Courses Taught at Urbana University
In addition to my teaching duties, I am the Program Coordinator for the Post Baccalaureate program at Urbana University. I have developed the courses with asteriks and taught the following courses:
Undergraduate Courses
EDUC 222 Early Childhood Experiences: Art, Drama, Music
This course discusses planning, implementing, and evaluating developmentally appropriate activities for young children in the creative areas of art, drama, and play. It includes experiences and methods for developing self- expression and creativity.
EDUC 309 Technology in Education*
This course is designed to emphasize the connectivity of technology to the classroom and the general curriculum. Students will explore programs that will aid them in classroom management, data collection, student-produced work, creating instructional tools, and administration of classroom responsibilities. Students will develop products that can be used to support their teaching and the learning process of their students.
EDUC 421 Classroom Guidance, Family, School, and Community Partners
This course is required for teacher candidates seeking the Resident Educator Early Childhood Initial License. This course explores the social and emotional development of young children; investigates the causes of young children’s various behaviors and prepares teacher candidates to support young children in developing self-regulation skills needed to support learning and communicating with others. This course will also focus on classroom management practices necessary to build an effective classroom learning community that supports student learning; establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships that are sensitive to family composition, language, and culture with each student’s family to foster student learning and development in all settings and skills needed to establish relationships with and use resources of the students’ communities to support student learning and development.
EDUC 425 Collaboration & Management
This course provides students the opportunity to develop skills in planning and managing the teaching and learning environment; managing student behavior and social interaction skills; communicating effectively; developing collaborative partnerships and in demonstrating professionalism and ethical practices. Students become familiar with daily management skills, safety and health issues in the classroom, creating and modifying a supportive learning environment, and behavior management
skills. The course also focuses on the development and interaction of the educational team, on methods and models of collaborative practices with parents, students, educational personnel, and members of the community and incorporates this into the instructional process.
EDUC 453 Early Childhood Social Studies Methods
This course is required for prospective teachers seeking the Resident Educator Early Childhood License. Students will examine the kinds of curricular themes, learning challenges, and standards issues as they relate to developing and implementing developmentally appropriate lessons and units of study to teach social studies knowledge and skills to three to eight year olds. Learned societies and other research literature have also been used to provide the basis for the selection of this curriculum and for the materials, teaching strategies, differentiation methods and assessment techniques that are included as part of the course.
EDUC 463 Middle Childhood Social Studies Methods
This course is required for prospective teachers seeking the Resident Educator Middle Childhood License with social studies as a content area. Attention is given to citizenship education, the world as a global community, the important role of values in guiding human behavior, financial literacy and individual differences among learners. Additionally, the course examines the nature, development, purpose and value of social studies with emphasis on methods and techniques of instruction, curriculum reorganization, and evaluation.
EDUC 473 Adolescence to Young Adult Social Studies Methods
This course is required for prospective teachers seeking the Resident Educator Adolescence to Young Adult License: Integrated Social Studies. Designed to prepare teacher candidates to teach social studies content for grades 7 to 12, attention is given to citizenship education, the world as a global community, the important role of values in guiding human behavior, financial literacy and individual differences among learners. Additionally, the course examines the nature, development, purpose, and value of social studies, with emphasis on methods and techniques of instruction, curriculum reorganization, and evaluation based on the 2011 Ohio Social Studies Academic standards.
Graduate Courses
EDG 609 Computers in Education
This course is designed to emphasize the use of technology in both the classroom and in data management for program evaluation and administration. Students will be expected to generate a series of products that can be used to support the teaching/learning process.
EDG 711 Application of School Law
This course addresses the status and judicial decisions which relates to schools and the responsibilities of the board of education, teachers, and administrators. Emphasis is placed on understanding the legal framework as it relates to providing quality instruction.
EDG 712 Application of School Finances
his course emphasizes the individual school’s involvement with nancial issues and the position of the individual school in the broader system. This course addresses topics such as equity, adequacy, effciency in school funding; local, state, and federal funding sources; funding methods; and budgeting emphasizing features unique to Ohio.