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  • 3.00 Credits

    Engages learners in a deep understanding of standards-based systems theory and design and the ability to transfer that knowledge to the leader's role as an architect of standards-based school reform. Examining effective supervision practice for continuous improvement, creating a culture of teaching and learning through supportive, effective, and differentiated professional growth of self and others through practice and inquiry.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines historical and theoretical best practices for curriculum development and critique including the design and function of curriculum. This course introduces best practices that can be used to empower teachers to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet the core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and also, focuses on accessing and using appropriate theory and elements to provide a base for the activity of curriculum development.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on the use of current theory and practice to evaluate curriculum and instruction. Explores the professional development for and connections among curriculum, instruction, and assessment, including research best-practices of working with diverse student populations such as students who have special needs or English is a second language, and an investigation into school readiness procedures.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores current trends and concerns which characterize the changing American family and draw implications for multiple disciplines. Examination of child, family, and community structures, patterns, and relationships; explore a variety of theories, concepts, principles, and models utilized when implementing effective child, family, and community partnerships; identify and discuss the uses and applications of various resources in supporting children and families; simulate techniques for interacting with families; and examine collaboration strategies for interdisciplinary team efforts.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on the use of data to drive leadership decisions in regards to induction and mentoring of new employees, school improvement, Federal, State, and Local mandates, school climate and staff morale, curriculum, assessment, and instructional practices, and professional development. The course serves as one of the culminating courses for principal certification and relies on students' knowledge and experiences from lower tiered courses in the principal certification program.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on working with at-risk students in alternative and regular education classroom settings. The course is designed to prepare educators and others to work in challenging classrooms. Students review the characteristics and dynamics of at-risk conditions for youth and strategies for developing advanced classroom environment competencies and skills, including but not limited to classroom management skills
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to be an introduction to theories and practices in Alternative Education.? An array of topics is explored to bring research, theories and practice together in a meaningful format. The inquiry nature of this course will serve as foundational for graduate students working in at-risk student settings.? Emphasis is placed upon the practical application of?theories in the classroom, best practices and characteristics effective programs.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to promote graduate student mastery of theory and practice related to cognition, motivation, and social skills. Specifically, students explore various aspects of cognition, learning styles, motivation, and social skills research and the practical uses of these concepts with students in the classroom.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focusing on a self-selected, instructor-approved, project, readings, or reflective practice case study in education. Graduate students: 1) identify a curriculum, instruction, staff development, classroom management, or leadership problem and design a project to investigate that problem; or, 2) summarize and analyze scholarly writings in curriculum, instruction, instruction, classroom management, leadership, or other related areas of education; or, 3) identify a curriculum, instruction, classroom management, leadership issue, to plan and construct an inquiry regarding the issue.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An intensive approach to alternative education issues and practices designed to explore specialized knowledge and skill pertinent to the field of education. Topics may include, among others, correctional education, school and/or educational reform, charter schools, specialized alternative learning environments, residential settings, and urban education.
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