EDUC.5043 Methods of Teaching Students with Moderate Disabilities-Secondary (3cr)
Examines the methods of teaching students with moderate disabilities at the secondary level. Topics include curriculum (including the Massachusetts frameworks), IEPs, and instructional modifications appropriate for students with special needs.
EDUC.5101 Foundations of Social Justice Education (3cr)
This course provides an introduction to the principles of social justice education, by examining and applying theories and methods of curriculum design, classroom teaching, and social emotional learning and development. This course will prepare educators to foster equity in classroom practice and pedagogy for racially, culturally, socioeconomically, and linguistically diverse learners.
EDUC.5102 Critical Literacies (3cr)
This course will address thinking, writing and talking about texts. It will examine the range of literacies including critical, print, technology, visual, media and informational. A special focus will be on anti-racist literature and texts of social justice.
EDUC.5402 Pre-Practicum (3cr)
The pre-practicum is a combination of coursework and field experiences and is a state requirement for both teachers of record and preservice teachers. It takes place in the semester before the practicum. Preservice teachers participate in diverse field-based observations and experiences. The pre-practicum helps bridge theory into practice and provide opportunities for discussion and feedback in all coursework in the program. A portfolio addressing Massachusetts' professional teacher standards (PSTs) and SMKs (Subject Matter Knowledge) is required at the end of the pre-practicum. After successful completion of the pre-practicum and with the approval of the graduate coordinator, students request a practicum placement.
EDUC.5410 Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students (3cr)
The purpose of this course is to prepare new secondary teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter their content instruction, so that the growing population of English learners (ELs) in PK-12 schools can achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources. The course will provide aspiring teachers with practical research-based methods, strategies, and protocols to integrate subject area content, language, and literacy. Successful completion of this course provides SEI (Sheltered English Immersion) endorsement, which is required for teaching in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a service learning course.
EDUC.5720 Curriculum and Teaching: English (3cr)
The purpose of this course is to prepare teacher candidates for the content-specific dimensions of their practicum. The course is designed to develop pedagogical skills, curriculum writing and also to encourage prospective English teachers to examine their own beliefs, expectations, and dispositions about the nature of the discipline, the practice of teaching, the process of learning, and the nature of the learners.
EDUC.5730 Curriculum and Teaching History (3cr)
Students analyze the content, methods, materials, and management techniques used in teaching History. Examination of national and state standards for the discipline. The course will include micro-teaching and self-evaluation, as well as school-based observation and participation in schools.
EDUC.5750 Curriculum and Teaching Math (3cr)
Students analyze the content, methods, materials, and management techniques used in teaching mathematics, and examine national and state standards for the discipline. The course includes micro-teaching, self-evaluation, school-based observation, and participation in schools.
EDUC.5760 Curriculum and Teaching Science (3cr)
Students analyze the content, methods, materials, and management techniques used in teaching science. Examination of national and state standards for the discipline. The course will include micro-teaching and self-evaluation, as well as school-based observation and participation in schools.
EDUC.5832 Teaching English and Seminar (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a school setting and takes place after all coursework is completed. Practicum can take place in a middle or high school depending on the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts' Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires that a preservice teacher complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100 hours of full teaching responsibility in an approved school setting. Students are matched with experienced and licensed teachers who alongside a university supervisor evaluate the student's performance, provide feedback, support and mentoring.
EDUC.5842 Teaching History and Seminar (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a school setting and takes place after all coursework is completed. Practicum can take place in a middle of high school depending on the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts' Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires that a preservice teacher complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100 hours of full teaching responsibility in an approved school setting. Students are matched with experienced and licensed teachers who alongside a university supervisor evaluate the student's performance, provide feedback, support and mentoring.
EDUC.5892 Teaching Mathematics and Seminar (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a school setting and takes place after all coursework is completed. Practicum can take place in a middle or high school depending on the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts' Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires that a preservice teacher complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100 hours of full teaching responsibility in an approved school setting. Students are matched with experienced and licensed teachers who, alongside a university supervisor, evaluate the student's performance, provide feedback, support and mentoring. Students return to campus biweekly to attend a practicum seminar that focuses on CAP (Candidate Assessment of Performance).
EDUC.5903 Teaching Biology and Seminar (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a school setting and takes place after all coursework is completed. Practicum can take place in the middle or high school depending on the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts' Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires that a preservice teacher complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100 hours of full teaching responsibility in an approved school setting. Students are matched with experienced and licensed teachers who alongside a university supervisor evaluate the students performance, provide feedback, support and mentoring. Students return to campus biweekly to attend a practicum seminar that focuses on CAP (Candidate Assessment of Performance).
EDUC.5913 Teaching Chemistry and Seminar (Practicum) (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a
school setting and takes place after all
coursework is completed. Practicum can take
place in a middle or high school depending on
the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts'
Department of elementary and Secondary
Education requires that a preservice teacher
complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100
hours of full teaching responsibility in an
approved school setting. Students are matched
with experienced and licensed teachers who
alongside a university supervisor evaluate the
student's performance, provide feedback,
support and mentoring. Students return to
campus biweekly to attend a practicum seminar
that focuses on CAP (Candidate Assessment of
Performance).
EDUC.5933 Teaching Physics and Seminar (Practicum) (6cr)
The practicum is a minimum of 12-weeks in a
school setting and takes place after all
coursework is completed. Practicum can take
place in a middle or high school depending on
the subject area of licensure. Massachusetts'
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education requires that a preservice teacher
complete 300 hours of student teaching with 100
hours of full teaching responsibility in an
approved school setting. Students are matched
with experienced and licensed teachers who
alongside a university supervisor evaluate the
student's performance, provide feedback,
support and mentoring. Students return to
campus biweekly to attend a practicum seminar
that focuses on CAP (Candidate Assessment of
Performance).
EDUC.6240 Assessment of Learning (3cr)
Students examine various approaches to the formative and summative assessment of learning. This course examines the importance of assessment in planning curricula and individual lessons.
Requirements:
CSCE Graduate Restrictions
EDUC.6300 Educating Diverse Populations (3cr)
As the world becomes increasingly diverse, educators must be prepared to examine, confront, and manage the factors that affect the education of all children. This course addresses several central issues focusing on how teachers address the problems that confront students who differ from the majority population in language, ethnicity, culture, gender, and sexual orientation. Ensuring that their families and communities are actively involved in the educational process is also an important component of the course.
Requirements:
CSCE Graduate Restrictions