Jun 22, 2024  
Graduate Record 2018-2019 
    
Graduate Record 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Education-Curriculum, Instruction, & Special Ed

  
  • EDIS 5133 - Basic Principles of Applied Behavioral Analysis


    The course will focus on the basic principles of ABA. The course will cover the characteristics, theories, basic definitions, principles, and processes of behavior analysis and basic behavior change techniques. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to have a solid knowledge base of the basic concepts, principles, and techniques of applied behavior analysis.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5134 - Behavior Observations and Analysis


    This course is designed to provide skills, practice, and knowledge in advanced theory and methods of ABA. Emphasis will be placed on the theory, principles, procedures, and science of ABA. Analysis and design of advanced research models will be a major focus of this course; therefore, students must have knowledge and experience with research design.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5135 - Behavioral Intervention


    The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to build fluency with the basic principles of applied behavior analysis and the application of these principles to develop, implement, and evaluate programs of behavior change as they apply to children and youth with exceptional learning and behavior characteristics in classroom and community settings.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5136 - Ethics and Professional Conduct of Behavior Analysts


    This course will familiarize the student with ethical issues and responsibilities of special educators and behavior analysts by leading organizations in the fields of education and mental health. Informed consent, due process, protection of confidentiality, and selection of least intrusive, least restrictive behavior change procedures will be presented and discussed within the context of case method.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5137 - Explicit Instruction


    The purpose of the course is to introduce appropriate methodology for teaching academic skills to students with significant learning difficulties. The majority of the course deals with effective practices for designing and delivering academic instruction and independent work to students who do not learn optimally under current conditions within their general education classes.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5140 - Methods of Instruction and Collaboration in Special Education


    Presents cognitive and behavioral instructional approaches for teaching children with special needs in a variety of service delivery options. Emphasis is given to collaborating and adapting instruction, assessment, and materials within inclusion and special education placements to support student achievement of the Virginia Standards of Learning. Co-requisite EDIS 4880



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5141 - IEP & Transition Planning


    This class will focus on the development of legally appropriate IEPs and their application to instructional planning. The course will also address transition planning and the strategies for assisting students in sped to move across the grades & from school to post-secondary placements. This on-line class will include readings, cases, hands-on activities, & video analysis.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5150 - Collaborative Teamwork


    Teaches strategies for building collaborative interdisciplinary teams in school and community settings for general and special educators as well as those in other disciplines. Content addresses team organization, stages of team development and building, teamwork skills, involving families, planning for inclusion, positive behavior support, transition, and team evaluation. Prerequisite/corequisite: EDIS 3020 or 5000.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5160 - Behavior Analyst Practicum


    The purpose of practicum is to enhance students’ training as scientist-practitioners by providing structured supervision and quality feedback regarding experiences in a clinical environment in which behavioral assessment and treatment is provided to children with various developmental and intellectual disabilities. The main objective of practicum is to offer multiple exemplars for generalization of concepts learned in graduate coursework.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5170 - Social Issues: Schools, Classrooms, and Families


    This course is designed to help preservice teachers develop a personal framework for teaching and identify practices that will be used in the classroom. Strategies addressed include classroom management and community building practices, strategies for working with families, transition practices, and practices related to multi-cultural education.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5171 - Social Issues Affecting Early Child, Children & Family


    This course is designed to help preservice teachers develop a personal framework for teaching and identify practices that will be used in the classroom. Strategies addressed include classroom management and community building practices, strategies for working with families, transition practices, and practices related to multi-cultural education.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5210 - Introduction to Language Development


    An overview of the language acquisition and development process. This course surveys current and historical perspectives on language acquisition and development and explores those factors influencing language acquisition and development. This class is a VA-DOE approved course for use by those seeking endorsement as English as a Second Language (ESOL) teachers.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5221 - Reading Development


    This is the first class in the reading methods sequence for preservice teachers. This course addresses the theoretical foundations of understanding how children learn to read as well as the problems that some children encounter when learning to read. The course also addresses basic components of effective reading programs and instruction. Specific course sections align with program and endorsement needs for elementary education or special education.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5222 - Reading Development for Special Populations


