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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide participants with a variety of experiences that will develop dispositions expected of professional educators as delineated in professional, state, and institutional standards. Participants will gain knowledge and understanding and foster values about cultural and community diversity to use the information as a basis for connecting instruction to students' experiences. Students who can demonstrate prescribed dispositions will be encouraged to continue through the program. Five hours of fieldwork are required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to prepare prospective teachers to teach mathematics to all children from preschool to grade one. Instructional strategies appropriate for various stages of intellectual development will be examined. The use of manipulatives and technology in the teaching of mathematics will be included. Pre-K through grade 4 candidates will be instructed to apply the principles that guide all mathematics instruction as well as the specific NCTM standards for early childhood that are based on the belief that "students learn important mathematical skills and processes with understanding". Candidates must know and effectively deliver core academic content in the following learning areas and must have the skills to stay current with the research on best practices for content instruction for students, Pre-K through grade 1. Five hours of fieldwork required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A survey course focusing on early childhood educational continuum from infancy through age nine. Consideration will be given to historical backgrounds, existing programs, and relevant research in each approach. Participants must know and understand child development, theories of learning, and developmentally appropriate practice when working in the field of early childhood education. Emphasis will be placed upon the role and value of play, working with families, and designing effective learning environments that meet the needs of all learners. Field experiences and observations in preschool programs, day care settings, nursery schools, kindergarten and primary classrooms are an integral part of the course. Eight hours of required fieldwork in Pre-K setting, background checks will be required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines the informal assessment of children from pre-kindergarten through grade four. Both traditional and alternative assessment methods, including observation of students, performance-based assessment, and portfolios will be instructed and developed. Use of technology to support assessment and data management will also be addressed. Seven hours of required fieldwork in Pre-K setting.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides Pre-K through Gr4 Teacher Candidates with concepts and skills central to the visual and performing arts (Visual Art, Music, Theater, and Dance). Candidate will learn how to construct developmentally appropriate learning experiences in the arts for Pre-K through 4 students and how to integrate these experiences with other subjects. (3 s.h., 4 c.h.)
  • 3.00 Credits

    The Early Language and Literacy Course is a survey course designed to construct knowledge of young children's language development and early literacy experiences in both home and school settings. This course is designed for those who will work with young children and their families to know and understand language developmental milestones, the importance of cultivating language and literacy experiences in early childhood. EEU 299 will build participants' understanding of language and preliteracy literacy development for young learners and the effect that development has on later literacy skills. This course will build foundational knowledge to allow participants' to have a greater understanding of how literacy develops so they are able to determine how to support a child's literacy development. This includes recognizing the foundational skills for language, reading, and writing. This course also includes field experience assignments which will build the participants' experience and familiarity of children and their language milestones and pre and early literacy skills. The course provides context and background knowledge for teacher candidates who will take EEU 300. EEU 301, EEU 303 and EEU 353.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Teacher candidates preparing to become Pre-K -1Category II Classroom Teachers, as defined by the International Reading Association, and supported by Interstate New Teacher Assessment Support Consortium (INTASC) and PA Department of Education (PDE) Standards will study foundation knowledge of reading and writing processes and methods of reading instruction in this course. Focus will be upon knowledge and skills necessary for understanding the reading process for beginning readers as one of the interrelated language arts with emphasis placed on belief systems about reading; instruction in relation to effective teaching of standards-based curriculum; perception and reading; language development and its relation to student achievement and success in reading; understanding word structure; skills of word recognition; vocabulary development; and literate environments. This is a required course in the Pre K - 4 Teacher Education Program. Nine hours of fieldwork required.
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