This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with foundational knowledge in creating and maintaining a positive K¬12 classroom climate, resolving conflict, and utilizing behavioral intervention strategies for students with mild/moderate behavioral challenges.

This course emphasizes secondary curriculum, instruction, and assessment. It investigates multiple curriculum resources and explores classroom climate strategies. Students explore best practices in research for specific content areas. This course fulfills a pre-student teaching experience requirement for licensure. Prerequisite: 330 (or concurrent), admission to the teacher education program.

As we become increasingly aware of the value and strength of diversity in our world, teachers must be prepared to meet the needs of students. This course explores research-based strategies to recognize strengths and increase achievement in diverse student populations in the schools. Topics include poverty, trauma, mental health, rural communities, and diverse cultural and social groups, including Wisconsin First Nations, and English language learners. The theme of the course will be promoting social justice through education.

This course is an introduction to the field of education. Students study the historical, philosophical, and social foundations of education. Legal, political, economic, and governmental basis of education is studied. An overview of innovative theories and practices are presented. The organization of U.S. schools as elementary, middle level and secondary is examined. Professional written communication and information literacy skills are developed in this course. Field hours may be required by the instructor.

This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with foundational knowledge in creating and maintaining a positive K-12 classroom climate, resolving conflict, and utilizing behavioral intervention strategies for students with mild to moderate behavioral challenges.

This course provides an introductory overview of students acquisition of language. Candidates explore the interdependence of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Topics covered include comprehension, background knowledge, strategic reading, and strategies for teaching critical skills in the four domains of language. This course fulfills a pre-student teaching experience for licensure and is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.

This course provides an introduction and overview to the field of disability studies in education, and examines inclusive practices in contemporary schools, grades PK-12. Topics covered will be the identification and characteristics of students with disabilities, a timeline of special education and inclusion, and a review of current legislation and policy. The course will cover roles and responsibilities of general and special educators as they collaborate in designing and implementing effective inclusive classroom plans.

Learn how to coach the athletes body, mind, and spirit. Learn techniques to motivate, build team chemistry, plan practices, work with families, and many other aspects of coaching. Many guest speakers, discussions, shadowing coaches and other presentation methods. There are no textbooks to purchase.

A study of the child146s development in art from infancy to kindergarten. Focus on appreciation of the value and function of art. Assessment of children146s development in production of art. Students will learn to create a developmentally appropriate curriculum in art for children ages 0-kindergarten. Field Experience required. Prerequisite: junior standing.

This course is an introduction to the field of education. Students study the historical, philosophical, and social foundations of education. Legal, political, economic, and governmental basis of education is studied. An overview of innovative theories and practices are presented. The organization of U.S. schools as elementary, middle level, and secondary is examined. Field hours may be required by the instructor.