This course prepares prospective school administrators in the personnel components of the profession. From analysis of positions to recruitment, selection, induction, retention to termination, current and past court cases are used to understand the historical and legal responsibilities of administrators in today's educational personnel climate. Readings, case studies, presentations, papers, field experience and group activities will be utilized.
- Teacher: Tina Taylor
This course is designed to provide students with the necessary technical skills required for the classroom teacher of the twenty-first century. The course will orient students to contemporary frameworks for technology education and introduce students to technology based tools and media that support instruction, extend communication outside the classroom, enhance classroom management, and perform administrative routines more effectively.
- Teacher: Monica Johnson
Students will explore various educational theorists such as Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Frobel, Montessori, Dewey, Piaget, and Gesell. Developmental Learning Theory, Behavioral Theory, Cognitive Theory, Holistic Theory, and Maturation Theory will be explored as students compare and analyze educational philosophies.
- Teacher: Julie Small
This required core course, a blend of both online and in-person class time, offers a thorough historical and philosophical examination of Montessori's view of physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of human life and development. A prerequisite or co-requisite to all other courses, this course introduces the program’s rigorous standards in writing, discussing, and presenting.
- Teacher: Debbie Couldrey
This class will explore professional development strategies for teachers. Like young students, teachers move through different stages of professional development. The students will use reflective methods of actively conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating. They will discuss and understand five major aspects of guide’s professional growth – intellectual, physical, didactic, moral, and spiritual.
- Teacher: Kara Siegel
This required core course, a blend of both online and in-person class time, offers a thorough historical and philosophical examination of Montessori’s view of physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of human life and development. A prerequisite or corequisite to all other courses after EDU 7020, this course introduces the program’s rigorous standards in writing, discussing, and presenting.
- Teacher: Jasmine Williams
- Teacher: Luz Casquejo-Johnston
This course will provide an in-depth study of adult education theory and the evolving practice as they relate to education pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy. The planes of growth, including the biological, physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, shall be discussed from conception through the lifespan. The emphasis will be on theory to practice as they relate to individual perception and practical application of development principles across career paths, higher education, and into professional development. Topics will include adult and traditional learning, self-directed learning, transformative learning, experiential learning, motivation theory, cognitive development, and critical thinking.
- Teacher: Gerardo Leal
This course explores a foundational overview of peace psychology principles focusing on the nature, cause, intervention, and prevention of the determinants of peace. Students will analyze how peace psychology can be applied to a variety of interpersonal settings, and to promote conflict resolution and create non-violent social environments.
- Teacher: Elena Rosemond