Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

Week 3 - September 10, 12 Students and Families: Team Building: diversity, inequities in US schools, promising practices in working with families Chapter 4 due September 17 Week 4 - September 17, 19 Providing Inclusive and Responsive Instruction: Universal Design for Learning, differentiating instruction, grouping students, SIOP, special needs students, gender equity, creating safe spaces EXAM 1 (Chapters 1-4) Chapter 5 due September 24 Week 5 – September 24, 26 Planning for Instruction: (SMART goals, Standards based instruction, Common Core (State Standards), Data driven planning, Lesson plan) 1st draft of your educational philosophy due on September 26 Chapter 6 due October 1 Week 6 – October 1, 3 COME IN: organizing instruction, modelling skills, behaviors, attitudes, and abilities; enriched instruction and environment, academic interaction, strategy to meet needs. Write lesson plan based on standards Chapter 7 due October 8 Week 7 - October 8 Instructional Models and Strategies: e ffective questioning, stages of learning cycle, concept formation lesson, cooperative learning, project- based learning Assessment Day on October 10 Chapter 8 due October 15 Week 8 – October 15, 17 Student Assessment: norm and criterion referenced assessment, formative and summative assessments, state and national assessments, classroom assessments and usefulness, classroom assessment sequence MIDTERM Exam Study guide for midterm on Thursday Chapter 9 due October 22