EDU 6120. Data-Based Instruction Practicum
Provides students with supervised opportunities to apply content and skills from their early literacy courses and 6323 Literacy Assessment to classroom and/or tutoring situations.
EDU 6164. Literacy Acquisition I Practicum
Provides students with supervised opportunities to apply content and skills from their early literacy courses to classroom and tutoring situations.
EDU 6167. Literacy Acquisition II Practicum
Provides students with supervised opportunities to apply content and skills from their early literacy courses to classroom and tutoring situations.
EDU 6311. Literacy Consultation
This course presents the most current understanding of literacy consultation and coaching. The purpose of this course is to prepare teachers and other specialists to provide professional consultation and coaching to their peers in order to support the reading development of all students in the school.
Prerequisites: EDU 6340 and EDU 6363. All literacy classes require field experiences in local schools.
EDU 6315. Diverse Learners
This course introduces students to different teaching approaches that help create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial, ethnic, social-class, and cultural groups. The course will provide strategies to make teaching more effective in increasingly diverse schools. Some sections of this course require Spanish proficiency.
EDU 6323. Literacy Assessment
This course presents the most current understanding of literacy development and assessment based on recent research. The course focuses on formal and informal literacy assessment procedures at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Emphasis is on gathering and interpreting assessment information for making instructional decisions.
Prerequisites: EDU 6340 and EDU 6363. All literacy classes require field experiences in local schools.
EDU 6364. Literacy Acquisition I
The first of two courses that provides general education teachers with knowledge essential for effectively teaching literacy to kindergarten through second-grade students with varying needs.
EDU 6367. Literacy Acquisition II
The second of two courses that provides general education teachers with knowledge essential for effectively teaching literacy to kindergarten through second-grade students with varying needs.