    Participants will develop an understanding of the reading process and reading disabilities. Emphasis will be on the use of effective practices for primary, secondary, and tertiary instruction for children in the primary grades or older children with beginning reading skills. This course will include an examination of current reading theory and research and its implications for assessment, instruction, and intervention.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5230 - Reading Diagnosis and Remediation for Reading Instruction


    This course focuses on the diagnosis of reading difficulties and the array of continuous assessments that a teacher may employ to appropriately develop remediation strategies. Emphasis is placed on using assessment to guide instruction and remediation. Remediation strategies and effective reading programs are also introduced. This course is the second course in the reading sequence, and follows Reading Development for Special Populations. A tutoring lab, EDIS 5231, is taken concurrently. Prerequisite: EDIS 5221; corequisite: EDIS 5231.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5231 - Reading Diagnosis and Remediation for Special Education Teachers Lab


    This is the lab experience for EDIS 5230 and must be taken concurrently. co-requisite: EDIS 5230



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5235 - Dyslexia and the Classroom


    This one-hour course will acquaint classroom teachers with the concept of dyslexia–what it is, how to identify, and how to teach children who find learning to read difficult.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5260 - Reading in the Primary Grades


    Participants will develop an understanding of the reading process and reading disabilities. Emphasis will be on the use of effective practices in the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities. This course will include an examination of current reading theory and research and its implications for assessment, instruction, and intervention for students in grades PreK-3.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5270 - Teaching Reading Writing to ELLs


    This online course is designed for educators of children who are learning English as a second language. Theory is grounded in researched practices for teaching reading with an understanding of the challenges facing non-English native speakers.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5300 - Language Arts Methods


    This course addresses the English language learner, writing instruction, and children’s literature; literature-writing connections are emphasized. Students learn to identify language demands across elementary school subjects and tasks so they can design demand-matched instruction for all prek-6 students as they listen, speak, read, and write throughout the school day. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Elementary Program. Prerequisite: MT or PGMT elementary education



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5310 - Differentiating Reading Instruction


    Pre-service teachers consider their vital role in providing appropriate differentiated instruction for all learners, including English Language Learners and struggling readers. Students learn to administer, interpret and use literacy assessments to plan effective and comprehensive reading instruction for whole group, small group, and individuals for multilevel literacy classrooms. Prerequisite: EDIS 5221, Reading Development.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5320 - Mathematics in the Elementary School


    Designed to teach elementary preservice teachers the Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning content strands: Number and Number Sense; Computation and Estimation; Measurement; Geometry; Probability and Statistics; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra. This course also focuses on the processes for planning, instructing, and assessing mathematics understanding – Problem solving, reasoning, and proof, mathematical communication, mathematical connections, and respresentation. Restricted to elementary education, ECDR.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5330 - Science in the Elementary School


    Designed to teach elementary pre-service teachers fundamental science concepts in such areas related to scientific investigation as: reasoning and logic; force, motion, and energy; matter; life processes; living systems; interrelations in earth/space systems; earth patterns, cycles and change; and appropriate resources for teaching the Virginia Science Standards of Learning in grades PreK-6. The course also focuses on the planning, instruction , and assessment of science curriculum.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5340 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School


    Designed to teach elementary pre-service teachers fundamental social studies concepts of United States history, Virginia Studies, civics, geography, and economics appropriate for meeting the Virginia Standards of Learning in grades PreK-6. The course also focuses on the planning, instruction, and assessment of social studies curriculum.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5400 - Teaching English in Secondary Schools I


    Students build knowledge of effective English instruction in the areas of reading, writing, oral discourse, language, and literature. Emphasis is on individualized instruction, developmentally appropriate learning objectives, authentic assessments, reflective writing processes, and integration of both media and technology. Students create lessons that include a variety of teaching methodologies. Prerequisite: instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5401 - Teaching English in Secondary Schools II


    Translate theory & research into practice: design instructional units using a variety of best practices. Emphasis on individualized projects, developmentally appropriate learning objectives, authentic assessments, plus cooperative learning, creativity, reflection, media & technology integration. Critique & reinvent school textbooks for effective instruction; incorporate standards while delivering imaginative, relative learning. Prerequisites: EDIS 5410, 5420 & 5430.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5409 - Children’s Literature - Library Media Studies


