Education (EDED)

Designed for teachers seeking certification under the alternative certification program. Provides extensive supervised experiences in a setting aligned with student?s chosen program. Prerequisite: bachelor?s degree from a regionally accredited institution, employment by a school district and criteria for admission to the alternative certification program. Course is repeated consecutively for two three-credit hour courses to meet state alternative certification requirements of six hours of internship.

Demonstrates the integration of two or more academic subjects into a learner-centered lesson that provides effective instruction for a diverse student population; evaluates the impact of the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social aspects of child development on creation of a classroom environment that facilitates optimum growth of the whole child.

Advanced teaching skills and strategies for experienced teachers. Verbal and nonverbal instructional strategies and positive discipline approaches.

Use of resources, techniques and basic skills.

Study of the child and adolescent in contemporary society; ethnic background, interests, attitudes, values and needs; self-concept adjustment mechanisms; learning process, social, emotional, and sexual development. Effectively working with teachers and EC-12 students.

Examination and implementation of developmentally appropriate instructional, assessment and management strategies and techniques with an emphasis on problem-based, inquiry-based and technology-based learning; development of extended inter- and intra- disciplinary learning experiences for all learners from K-12 utilizing appropriate TEKS, resources and materials.