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WTED 0200 | Pedagogical Performance Assessment (PPA) | REgister Now

The PPA Workshop supports APPEL candidates who are preparing their portfolio for submission as evidence of their mastery of pedagogical practices required for a Professional Educator License.

 
EDU 2800 | Instruction, Technology, Assessment and Planning | REgister Now

Educators will learn and use the basic techniques for curriculum design, best practice instruction, formative and summative assessment, and technology integration. Educational theory taught in the course will be practiced and reflected upon in the educators' classroom. This course strengthens the teachers' classroom skills and builds their repertoire of instructional and assessment strategies.
Textbook: Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom, by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, ISBN-978-1-4166-1922-2. AND The Art and Science of Teaching, by Robert J. Marzano, ISBN - 978-1-4166-0571-3

 
EDU 2820 | Creating a Learning Environment | REgister Now

Teacher candidates will focus on how children learn, develop and gain knowledge to provide learning opportunities that support students’ intellectual, social and personal development. Teacher candidates will gain an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation.
Textbook: Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers, 8th Edition, Edmond T. Emmer and Carolyn M. Evertson ISBN-13: 978-0205643172 OR Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers, 8th Edition, Edmond T. Emmer and Carolyn M. Evertson ISBN-13: 978-0205578627.
Mike Roberts' section only: Hacking Classroom Management - 10 Tips to Help You Become the Type of Teacher They Make Movies About by Mike Roberts. Please order on Amazon. ISBN-13: 978-0998570587 ISBN-10: 0998570583.


EDU 2840 | Literacy Strategies | REgister Now

Literacy Strategies teaches the foundations of student reading comprehension, speaking, listening and writing. Course focuses on the instructional decisions teachers make concerning methods, materials, and procedures when integrating literacy skills within their respective content areas.

Textbook: Helping Students Construct Meaning by J. David Cooper and Nancy D. Kiger. Usually I ask them to buy the 7th edition.

 
EDU 2850 | Intro to Special Education | REgister Now

Historical overview of legal, ethical, and social issues related to Special Education in the United States. Includes the study of various disabilities and provisions for educating children through 22 years of age in public schools. Elements include: IDEA Law, inclusion, IEP's and RTI.

 
EDU 2860 | Survey of Learning and Teaching Diverse Populations | REgister Now

This course addresses the rationale, concepts, theory and practice of teaching diverse populations in pluralistic schools and societies via assessment, delivery, classroom management, motivation, language acquisition, and community and family involvement.
Textbook: Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, 7/E, Sonia Nieto & Patty Bode, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN: 9780134047232


EDU 2870 | English Language Arts Methods - Elementary | REgister Now

This hybrid (webinar/online) course fills the requirements for alternative route to licensure candidates who are seeking elementary teaching licensure in the state of Utah. Students will implement research-based best practices for K-5 in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Textbook: The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units; 2011. Wiggins, Grant; McTighe, Jay. ISBN-13: 978-1416611493 or ISBN-10: 1416611495.
Access to district required teacher edition basal text used by candidate’s grade level
Utah Core Standards in English Language Arts

 

EDU 2871 | Elementary Mathematics Methods| REgister Now

This hybrid course fills the requirements for alternative route to licensure candidates who are seeking elementary teaching licensure in the state of Utah. Elementary Mathematics Methods will provide teachers essential practices and support in implementing evidence-based effective instruction in mathematics focused on the K-5 classroom.
Required Texts: Access to district required teacher edition mathematics curriculum in candidate’s grade level.
NCTM (2014). Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All. Reston, VA: NCTM.
Utah State Board of Education. (2018). Utah’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Mathematics Framework (UMTSS).
Utah Core State Standards in Mathematics (2016)

 
EDU 2872 | Elementary Science Methods | REgister Now

This course fills the requirements for alternative route to licensure candidates who are seeking elementary teaching licensure in the state of Utah. Elementary Science Methods will provide teachers essential practices and support in implementing evidence-based effective instruction in science that is focused on the K-5 classroom.
Textbooks: The Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) (available free online)
The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, K-12; Edited Willard, Ted. by Nsta Press. ISBN: 1941316107
Access to district required teacher edition science curriculum in candidate’s grade level.

 
EDU 2873 | Elementary Social Studies Methods | REgister Now

This course fills the requirements for alternative route to licensure candidates who are seeking elementary teaching licensure in the state of Utah. Students will implement research-based best practices for K-5 in social studies instruction.
Textbook: No required textbook for this course

 
FHS 2645 | Early Childhood Integrated Curriculum | REgister Now

This class will focus on giving teachers that are in Transition to Teaching the Early Childhood foundation to teach the current Utah State Curriculum (K-3). The class will cover the philosophy of primary curriculum; how to develop, deliver and assess curriculum; how to work with parents and families; how to develop literacy, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts in a developmentally appropriate manner.
Textbooks: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum; Kostelnik,M., Soderma, A., and Whiren, A. (2011) (5th Edition), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson, ISBN: 978-0-13-703553-3 and Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs; Copple, C. and Bredekamp, S.,(3rd Edition), Washington, D.C, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), ISBN: 978-1-928896-64-7

 
MATH 2030 | AR Precalculus for Secondary Teachers | REgister Now

This course assists teachers in gaining a theoretical and operational understanding of algebra and trigonometry concepts that can be directly applied in the classroom and in the development of Individual Education Plans (IEP’s).

 

MATH 2100 | AR Calculus for Secondary Teachers | REgister Now

Educators will gain a theoretical and operational understanding of calculus concepts that can be directly applied in the classroom and in the development of Individual Education Plans (IEP’s).

 

MATH 2110 | AR Geometry for Secondary Teachers | REgister Now

Explores students’ misconceptions and ways of thinking, uses of technology, and instructional practices to support and assess the learning of Euclidean geometry. Secondary teachers need conceptual mastery of constructions and transformations, congruence and similarity, analytic geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry, historical content development, & diverse cultural perspectives.

 

MATH 2120 | AR Probability & Statistics for Secondary Teachers | REgister Now

Explores students’ misconceptions and ways of thinking, uses of technology, and instructional practices to support and assess the learning of statistics and probability. Secondary teachers need conceptual mastery of data representation, study design and sampling, probability, testing claims, drawing conclusions, historical content development, and diverse cultural perspectives to teach Utah Core Standards effectively.

 

MATH 2130 | AR Foundations of Algebra for Secondary Teachers | REgister Now

Explores students’ misconceptions and ways of thinking, uses of technology, and instructional practices to support and assess the learning of Algebra. This course is designed for teachers of algebra at the secondary level.