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  • MAS 7604: Technology for Instruction

    3.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This course prepares candidates to successfully integrate digital media and technology into learner curricula. Through demonstrations, hands-on use, and application projects, candidates gain experience with the roles digital tools play to support teaching methods and learning strategies associated with a continuum of learning approaches and goals. Candidates develop skills in digital citizenship and copyright, HTML, creating an online presence, social learning and collaboration, differentiation using technology, digital storytelling, use of Web 2.1 tools (e.g., content management systems, social networks, e-portfolios), digital video, and virtual worlds, and common software packages in order to design and formatively assess engaging learning communities. Embedded in the course are the skills needed to use close reading strategies both in personal use and in designing digital lessons around Common Core Literacy Standards with students. Candidates will also learn how to access and collect data.
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  • MAS 7651: Adolescent Growth and Development

    3.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This course provides a comprehensive study of human development from the prenatal period through adolescence. Areas that are studied include physical, social-emotional, and intellectual development. Major development theorists are reviewed. The interrelationship of heredity and environmental factors that influence change are also considered.
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  • MAS 7652: Reading in Content Areas

    3.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    Theories about the reading process and reading to learn are explored. Emphasis is on practical strategies for acquiring knowledge through reading in a variety of subject areas. The relationship of listening, speaking, reading and writing, plus implications for instruction are included. Clinical observation and study of the reading behavior of a secondary student is an optional requirement.
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  • MAS 7701: Classroom Culture and Student Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This course is an in-depth study of practical techniques applied by teachers to deal effectively with high school and middle level student behavior problems when such problems arise in classrooms and schools. Different students misbehave in different ways and for different reasons. As a result, not all misbehavior can be handled by teachers in the same way. In this course, middle level and secondary level teacher candidates will learn about reasons for misbehavior and about several discipline models or options appropriate for middle and high schools that can be used by teachers when students misbehave.
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  • MAS 7801: Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching in Middle , HS

    4.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This course provides candidates with the pedagogical approaches and methods needed to effectively construct and deliver lessons in middle level and high school classrooms. The course will focus on "Personalized Learning" where teachers combine tools to engage learners in material that fits their grade level and subject needs and interests. Candidates will be guided in purposeful design of instruction to combine face-to-face teaching, technology-assisted instruction and collaboration to leverage each student's learning style and interests for deeper learning. Candidates will engage in processes for using assessment data to measure how that learning impacts practice in the classroom. The practicum component of the course will require the candidate to complete 24 clock hours in a classroom setting in the content area in which the candidate is preparing to teach. In that setting, the candidate will engage in classroom activities, including work with individual and small groups of students, and teaching a lesson.
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  • MAS 7996: Practicum I

    1.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    Practicum I is a structured, field-based, semester-long exploratory clinical course that requires at least 60 hours of supervised classroom experience in an approved setting. Fieldwork is monitored by Wilmington University Practicum advisors and mentor teachers. Placement priority is given to settings that serve culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse student populations. Fieldwork is supported by 30 hours of Practicum seminar sessions. Seminars are conducted at the University sites by faculty of the College of Education. Practicum I introduces the teacher candidate to essential content and pedagogical knowledge related to the components of professional practice, Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching and DPAS II (Delaware Performance Appraisal System II). Practicum I provides the teacher candidate with opportunities to observe, describe, interpret, and understand all aspects of professional practice and to reflect on the personal and professional attributes required for success in teaching. Candidates in Practicum I focus on the development and characteristics of learners, individual learning differences, dispositions expected of professionals within the education field, learning environments and social interaction. Candidates should take the appropriate Praxis II exam and select Wilmington University as a score recipient. Passing scores are a prerequisite for entry into Practicum II. ETS Vouchers may be purchased at the Wilmington University bookstore or directly through the ETS website.
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  • MAS 7997: Practicum II

    1.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    Practicum II is a structured, field-based, semester-long exploratory clinical course that requires at least 60 hours of supervised classroom experience in an approved setting. Fieldwork is monitored by Wilmington University Practicum advisors and mentor teachers. Placement priority is given to settings that serve culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse student populations. Fieldwork is supported by 30 hours of Practicum seminar sessions. Practicum II requires the teacher candidate to implement, analyze and reflect on all aspects of professional practice in direct relation to current research, current professional standards and the Delaware Performance Appraisal System II. Candidates will learn to explore decision-making processes through the application of knowledge and skills gained in the prerequisite courses. Candidates are provided opportunities to reflect on their performance in teaching content lessons to K-12 students with disabilities. Candidates will plan, prepare and teach two lessons within an approved classroom setting, as well as working with individual students. Praxis II must be passed prior to Student Teaching/Teaching Internship as a condition of entry into Student Teaching/Teaching Internship.
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  • MAS 7998: Practicum III

    1.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    Practicum III is a structured, field-based, semester-long exploratory clinical course that requires at least 60 hours of supervised classroom experience in an approved setting. Fieldwork is monitored by Wilmington University Practicum advisors and mentor teachers. Placement priority is given to settings that serve culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse student populations. MSE Practicum III placements are in inclusive learning environments serving students with identified / diagnosed learning needs. Fieldwork is supported by 30 hours of Practicum seminar sessions. Practicum III is an extension of Practicum II in which the teacher candidate refines and enhances the implementation, analysis and reflection on all aspects of professional practice in direct relation to current research, current professional standards and the Delaware Performance Appraisal System II. Candidates enhance instructional strategies, learning activities, classroom management skills and lesson planning through the application of knowledge and skills gained in the prerequisite courses. Candidates are provided opportunities to reflect on their performance in teaching content lessons to K-12 students with disabilities. Candidates will plan, prepare and teach two lessons from full units within an approved classroom setting, as well as working with individual students.
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  • MAS 8801: Student Teaching

    9.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This supervised field experience requires at least 80 full student teaching days. Areas of concentration are Secondary Education; 6-12. Teacher candidates are placed with individual cooperating teachers or with teams of cooperating teachers in approved clinical settings. Teacher Candidates are monitored and supported by Wilmington University supervisors. Placement priority is given to settings that serve culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse student populations. A minimum of 15 clock hours is scheduled by the Wilmington University supervisors to address professional issues related to the clinical semester and to provide support and assistance with the completion of the required professional portfolio. Student Teaching is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Note: Once candidates pay for the course, they will need to purchase an ETS voucher from the Bookstore to be used at ETS.org to activate a PPAT account. Successful completion of the PPAT is required for degree completion and conferral. College of Education target score for the PPAT is 43 points. Additional details about the PPAT will be explained during the mandatory student teaching orientation.
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  • MAS 8805: Performance Assessment

    3.00 Credits
    Wilmington University

    This course provides candidates with essential knowledge and skills related to appropriate assessment strategies and helps candidates understand how to equitably and effectively assess student learning. Candidates learn how to make data-driven decisions that align with both curricular goals and student instructional needs, and to use data to reflect on the effectiveness and quality of their own teaching. Candidates learn how to use data to help solve instructional problems such as closing the learning/achievement gaps that are indigenous to most classrooms. The course aligns with the requirements of Task 2 in PPAT and with elements of PPAT Tasks 3 and 4. This course must be taken concurrently with Practicum II.
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