Fall Semester

TE 501 - INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS I (6 credits)

Directed and evaluated internship in heterogeneous classrooms. Teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Theoretical and field-based explorations of common teaching dilemmas.

TE 801 - PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND TEACHING PRACTICE I (3 credits)

Teachers' professional and ethical responsibilities. Connections of schools to other social agencies. Relation of teachers to colleagues, families, other social service providers, and community leaders. Roles in school governance.

TE 802 - REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING PRACTICE I (3 credits)

Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning. Criteria for judging the validity and applicability of research-based knowledge. Framing educational problems worthy of inquiry. Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice.

Spring Semester

TE 502 - INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS II (6 credits)

Continuing internship in heterogeneous classrooms at selected schools. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

TE 803 - PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND TEACHING PRACTICE II (3 credits)

School-agency alliances for fostering student learning. Strategies for working with families and community groups to improve responsiveness to the school curriculum and to students’ needs. Child advocacy in the school and community.

TE 804 - REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING PRACTICE II (3 credits)

Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on teaching, learning, and educational policy. Dilemmas surrounding research on practice. Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.

 

Special Education students take the following courses during the internship year. 

LEARNING DISABILITIES

FALL SEMESTER

TE 501 – INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS I (6 credits)

Directed and evaluated internship in heterogeneous classrooms.  Teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs.   Theoretical and field-based explorations of common teaching dilemmas.

CEP 802A – REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION I:  MILD IMPAIRMENT (3 credits)

Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning of students with emotional or learning impairments.  Framing educational problems in special education.  Designing and assessing studies of mathematics and problem solving.

 

CEP 803A – PROFESSIONAL ROLE IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION II:  ASSESSMENT OF MILD IMPAIRMENT (3 credits)

School-agency alliances for fostering student learning.  Informal and formal assessment methods for planning and evaluating instruction and for classifying and placing students who are mildly impaired.  Engage with families to improve responsiveness to the assessment.

SPRING SEMESTER

CEP 502A – INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS II:  LEARNING DISABILITIES (6 credits)

Internship to heterogeneous classrooms.  Increased emphasis on independent teaching.  Teaching students with learning disabilities in classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills .  Assessing academic and social outcomes.

 

CEP 801A – PROFESSIONAL ROLE IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION I:  COLLABORATION AND CONSULTATION (3 credits)

Professional and ethical responsibilities.  Models and methods of collaboration with teachers, parents, and community agencies to foster learning for students with impairments in school and community settings.

 

CEP 804A – REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION II:  MILD IMPAIRMENT (3 credits)

Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data related to the teaching and learning of literacy for students with learning or emotional impairments.  Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.  Developing and studying learning communities which facilitate learning for mildly impaired students.

DEAF EDUCATION

SPRING SEMESTER

TE 501 – INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS I (6 credits)

Directed and evaluated internship in heterogeneous classrooms.  Teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs.   Theoretical and field-based explorations of common teaching dilemmas.

 

CEP 801A – PROFESSIONAL ROLE IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION I:  COLLABORATION AND CONSULTATION (3 credits)

Professional and ethical responsibilities.  Models and methods of collaboration with teachers, parents, and community agencies to foster learning for students with impairments in school and community settings.

 

CEP 802C – REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION I;  DEAF EDUCATION (3 credits)

Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning of deaf students.  Framing education problems in special education.  Designing and assessing studies of language development for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

SPRING SEMESTER

CEP 502C – INTERNSHIP IN TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS II:  DEAF EDUCATION (6 credits)

Internship in heterogeneous classrooms.  Increased emphasis on independent teaching.  Teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing in classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills.  Assessing academic, communication, and social outcomes.

 

CEP 803C – PROFESSIONAL ROLE IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION II:  ASSESSMENT OF DEAF STUDENTS (3 credits)

School-agency alliances for fostering student learning.  Informal and formal assessment methods for diagnosing communication functions.  Engage with families to improve responsiveness to the assessment of communication skills.

 

CEP 804C – REFLECTION AND INQUIRY IN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION II:  DEAF EDUCATION (3 credits)

Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data related to teaching, learning and educational policy.  Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.  Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice in academic subject learning related to students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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