    Libraries are transforming as technology makes reading materials and social interaction more readily accessible than any time in history. Librarians have much to master related to ever-changing technologies and curriculum. In this course, our chief focus is on the literature that has been created for children; we focus here on increasing awareness and evaluative abilities of the many genres that provide our students a full curriculum



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5410 - Young Adult Literature


    As an interpretive community, students read the latest and greatest young adult literature, practice reading as writers, learn to motivate reluctant readers by applying strategic reading techniques and critical frameworks, as well as develop individualized multi-genre and multicultural reading programs. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5411 - Reading Tutoring Practicum


    Designed to provide students the opportunity to (a) develop assessment skills, (b) interpret assessment data to consider instructional goals, and (c) build instructional skills through weekly tutoring sessions. An informal case-based approach is used in this practicum in which students gain hands-on experience in collaborative planning and receive supervisor feedback on implementation.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5420 - Language, Literacy, and Culture


    Students focus on the relationships among culture, literacy, and the teaching of language. They explore concepts of “text”, consider first and second language learning differences, pursue team research projects related to current issues, and design effective strategies for practicing critical literacy that focus on the power of words, syntax, and semantics in dynamic language learning. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5421 - Language, Literacy, and Culture Lab


    This lab supports the EDIS 5420 team research projects, which are web-based, incorporate current technology, are presented online, and, with permission of the researchers, made available on a public site. Students learn how to do collaborative research and use research archives to build on and expand the existing research territory. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission and concurrent enrollment in EDIS 5420



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5422 - Education Across Cultures


    This course lays the foundation of multicultural education and multiculturalism in order to make teachers aware of who they are, who their students are, and how contexts, personal histories, and other external factors affect students, their families, and teaching and learning, particularly in relation to English language learners in U.S. schools.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5423 - English Linguistics


    This course introduces the scientific study of language, exploring how linguistic insights can prepare teachers who work with preK-12 ELLs. It addresses the sounds of the language (phonetics and phonology), the structure of words/sentences (morphology and syntax) and how these features convey meaning (semantics and pragmatics). Students will apply this knowledge of language to the everyday use of English and its acquisition in school settings.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5424 - Second Language Acquisition and ESL Methods


    This course is designed for teachers seeking an ESOL endorsement with their Virginia teaching license. The first third equips teachers with an understanding of the existing language acquisition theories as well as the individual, cultural, and contextual factors that influence language learning. The second two-thirds focuses on applying language acquisition theories to practical methods and ‘macro-strategies’ in language teaching.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5425 - Teaching Writing in Grades K-5


    This one credit course focuses on creating an instructional structure to teach writing K-5. Students will examine management and the various components of a Writer’s Workshop as well as using writing as a tool for learning.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5426 - The Connected Teacher: Integrating Technology Across Content Areas


    This course will address ways teachers can utilize technology across the content areas as a tool to increase student motivation, enhance student learning, provide effective feedback, and make global connections. Together, we will use the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards as a guide for integrating technological tools; such as, podcasts, wikis, blogs, Skype, glogster, voicethread, etc.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5427 - CVWP Writers Institute


    This course will support participant’s growth as a writer and as a teacher of writing. Participants will learn about the writing process by creating a community of writers. We will create an environment in which participants experiment with their own writing and support each other in evaluating and refining one’s own work. This course is part of the 18-month CVWP Institute and it follows the National Writing Project principles.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5430 - Teaching Writing in the Secondary School


    Students study, practice, and evaluate theories and methods of writing and teaching writing. They prepare a personal writing project, criticize a writing program, or create a writing program for students.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5435 - Writing Across the Curriculum


    Designed to be a collaborative effort to explore writing as a process to discover how writing across the curriculum can enhance each discipline within our schools. Writing to learn using quick write strategies, learning logs, as well as, using technology will be considered. Focuses on ways to design and implement writing strategies across the curriculum within the framework of a writing workshop.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5440 - Applied Teaching with Technology


    This course provides a semester-long internship with a teacher in a K-12 classroom coordinated with accompanying coursework in EDIS 5440. It provides an applied experience in developing a technology project in a classroom setting and addressing curricular standards through effective integration of educational technologies



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5450 - Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools I


