Current elementary school methods of instruction, lesson planning, computer applications, student assessment, and classroom management. Thirty hours of observation-practicum in the schools. Students must provide their own transportation. This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.

Current elementary school methods in the teaching of reading, instructional planning, language acquisition, student assessment, and teaching materials in the field of elementary language arts and reading. Reading Recovery, Title I, and other reading support programs are addressed. Development of a curriculum unit in both subject areas. Thirty hours of observation-practicum in the schools. Students must provide their own transportation.  This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.

Comparative study of literary texts for children, including instructional planning, the teaching of reading, the use of literature with elementary students, and student assessment. Thirty hours of observation-practicum in the schools. Students must provide their own transportation. This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.

 Current secondary school issues in pedagogy and classroom management, including subject matter and instructional planning in the methods of teaching art, English/language arts, reading, speech communications, adolescent literature, and foreign languages. Development of lesson plans, curriculum units, reading in the content area, the study of computer applications, and student assessment. Thirty hours of observation-practicum in the schools. Students must provide their own transportation. This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.

Current secondary school issues in pedagogy and classroom management, including instructional planning and methods of teaching mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and history. Development of lesson plans, curriculum units, reading in the content areas, student assessment, and the study of computer applications. Thirty hours of observation-practicum in the schools. Students must provide their own transportation. This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.

REQUIRED OF ALL SECONDARY MAJORS

Current best practice methodology, techniques, and strategies for teaching reading to middle and high school students. Lesson planning for incorporating reading and adolescent literature into all secondary curricular areas. Classroom management, computer application, student assessment, and forty hours of observation-practicum in the local schools. Students must provide their own transportation. This course must be taken PRIOR to student teaching.

Course syllabus and assignments are located in Moodle.