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EDU 723: Teaching and Learning in Inclusion Settings
This course focuses on methods and strategies for teaching students with special needs. Current issues of concern, learning standards, promising practices, behavioral strategies, and methods for individualizing, differentiating, creating, and providing universally designed instruction are covered. Participants will be expected…
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EDU 724: Collaboration in Inclusion Settings
Students will complete co-teaching experiences in inclusion settings. Activities are tailored to ensure field application of concepts, models, practices, and skills as students apply effective co-teaching instructional practices, participate in interdisciplinary planning meetings, and collaborate as team members. These co-teaching…
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EDU 725: Behavior Considerations in the Inclusive Setting
This course will help participants identify and prioritize essential behavioral skills in their work with students. They will explore how to model, teach, and nurture behavioral skills and analyze differentiation strategies at Tier 1 of a Positive Behavior Intervention and…
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EDU 726: Telling Your School's Story Through Data Analysis
This course will focus on the use of data to create inclusive environments for all students. Participants in this course will apply the components of the Continuous School Improvement Framework (Plan-Implement- Evaluate-Improve). Participants will use data readily available in their…
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EDU 727: Understanding the Whole Child in the Inclusive Setting
This course will deepen participants’ understanding of the factors that affect a learner’s ability to access their education. Participants will explore the current research in neuroscience and its connection to social and emotional learning. Participants will review and understand practical…
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EDU 740: Supporting Literacy Development
This course will address the foundational knowledge that teachers of literacy need in order to understand the reading and writing process for students. In this course, teachers will be exposed to major theories, research, and best practices in the literacy…
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EDU 741: Literacy Assessments
This course focuses on the use of assessments in determining a student’s reading and/or writing skills. Teachers will examine, create, evaluate, and reflect on a variety of literacy assessments as they are directly connected to data-driven instruction and student literacy…
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EDU 742: Study Skills & Content Literacy
This course focuses on research-based study skills and strategies for providing literacy instruction within the classroom content area. Educators will learn to integrate literacy and study skills instruction in their classrooms while designing reading assignments that afford students access to…
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EDU 743: Connecting Reading with Writing for Success
The reading-writing connection will be the focus of the course. Educators will have the opportunity to explore this connection through the examination and application of successful instructional strategies and activities. Educators, regardless of the level or content they teach, will…
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EDU 744: Meeting Student Literacy Challenges
This course will address how to engage in differentiated literacy practices to meet the needs of diverse learners. Educators will be immersed in the foundational knowledge that will aid them in creating effective instruction that will assist students who need…
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EDU 746: Professional Learning and Literacy Leadership
This course will focus on the leadership skills that the professional will need as a Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach. Specifically, this course will explore the coaching relationship and how to work collaboratively to plan, implement, and supervise literacy programs at the…
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EDU 747: Literacy for English Language Learners
This course goes into more depth specifically about meeting the needs of students whose native language is not English. Topics will include emergent literacy, individual student differences and similarities, first and second language acquisition and development, emergent and experienced reading…
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EDU 748: Literacy for Inclusion Settings
This course is designed to straddle the disciplines of regular and special education. Students will explore the implementation of multi-tier approaches to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs and ways to differentiate instruction. The…
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EDU 749: Reading Diagnosis - Clinical Practice I
In conjunction with EDU 750, this course is the first of two practicum courses that closely examine a wide range of assessment and instructional methods to support literacy development of struggling learners. Students in this course work closely with an…
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EDU 750: Reading Instructional Intervention - Clinical Practice II
In conjunction with EDU 749, this course is the second of two practicum courses that closely examine a wide range of assessment and instructional methods to support literacy development of struggling learners. Students in this course work closely with an…
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EDU 760: Adult Learning Theory
Participants in this course will examine the major assumptions and tenets of adult learning theory including andragogy and self-directed learning, constructivism, experiential and situated learning, and transformative learning theory. The goal of this course is to familiarize participants with current…
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EDU 791/792: Internship I & II
This internship is a self-designed experience that consists of 150 hours (10 hours/week for 15 weeks) at a site outside of your regular work environment. The design of the internship must focus on the intern’s leadership skills as described in…
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EDU 801: Preparation for Transformative Leadership
This course supports the development of self, organization, and community through the enactment of transformative leadership values. Instructors provide current and aspiring leaders in diverse settings (e.g., education, health, non-profits, NGOs, public and private organizations and agencies, etc.) with perspectives,…
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EDU 802: Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative research provides field-focused, interpretative, detailed descriptions of participants and their settings. Students identify and implement research methods, developing a set of skills to critically observe individuals and communities, interview participants, and examine artifacts typically used in qualitative studies. Examination…
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EDU 803: Interpreting Empirical Data
Students are introduced to basic concepts of quantitative research design, methodology, and interpretation of results. Students analyze data sets to become adept at interpreting a wide range of statistical results. Quantitative analysis and interpretation are applied to typical local based…
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EDU 804: Technology & Organizational Transformation
Technology has demonstrated the potential to transform society and institutions. Students will examine how technology has affected educational and other systems to date and identify how technology applications could significantly improve the effectiveness of student learning, professional development, school and…
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EDU 805: Managing Change
Students are exposed to critical competencies (attitudes, knowledge, skills) needed to create conditions for systematic and productive change, and to facilitate the process of introducing and sustaining innovation with maximum collaboration and minimum disruption. Also considered are various perspectives on…
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EDU 806: Policy Analysis
Policy analysis, formulation, and implementation is presented as elements for leaders to utilize in promoting and establishing sound and stable protocols and procedures to guide and govern individuals and organizations in performing tasks and achieving desired outcomes. Means by which…
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EDU 807: Enacting Transformative Leadership through Research
This writing intensive course covers the foundations of enacting leadership content gained thus far in the program for the purpose of locating, developing, analyzing, synthesizing and constructing a sound literature review consistent with the research on the student’s chosen research…