies. Candidates will study issues and trends in content area reading instruction. (25 hours of field experience required for License+Master’s candidates only.)
EDU 543 DIAGNOSTIC AND CORRECTIVE READING METHODS 3 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates. Prerequisites: EDU 541, 542
This course is a study of selected evaluation procedures, remedial techniques and causes
and correlates of reading problems. It includes practice in planning, implementing and reporting
on a diagnostic evaluation. (25 hours of field experience required for License+Master’s candidates only.)
EDU 544 PRACTICUM IN READING 4 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates. Prerequisites: EDU 541, 542, 543
Candidates will evaluate children who have been referred for reading difficulties. They will plan and implement a remedial program for the children. (75 hours of clinical experience required.)
EDU 545 RESEARCH IN LITERACY EDUCATION 3 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates. Prerequisites: EDU 541, 542
This course is a study of a variety of research methods in literacy education with emphasis on research designed by teachers to be conducted in classrooms. The course will include an overview of current reading research in areas such as comprehension, vocabulary instruction, word recognition, and writing.
EDU 546 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE 3 credit hours
Required of all reading candidates
This course is a survey of literature for children and adolescents with attention to criteria and procedures for selecting works appropriate to specific student needs and curriculum objectives.
Mild/Moderate Educational Needs
EDU 204 THE TEACHING OF PHONICS 3 credit hours
Required for all candidates seeking Mild/Moderate Educational Needs License.
This course focuses on understanding and applying phonics rules as well as the role of phonics in reading instruction. Candidates will learn strategies to incorporate phonics in the teaching of reading.
EDU 342 INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR INTERVENTION 3 credit hours
SPECIALISTS
Only required for Middle Childhood, Adolescent Young Adult or Multi-Age candidates seeking Mild/Moderate Educational Needs License.
This course is designed to give an understanding of the elementary curriculum to candidates with middle childhood, adolescent, or multi-age licenses who are seeking the Intervention Specialist license in Mild/Moderate Educational Needs. Integrated content methods and accommodations in reading/language arts, math, science/health, and social studies are explored.
EDU 542 TEACHING READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS 3 credit hours
Required of all mild/moderate educational needs candidates
This course is an in-depth analysis of content area materials and the content area strategies candidates will assess. Students will study issues and trends in content area reading instruction. (25 hours of field experience required for License+Master’s candidates only.)
EDU 563 SEMINAR/TOPICS IN MILD/MODERATE 2 credit hours
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
Prerequisites: EDU 573, 574
Leadership, legal issues, and communication with parents and other professionals are among the topics designed to give candidates the opportunity for personal growth and confidence to become effective leaders in the educational settings.
EDU 573 EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 2 credit hours
Required of all Mild/Moderate Educational Needs candidates. Prerequisite: May be taken concurrently with EDU 574
This is a survey course designed to introduce the candidates to characteristics of learners with special learning, physical, and emotional needs. Public laws, court cases, teaching and accommodations strategies will be explored as they relate to trends in reaching students having disabilities, gifts and talents, and diverse cultural needs both in special education and in inclusive K–12 settings. (15 hours of field experience required)
EDU 574 INTRODUCTION TO STUDENTS WITH 3 credit hours
MILD/MODERATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
Required of all Mild/Moderate Educational Needs candidates. Prerequisite: May be taken concurrently with EDU 573
This course is a study of historical and current definitions, characteristics, and
needs of students with mild/moderate educational needs, and how they change through their lifespan. Focus is on academic, behavioral, and social assessment and interventions based on current research and practices in various settings, including resource and inclusive, co-teaching models. Included will be exercises in reading Evaluation Team Reports and writing Individual Education Plans.
EDU 576 BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS 2 credit hours
WITH MILD/MODERATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
Required of all Mild/Moderate Educational Needs candidates. Prerequisites: EDU 573, 574
This course is a study of classroom management approaches including behaviorists, psychodynamic, environmental, and biophysical models along with their legal and ethical implications. Baseline data collection, token economics, contracts and certificates, group processes, medical interventions, and classroom arrangements are discussed, as well as ways to communicate with parents and colleagues. Includes exercises in writing Individual Education Plans. (5 hours field experience, 10 hours clinical experience required.)
