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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the understandings and appreciation for linguistic and cultural diversity, and enhances the knowledge and skills of teachers working with culturally and linguistically diverse students in the classroom. The areas of emphasis include: a) the legal, historical and cultural implications of ELLs in the mainstream classroom and differences among home and school cultures, especially as they relate to language; b) a brief overview of first and second language acquisition theories; c) developmentally appropriate teaching strategies to enhance English language proficiency and academic success of ELLs; and d) Pennsylvania standards and the Pennsylvania ELL assement systems. (This course is not part of the ESL Specialist endorsement).
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3.00 Credits
This course explores ways to manage stress, establish realistic goals, and develop relaxation techniques so that stress is minimized in creative thinking and effective classroom management. The course will exhibit symptoms of job stress and worker burnout in the educational setting and present ways to effectively manage stress, establish realistic goals, and understand effective teaching styles. Prerequisites: PSED 161, 242.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed for current or aspiring educational leaders and focuses on the development of a mission and vision for a virtual school or program. While the course will address the importance of developing a mission and vision as well as the basic "how-to" create a mission and vision for organization, the focus in on special considerations for virtual contexts.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed for current or aspiring educational leaders and focuses on some of the unique aspects of ethics and professional norms when leading a virtual school or program. The course will address characteristics of effective virtual leaders, ethical considerations for leaders, teachers, and counselors in the online environment, and establishing professional norms that will promote teacher well-being and student success.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed for current or aspiring educational leaders and focuses on promoting equity and culturally responsiveness in online programs. The course will address culturally responsive teaching and leadership, implicit bias, opportunity gaps, special education in the online environment, and closing the digital divide.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides general human relations training as related to enabling teachers to enhance the social and emotional development of elementary and secondary students. The course will provide teachers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies for developing their students' emotional intelligence competencies, e.g., impulse control, persistence, zeal, self-motivation, and social deftness. (Workshop Course)
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3.00 Credits
The workshop offers participants preparation for the utilization of a humanistic, positive communication system in the classroom. Three themes, Awareness, Mastery, and Social Action, are utilized in facilitating student learning via improved communications and problem- solving techniques. (Workshop Course)
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3.00 Credits
This course is specifically designed for educators who work with bilingual/bicultural Spanish students at the junior and senior high level. Experiential activities are utilized to get participants in touch with the rich, complicated, and sometimes confusing world of the bilingual/bicultural student. Participants learn to help students build and strengthen leadership skills in an environment of positiveness, acceptance, and responsibility. Prerequisite: Undergraduate or graduate sociology or anthropology course. (Workshop Course)
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3.00 Credits
This course will emphasize the knowledge and skills needed for teachers to participate in designing and facilitating their own professional development programs. Teaching styles and activities will be explored, while participants utilize self-assessment to evaluate their needs and establish goals. Strategies for implementation will be discussed. (Workshop Course)
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3.00 Credits
This course encourages educators to identify their own values, prejudices, and goals; to examine their thoughts and/or misconceptions about culturally diverse communities. Designed to help them create school climates that celebrate diversity and meet the needs of students of different races, ethnicities, gender, and ability levels. (This course is offered both as a Workshop Course and a non-workshop graduate class.)
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