This course will require students to develop a professional development session for colleagues regarding EL considerations. Topics in this course will include home language surveys, entrance/exit requirements, policies, practices, Lau Plans, parent rights, interpreters, translation, OCR, formative assessment, and direct application of EL methods and strategies in a K-12 setting. A minimum of 90 hours of Internship experience will be required.

This course will focus on assessments for EL students, including ELPA 21 and FAST. Topics will include multiple response assessments, accommodations, MtSS processes, Special Education referral considerations, as well as CCSS Mastery.

This course will present strategies and methods for all elementary teachers working with English learners. The focus will be on using assessment data to appropriately plan for instruction for dual-language and ESL students. Topics will include nonsense words, research regarding reading, writing, speaking, listening, literacy, appropriate accommodations, and CCSS mastery.

This course will focus on the alphabetic code for the English language, including grammar, morphemes, graphemes, and phonemes. Academic language will be incorporated into the course, focusing on methods for subject matter content and curriculum adaptations and modifications.

This course is designed to empower educational and business leaders with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to navigate the dynamic landscape of business and education. Participants will engage in a transformative learning experience aimed at cultivating cognitive flexibility, fostering a culture of innovation, embracing evidence-based practices, and developing resilience in leadership.

This course will provide aspiring educational leaders with an understanding of the Danielson, Marzano, and NIET (Iowa) Instructional Frameworks. With an emphasis on improving student learning through quality instruction, participants will have a common language to develop and grow effective teaching practices at any given point in a teaching career through goal setting, effective conferencing, and quality feedback.

Educational leaders are responsible for ensuring that all students in a school meet or exceed grade-level expectations for future success. This important school-based work begins with ensuring that all students receive a robust universal tier of instruction followed by small group and/or individualized supports as needed. The most widely adopted ways to do this are through the use of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) or Response to Intervention (RtI) systems.

This course will focus on strategies and methods for teachers of English Learners in all settings. Sheltered instruction, CCSS Mastery, Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE), Trauma, and the importance of collaboration with content-specific teachers will be emphasized.

This course will examine the best practices utilizing the Differentiated Model for classroom instruction. The heterogeneous structure of classrooms requires teachers to design and implement lessons that are differentiated in ways that honor the diverse learning needs of each classrooms student population.

This course familiarizes educators with the MtSS process for redesigning systems to meet the needs of struggling students through a pyramid of interventions and provides a practical MtSS model for teachers, administrators, and parents with clear examples of strategies for the implementation and monitoring of the MtSS system components within a school setting. This course will also define formative assessment and discuss the benefits of using a variety of formative assessments to increase student learning.