    Students analyze mathematical behavior and problem solving, examine the latest thinking regarding school mathematics, explore the uses of technology to enhance mathematics learning and teaching, and plan and teach mini-lessons demonstrating instructional competence. Emphasizes the understanding and application of Mathematics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5451 - Teaching Mathematics in Secondary School II


    This course is a continuation of EDIS 5450, with a greater emphasis on instructional strategies and use of technology.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5470 - ESL Assessment and Curriculum Design


    The purpose of this course is to prepare teachers to work with students (K-12) for whom English is not their native language. Work will include examining instruments used to assess English proficiency and the interpretation of those assessments. The curriculum design aspect of the course will be based on a differentiation model and will include methods aimed at helping students gain English language skills necessary for success in general content areas. Discussions will include topics such as cultural differences in personal interactions, strategies for working with families, and effective strategies for facilitating the learning of English by speakers of other languages and dialects. Practical experience will be gained through observations and fieldwork in public schools. Projects will be assigned according to the age-level with which the teacher hopes to work.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5480 - Second Language Acquisition and Modern Language Teaching Methods: PreK-12


    Considers theory and research in second language acquisition; classroom instructional procedures that follow the National Standards, which incorporate interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes and foster successful communication in foreign languages; and selection of appropriate materials, realia, visuals, and media for instructional purposes. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5490 - Planning Foreign Language Instruction


    Considers specific objectives; setting long and short-term goals, planning and outcomes, assessment and testing, grading, record keeping, and communication with parents. Prerequisite: EDIS 5480.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5500 - Selected Topics


    These are designed as pilot courses to meet new program area degree requirements, and changing needs in the field. Used also to offer experimental courses, and courses under development, these are announced and offered on a semester-to-semester basis. May be graded or S/U, depending on the instructor, and may be repeated.



    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • EDIS 5600 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School I


    A comprehensive overview of planning, implementing, and assessing social studies learning experiences in grades 6-12. This first course in the social studies methods sequence examines the following areas of social studies education through the lens of historical content: standards and accountability, curriculum/unit/lesson planning, engaging approaches for the teaching of history, assessment in the social studies and multiculturalism. Approaches to the infusion of technology into the social studies curriculum are also explored. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5601 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School II


    A comprehensive overview of planning, implementing, and assessing social studies learning experiences in grades 6-12. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between educational theory and practical teaching techniques for the seccondary social studies classroom. This second course in the social studies methods sequence examines the following areas of socal studies education: assessment and grading; teaching government and civics; psychology; sociology; and economics. Prerequisite: EDIS 5600.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5620 - Video Communications


    Introductory experience in producing digital visual narratives and television programs. Emphasizes the design and production of studio (multicam) and field (sinclecam) projects along with viewing and critiquing classic examples of video and film. Participants gain experience with conceptualizing, planning (storyboarding), producing, and editing digital video for research and teaching in education and the arts.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5631 - Instructional Photography


    Basic course in photographic art, science and craft. Explores photography as a craft and the ways in which it is used for recording and expressing ideas in research, instruction, and creative expression. Emphasizes the basic competencies required to visualize images and carry out the process of exposing and developing film and printing pictures. Topics include seeing photographically, visual narrative/visual anthropology, darkroom design, chemistry and processes, camera operations, film, exposure and filtration; image control with the view camera; studio lighting; copy techniques and photographic aesthetics.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5632 - Advanced Photography


    A continuation of CISE 5631: Lectures and lab/demonstrations cover advanced skills, knowledge, applications, topical assignments, and reviews and critiques. These are followed by presentations and discussions of the applications of photography to specific areas of research, teaching, and expression.). Prerequisites: EDIS 5631 or Equivalent Experience.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5640 - Physical Geography


    Emphasizes the use of maps, map interpretation, and the study of climactic systems and physical forces on human activity.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5650 - Cultural Geography


    Emphasizes concepts of cultural patterns and their influence on political and regional patterns of the world.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5700 - Positive Behavior Support


