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What is the format of
Educators Academy?
Licensure Renewal Courses:
A variety of courses are offered at the
University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne, Indiana campus.
Limited number of seats available.
EDUC 508 – The Differentiated
Classroom: Nancy
Hankee, Instructor
June 9-June 13 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meeting the
needs of all children is a hallmark of education; however, this goal
is elusive for many teachers. Differentiated instruction provides
methods, materials, and activities to make the curriculum more
responsible to the abilities, challenges, learning styles, and
interests of students. The central purpose of the course is to help
teachers respond to the learning needs of an increasingly diverse
student body while also navigating the demands of their curriculum
(including state curriculum standards).
EDUC 523-Strategies for Struggling
Readers: Nancy
Hankee, Instructor
June 16-June 20 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The struggling
readers sits in everyone’s classroom. Course participants will
learn proven research-based strategies and approaches to improve
students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary and decoding that can be
applied across grade levels. Each strategy will be introduced,
modeled and practiced. Differentiated instruction techniques and
ideas for integrating interventions for struggling readers into the
regular classroom instruction will be provided.
Response
to Intervention Certificate
Courses: Response to Intervention (RtI) is
a tiered instructional process used to provide services for
“at-risk” students. It requires proper identification of behaviors,
data analysis, scientifically/evidence based instruction, and
specific interventions to ensure that the at-risk behaviors do not
impede student academic growth. Many districts and school personnel
are interested in better preparing themselves in the use and
understanding of RtI as a tool to support students of all ability
levels. The RtI Certificate program consists of five courses.
Limited number of seats available.
EDUC 650 - Strategies for High Ability and Gifted
Students: Practices and Philosophies of Education and Instruction:
Connie Collins, Instructor
Online Summer II
With recent changes to the
High-Ability, Gifted and Talented expectations for classroom
instruction and services, comes an array of questions and concerns
by classroom teachers as they determine how best to support the
growth of their students. This course will provide for diverse
experiences around methods and philosophies of education recommended
for classroom use with High-Ability students. Participants of this
online course will explore such concepts as Problem-Based Learning (PBL),
creative problem solving, intervention techniques (RtI), alternative
assessment, Discovery Learning, and additional models of teaching
strategies as they become better prepared to face the challenges of
urban and rural education. Case studies and scenarios will be
analyzed and integrated throughout the course of study in an effort
to increase the complexity of understanding required to work
effectively with K-12 students of high-ability in any content.
EDUC 567 - Authentic Creative Assessment: Showing
Student Growth through Data: Connie
Collins, Instructor
Online Summer II
Participants will learn to
utilize alternative measures of non-traditional testing and
assessment forums to show student growth and plan for further
instructional needs using case studies and theoretically based
practices. Elements of Response to Intervention (RtI) will be
integrated to show how best to motivate and promote learning for all
students. Connections to curriculum mapping, unpacking standards,
and classroom management related to authentic assessment grading
will be shared.
Remaining 3 courses will be offered during the 2008-09 academic
year.
EDUC 645 - Reflective Tools of Intervention:
Online
Through professional development and collaborative settings, we
strengthen pedagogy to make better instructional decisions for the
students we serve. Course participants of this course will learn how
student work/artifacts can determine future instructional needs and
goals. With such knowledge, participants will better integrate
instructional/organizational/conceptual strategies and
interventions. Reflections and investigations of instructional
methods will reveal classroom options and considerations that
promote extended learning for all students.
EDUC 575 – Leveraging Interventions into Practice:
Online
Gaining new knowledge and enriching effective practices will yield
results only if one can transfer those understandings to students
and colleagues. This requires support and tools of leadership
transfer. Course participants will consider elements of learning
transfer, how to effectively coach learners, and the ethical
considerations of leadership to promote effective collaboration
techniques. This course will also prepare participants to share
their understandings related to the development of ESL/ELL, Special
Ed/inclusion, or high-ability/GT students.
PSYC 549 - Behavioral Assessment and Intervention:
Online
Introduction to the principles and procedures of behavior
modification including identification and description of behaviors,
strengthening and weakening behaviors, collection of baseline data,
and evaluating behavioral programs. This course will also examine
behavioral interventions for classroom use. |
