Coursework

Course Descriptions

SD 550XA Survey of Exceptional Child (3 hrs)

(Prerequisite, PY 100.) This course provides an introduction to each of the following exceptionalities: gifted and talented, learning disabled, mentally retarded, behavior disordered, visually impaired, hearing impaired, communication disordered, physically disabled, and early childhood disabilities. Specific information presented for each exceptionality includes the following: 1) etiology; 2) assessment/ identification; 3) characteristics, and 4) basic remediation/intervention techniques.

ED 840 Managing a Classroom (2 hrs)

This course is designed to help new teachers and school specialists learn how to maintain appropriate student behavior through instructional strategies and communication skills. A classroom management plan will be created with procedures and student expectations.

SC 719 Creating Classroom Climate (1 hr)

This course takes a critical look at common or traditional practices of classroom management and discipline. We will challenge some of the teacher-directed models that require children to conform, and compare these models to models that encourage a classroom community that focus on students learning to problem solve as a group to build a cohesive classroom.

ED 841 Essentials of Curriculum Design (3 hrs)

The purpose of this course is to learn the design down method for unit planning. Students will create a course purpose along with a unit that includes measurable unit outcomes, lesson outcomes, lesson plans and aligned assessments that fulfill State or Common Core Standards.

ED 893 Restricted License Internship I (6 hrs)

This course is for Restricted Licensure program students during their first year of teaching. This course involves evaluation of students in their first semester of teaching by both their mentor and university supervisors. Students participate in discussions and submit reflective journals in addition to attending seminars at ESU.

ED 894 Restricted License Internship II (6 hrs)

This course is for Restricted Licensure program students during their first year of teaching. This course involves evaluation of students in their second semester of teaching by both their mentor and university supervisors. Students participate in discussions and submit reflective journals in addition to attending seminars at ESU.

SC 881 School Counseling Internship (6 hrs)

(Prerequisites: All course work must be completed, have an approved application for admission to the internship the semester before expected enrollment and permission required.) Interns will complete a 600 clock hour experience at a site of sites that offer opportunities for working with students in grades K-12. The intern will engage in both individual and group counseling as well as a variety of other activities that a regularly employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform. In general the successful completion of this experience should enable the prospective school counselor to function as the coordinator of a comprehensive school guidance program, grades K-12.

LI 876 School Library Media Elementary Practicum (1 hr)

(Prerequisite, consent of instructor.) The school library media specialist elementary practicum is a supervised field experience where students apply theories and techniques of information organization and retrieval, collection development and management, information literacy, instructional collaboration, information technology, and the management of information organizations to the elementary school setting.

LI 876 School Library Media Secondary Practicum (2 hrs)

(Prerequisite, consent of instructor.) The school library media specialist secondary practicum is a supervised field experience where students apply theories and techniques of information organization and retrieval, collection development and management, information literacy, instructional collaboration, information technology, and the management of information organizations to the secondary school setting. Students also create an electronic practicum notebook, which includes both elementary and secondary policy, management, and instructional materials, and a comprehensive reflection on the practicum experience.