    This course is designed specifically for teachers and other professionals working with individuals who have moderate to severe disabilities or with young children who have disabilities. The primary focus is upon the concepts and skills needed a) to design, implement, and evaluate behavior support programs which derive from functional behavioral assessment, b) to use effective teaching strategies to build relevant replacement skills and facilitate skill generalization and maintenance, d) to apply functional communication training, e) to incorporate prevention strategies, f) to improve the aspects of the student’s environment that relate to the problem behavior, and g) to incorporate, as appropriate, safety plans. Prerequisite: EDIS 5000 and 7150.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5710 - Content Area Reading


    This course provides strategies for helping secondary students learn content through reading and writing, not merely through lecture. They include evidence-based approaches to teaching disciplinary vocabulary, building prior knowledge, ensuring comprehension of texts, conducting effective discussions, employing technology, motivating students to read within a content area, and teaching students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5720 - Word Study Workshop


    Written as an overview of a word-study approach to phonics in the classroom, this course will introduce the stages that children negotiate as they become readers and connect instruction in spelling/word study to reading at each level. The workshop is not intended to be as in-depth a treatment of developmental word knowledge as the three-hour graduate course.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5721 - Comprehension Strategies


    This one-credit course covers practical strategies for reading, writing, discussion, studying, and vocabulary in all content areas. The emphasis will be on learning a range of content and comprehension strategies that lead to greater engagement by student learners and more effective instruction by teachers. This course can be tailored to a specific group of teachers such as K-3 or for grades 4 and up.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5722 - Small Group Differentiated Reading Instruction


    This one hour graduate course is designed for educators who want to learn more about differentiating small group reading instruction. Using their own assessment data, participants will design differentiated instruction and use flexible grouping for reading groups and individuals students. Designing and critiquing lesson plans is a required component of this course.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5723 - Word Study for the Struggling Reader


    This course aims to convey an understanding of struggling adolescent readers and their unique word study needs. A student’s spelling will be seen as a “window” for understanding development in word knowledge. Teachers will learn how to assess struggling adolescent learners’ spelling, design instruction, and evaluate appropriate materials.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5724 - Literacy Coaching


    This one-credit-hour course will meet for 15 contact hours. The purpose of this course is to assist reading specialists develop and refine coaching skills that will enable them to be reading leaders at the school and/or district level. Participants will examine the role of the literacy coach, and work on skills that enable reading coaches to be effective literacy leaders.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5725 - Preschool Children’s Literature


    This course focuses on the study of various genres of literature appropriate for preschool and primary grade children. The course emphasizes criteria for selecting and interpreting quality material for children who are at different developmental levels. In addition, it explores the many ways that quality children’s preschool literature can be used in the classroom.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5726 - Oral Language Development


    This one-credit graduate level course designed for prekindergarten teachers will focus on the role of oral language acquisition and development in emergent literacy, as well as theories that describe various aspects of language acquisition and the stages of oral language development. Strategies for fostering oral language in the classroom and methods of evaluating oral language will be explored.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5730 - Diagnosis and Remediation I: Grades PreK-2


    This course is an introduction to both formative and diagnostic literacy assessments used in the preschool through primary grades (emergent and beginning stage readers). Clinical and classroom diagnostic methods along with related instructional implications are explored.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5740 - Diagnosis and Remediation II: Grades 3-12


    This course focuses on intervention techniques for accelerating the reading ability of struggling readers. Instructional methods are presented in four categories of literacy development: oral reading fluency, comprehension, word knowledge (phonics, spelling, decoding, and vocabulary), and writing. Assignments are practicum based. Students learn how to match instructional techniques to assessed areas of literacy needs and how to differentiate instruction for varying levels of reading achievement. Pre-requisite: EDIS 5730



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5750 - Using PALS to Plan Literacy Instruction for Primary Grades


    This course is designed for primary educators who want to learn more about the components of a balanced literacy program for early readers. Participants will learn how to administer and interpret early literacy assessments (PALS, TOPPA, ERSI, and Running Records). Instructional topics include how to incorporate phonological awareness, phonics, leveled text, and guided reading lessons into a balanced language arts program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5760 - Adolescent Literacy


    Characteristics of Adolescent learners and instruction that meets their needs will be explored in this course. Topics include: assessment, matching texts to readers, strategy instruction for comprehension and vocabulary. Integrated into the course is the use of technology and how to address the needs of ELL students and striving readers.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5800 - Understanding Educational Contexts


    This course is designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. The purpose of this course is to identify, explore, and discuss some of education’s defining issues and to understand the complex context of secondary education (grades 6-12).