EDU 577 ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION STRATEGIES FOR 3 credit hours
STUDENTS WITH MILD/MODERATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
Required of all Mild/Moderate Educational Needs candidates. Prerequisites: EDU 573, 574, 576. May be taken concurrently with EDU 576
This course is a study of the use of formal and informal diagnostic instruments used for planning individual instruction. Includes authentic, portfolio, curriculum-based, performance, and alternative assessment as well as standardized tests. Procedures for using such information for placement decisions and on I.E.P.’s are discussed. Methods and materials used to teach these individuals (ages 5-21) are examined.
EDU 578 STUDENT TEACHING -MILD/MODERATE 5 credit hours
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (Ages 5-21)
Prerequisites: All Methods and Mild/Moderate Educational Needs Courses. Required of all License+Master’s candidates.
This course is designed for candidates who are not participating in the summer practicum, who have done their regular education student teaching. This experience would be 1/2 semester in length.
EDU 579 PRACTICUM IN MILD/MODERATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 4 credit hours
Prerequisites: All Mild/Moderate Educational Needs Courses
Guided teaching of students with mild/moderate educational needs in a supervised setting during the summer. (75 hours clinical experience required.)
Educational Technology
EDU 514 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3 credit hours
Required of all candidates.
Candidates will be introduced to the multitude of issues that impact the uses of technology, the role of technological innovations, and the opportunities presented by technology in the teaching and learning environment. Candidates will design instructional strategies to integrate technology into the curriculum, author a faculty/staff development program, create a technological strategic plan, and apply problem-solving strategies in instructional settings. Grant writing and distance learning may
be investigated.
EDU 515 DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION 4 credit hours
Prerequisite: EDU 514
Digital Media Production is a course for K-12 teachers in the pre-production, production and postproduction of the following forms of digital media: Video, Audio, Television.
All three forms of this media will be in the context of K-12 classroom technology integration into existing curriculum (Ohio Technology content standards). This course will be a 4-semester hour course, three in-class hours with one of the semester hours directly tied to Technology Facilitation clinical/field practice.
EDU 516 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: MULTIMEDIA 4 credit hours
AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Prerequisite: EDU 514
The focal point of this course is the integration of technology through the use of multimedia as a method to address students’ learning styles. Some topics to be discussed in human-computer interaction are user-centered design, social aspects of computing, computer-supported cooperative work and creative and effective educational design of multimedia. Candidates will be actively involved in web page creation and CD-ROM technology by creating a student portfolio. This course develops instructional systems design competencies appropriate for the development of computer-assisted instruction applications. Web-based and interactive video classroom modeling will be an integral part of the course as well as field application.
EDU 517 TECHNICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL 4 credit hours
TECHNOLOGY - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Prerequisite: EDU 514
This course provides candidates with the technical issues facing technology-rich school environments. Topics to be dealt with in the course are classroom technology maintenance, basic computer workings, simple programming, understanding the school building and district network systems and the emerging role of interactive video systems on the classroom learning environment. The student will develop programming to provide training for school personnel in the many facets of technology applications and enrichment. Web-based and interactive video classroom modeling will be an integral part of the course as well as field application.
EDU 518 EMERGING ON-LINE CLASSROOM: 4 credit hours
WEB-BASED CLASSROOM AND INTERACTIVE VIDEO
Prerequisite: EDU 514
This course investigates the many technological tools and methodologies of web-based and interactive video based classroom education. Topics such as two-way and four-way video teleconference courses, electronic field trips in the classroom, desktop video-conferencing, simulation education, web-based synchronous and asynchronous educational tools, and virtual school on the worldwide web. Web-based and interactive video classroom modeling will be an integral part of the course as well as field application.
EDU 520 ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3 credit hours
Prerequisites: EDU 514, 516, 517, 518
A culminating experience in educational technology that integrates and extends the content of other specialization courses. Some topics to be covered are computer privacy, censorship, online assessment, assistive technology, copyright, emerging technologies, ethics and grantsmanship. Web-based and interactive video classroom modeling will be an integral part of the course as well as well as field applications. Topics will vary with terms.
