English Education Certification

Required Course

Examine the ways in which educational institutions and the teachers within them structure learning experiences for various students depending in part on their interpretations of these students' "differences." Educators must be aware of issues that may arise due to at least two factors:

1. Differences between teachers' and students' backgrounds
2. How aspects of identity are framed and understood by teachers, parents, students and school administrators

This class offers an innovative, field-based exploration of reading-writing connections in the middle and high school curriculum. Active engagement in the process of writing includes: 1) How to teach writing as a process in order to improve students’ reading and language abilities. 2) How to develop students’ perceptions of themselves as writers. 3) How to integrate the modes and functions of writing within the school curriculum. There is 30-hour fieldwork requirement for the course (3 hours of fieldwork/week). 

Required Course

Focus on the academic language needed for multilingual students to be successful in U.S. schools. You will spend time investigating reading and writing standards and curricula for students in a particular context and the ways that materials might be adapted for English Language Learners (ELLs) and ELLs with disabilities.

Required Course

An introduction to instructional technology, you will examines fundamental technologies from a problem-based learning perspective through real-world scenarios.