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5810 - Instructional Methods for Teaching Multilingual Students in Secondary


    This course is designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. This course aims to equip future teachers with an understanding of theories related to language learning and practical methods of teaching that promote the development of students’ English language proficiency in the context of content-area learning.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5820 - Assessment Of & For Learning


    This course is designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification. This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with foundational knowledge of classroom assessment and data literacy, including types of assessment, assessment design and quality, and interpretation of use of assessment data.



    Credits: 2
  
  • EDIS 5830 - Languages and Literacies Across the Disciplines


    This course is designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification. This course explores how the languages and literacies of students influence teaching and learning in secondary classrooms of all disciplines.



    Credits: 2
  
  • EDIS 5840 - Clinical Experience in Adolescent Education


    The clinical experience is designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year master of Teaching Secondary Program. This clinical experience is aimed at developing professional communication skills in general and competencies for designing instruction to encourage communication with linguistically and culturally diverse populations.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EDIS 5852 - Content Area Seminar in English


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5862 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5853 - Content Area Seminar: World Languages


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5863 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5854 - Content Area Seminar in Mathematics


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5864 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5855 - Content Area Seminar in Science


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5865 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5856 - Content Area Seminar in Social Studies


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5866 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5858 - Content Area Seminar in English as a Second Language Education


    This seminar is designed for further secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the state of Virginia. Designed to accompany the 5866 Clinical Experience, this seminar provides opportunities to discuss, process, and reflect on experiences in the clinical placement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5860 - Museums and Education


    Introduces the history and development of museums and their educational work in America. Themes include an overview of museum history; exemplary museum interpretation and educational programs; instructional designs for teaching with objects and collections; and strategies for working with school groups and other audiences.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5862 - Clinical Experience in English Education


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5863 - Clinical Experience in World Languages


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5864 - Clinical Experience in Mathematics Education


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5865 - Clinical Experience in Science Education


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5866 - Clinical Experience in Social Studies Education


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5868 - Clinical Experience in English as a Second Language Education


    Designed for future secondary teachers enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching Secondary Program who are seeking initial certification in the State of VA. A semester long intensive clinical experience designed to develop skills in fostering positive professional relationships with adolescent students, colleagues, & peers; observing & reflecting on instruction; & designing & implementing individual, small group, & whole class instruction.



    Credits: 6
  
  • EDIS 5870 - Seminar: Teaching Internship in Diverse Communities


    This course serves as a co-requisite to the Teaching Internship in diverse and urban high needs communities. We will address topics such as behavior management, collaboration and communication with families, and school-community relations, while placing special focus on culturally responsive pedagogy, socio-economic diversity, inclusion and differentiation, as well as instructional practices for English Language Learners.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5871 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Elementary Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5872 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - English Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5873 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Foreign Language


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5874 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Mathematics Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5875 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Science Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5876 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Social Studies Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5877 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Special Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5878 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Early Childhood Special Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5879 - Seminar: Teaching Associateship - Health & Physical Education


    Designed to accompany the teaching associateship experience (i.e., student teaching). Focuses on special issues and concerns that grow out of that experience, including such topics as classroom management, parent-teacher conferences, and school-community relations. Seminar sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EDIS 5880 - Teaching Associateship: Severe Disabilities


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas & meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Ed. Program; permission of advisor and the Director of Teacher Ed. Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Ed Program, Permission of Advisor and Director of Teacher Education.



    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • EDIS 5881 - Teaching Internship: Elementary Education


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program



    Credits: 6 to 12
  
  • EDIS 5882 - Teaching Internship: English Education


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program



    Credits: 6 to 12
  
  • EDIS 5883 - Teaching Internship: Foreign Language Education


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program



    Credits: 6 to 12
  
  • EDIS 5884 - Teaching Internship: Mathematics Education


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program



    Credits: 6 to 12
  
  • EDIS 5885 - Teaching Internship: Science Education


    A required student teaching internship for pre-service teachers, this full-semester experience is supervised by clinical instructors from the public schools and university supervisors. Course sections are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program



    Credits: 6 to 12
 

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