School Leadership
EDU 580 INTRO TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with the ISLLC Standards and the administrative knowledge, dispositions, and performances needed in today’s diverse school environments. Leadership and learning theories and practices that promote the success of all students will be studied and applied. The candidates will be expected to have a working knowledge of all standards and will apply that knowledge through research, group activities, simulations, and reflections.
EDU 581 TEACHING & LEARNING 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with standard 2: A Culture of Learning. This course is a study of curriculum theory and instructional methodology, with an emphasis on both theory and current practice. Theoretical perspectives on the purpose, development, organization, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum will be explored. Influences on curriculum development and design; current issues in curriculum reform; the impact of federal and state standards; and several curriculum planning models will be analyzed.
EDU 582 STAFF EVALUATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with standard 2: A Culture of Learning. Candidates who complete this course will have the knowledge, skills and dispositions to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional development plans at the building and individual levels.
EDU 583 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANNING 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with standard 1: A Shared Vision and standard 2: A Culture for Learning. Core concepts include an in-depth study of essential elements of developing, implementing, and evaluating plans for continuous improvement; analyzing information and data sources; developing a school vision and establishing a culture of high standards of learning for all; developing and sustaining a professional learning community; and making decisions based on research, expertise of teachers, and recognized standards.
EDU 584 PUPIL SERVICES & COMMUNITY RESOURCES 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with the following standards and will address content specific to each area: Standard 1 – Candidates completing this course will have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school vision of learning supported by the school community; Standard 1.5 – Candidates completing this course will develop the competence to promote community involvement in school vision; Standard 4 – Candidates will develop the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
EDU 585 LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is designed to focus on legal and ethical aspects of school leadership responsibilities. It will address the legal structure of educational institutions, the legal rights and responsibilities of students, parents, faculty, staff, administration, and community members. Ethical topics will also be addressed specific to all members and issues included in the greater school community. Candidates in this course will be able to: understand the legal structure in relationship to court actions and the governance structure in schools; understand the interrelationship and application of federal and state constitutions, and federal and state statutes and common law; distinguish policy from legal issues; identify when expert legal assistance is needed; and understand the components of a professional code of ethics.
EDU 586/587 SCHOOL INTERNSHIP I & II 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
These two courses will run consecutively over the Fall and Spring semesters of a given academic year. All candidates are required to successfully complete this internship to meet degree and licensure requirements. Each semester will consist of a weekly seminar and a total of 150 hours of administrative work in the assigned school district. Candidates will be paired with a licensed, practicing school administrator during each semester. All of the principal standards will be addressed in the internship. The final assessment for the internship will consist of a triangulation of data from the practicing school administrator, the candidate, and the college supervisor.
EDU 588 MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course will address the financial and economic factors in the school setting. It will include the following: school funding in Ohio and respective states; the role of federal and state funds; a historical perspective of school funding; knowledge of school levies, bond issues, millage, property valuation, revenue and expenses; school district and building accounts; grant writing; public vs. private school funding; site-based budgeting; zero-based budgeting; and the roles of state and federal government specific to resources.
EDU 589 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS 3 credit hours
Required of all School Leadership candidates
This course is aligned with all of the School Principal Standards. Candidates who complete this course (the last course in the program) will have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by: (1)facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school vision of learning supported by the school community. (2)promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying the best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff. (3) managing the organization, operations, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment. (4) collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources. (5) acting with integrity, fairly, and in an ethical manner. (6) understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context. This course is an advanced seminar that will address topics specific to current issues in education. School reform, NCLB, accountability, assessment, diversity, employment opportunities, in addition to candidate-solicited topics, will be addressed.
Optional Courses
EDU 563 SEMINAR
Course offerings in special areas of concentration as needed and proposed—possible topics: reading, school administration, mild/moderate educational needs, middle school, technology.
EDU 565 WORKSHOP
Topics to be announced. May be used for renewing certification.
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