COURSE TITLE: Educational Foundations Preservice Coursework


COURSE PREFIX AND NO: EDUC 100   20 Hours  



COURSE SUMMARY: 

The purpose of this course is to provide candidates with an understanding of legal and ethical issues and responsibilities in teaching. Candidates will learn about source documents, explore issues surrounding technology use and copyright policies, examine student rights and student discipline, discuss laws and procedures for child abuse reporting, and analyze types of harassment. Candidates will also examine ethical issues in terms of integrity, responsibility and relationships. They will identify the meaning of what makes a professional educator and be expected to look beyond their classrooms to the educational community at large, exploring issues of their own professionalism. 




RATIONALE: 

Candidates will understand legal and ethical issues related to teaching and working with children. 





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CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO):

  1. Graduates have expertise in developing relevant and rigorous curriculum. Graduates design systems for effective leadership in the classroom, campus, and educational community to ensure the success of all students.

  2. Graduates have expertise in the implementation of relevant and rigorous curriculum. Graduates implement systems for effective leadership in the classroom, campus, and educational community to ensure the success of all students. 

  3. Graduates sustain a practice of innovation and reform. 

  4. Graduates understand the power of research. They critically analyze and synthesize findings to support the development and implementation of rigorous and relevant curriculum and plans. Graduates develop and implement research to contribute to the wider body of knowledge as well as to reflect on and inform personal practice. 

  5. Graduates are collaborative, reflective practitioners who are committed to providing rigorous, relevant, and innovative educational experiences for all students. 



STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO): Upon Completion of this course the student will:

  1. Identify source documents to use to research laws, codes, policies, and regulations and how to access them.

  2. Responsibly use technology available to educators

  3. Explain and follow copyright laws related to print, computer programs, movie, video, music, and drama sources

  4. Acknowledge student rights regarding speech and expression

  5. Describe student rights in terms of search and seizure

  6. Maintain appropriate student rights to privacy of student records

  7. Discuss proper ways to discipline students using site level rules including procedures for suspension and expulsion

  8. Identify potential signs of child abuse and properly report it.

  9. Compare and contrast a variety of types of harassment and explain ways to prevent and avoid them

  10. Examine ethical issues in terms of integrity, responsibility, and relationships

  11. Discuss the meaning of what makes a professional educator and explore their own professionalism


EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS:

Program Standards

Specialty Standards

PS 1

MM 2

PS 3

MM 6

PS 9

MS 4

PS 10


PS 14



Program Design Standards:

PS 1: Program Design, Rationale and Coordination

PS 2: Professional, Legal and Ethical Practices

PS 3: Education Diverse Learners

PS 4: Effective Communication and Collaborative Partnerships

PS 5: Assessment of Students

PS 6: Using Educational and Assistive Technology

PS 7: Transition and Transitional Planning

PS 8: Participating in ISFP/IEPs and Post-Secondary Transition Planning


Preliminary Teaching Standards

PS 9: Preparation to Teach Reading/Language Arts

PS10: Preparation to Teach English Language Learners

PS11: Typical and Atypical Development

PS12: Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Supports for Learning

PS13: Curriculum and Instruction of Students with Disabilities

PS14: Creating Healthy Learning Environments

PS15: Field Experience in a Broad Range of Service Delivery Options

PS16: Assessment of Candidate Performance



Specialty Standards – Mild/Moderate:

MM1 – M/M Standard 1: Characteristics of Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

MM2 – M/M Standard 2: Assessment and Evaluation of Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

MM3 – M/M Standard 3: Planning and Implementing Mild/Moderate Curriculum Instruction

MM4 – M/M Standard 4: Positive Behavior Support  

MM5 – M/M Standard 5: Specific Instructional Strategies for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

Mm6 – M/M Standard 6: Case Management


Specialty Standards – Moderate/Severe:

MS1 – M/S Standard 1: Learning Characteristics of Individuals with Moderate/Severe Disabilities

MS2 – M/S Standard 2: Communication Skills

MS3 – M/S Standard 3: Developing Social Interaction Skills and Facilitating Social Context

MS4 – M/S Standard 4: Assessment, Program Planning and Instruction

MS5 – M/S Standard 5: Movement, Mobility, Sensory and Specialized Health Care

MS6 – M/S Standard 6: Positive Behavioral Support

MS7 – M/S Standard 7: Transition and Transitional Planning

MS8 – M/S Standard 8: Augmentative and Alternative Communication



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