This clinical course is designed to provide prospective secondary and middle school teachers with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to incorporate literacy skills into their mathematics content area plans. Emphasis will be on integrating the teaching of reading, writing, and oral literacy skills from various fields; students will explore and practice the methods and strategies, including testing and measurement assessments necessary to meet the diverse literacy needs of today's students allowing them to become independent students. Teaching and discussing theoretical and practical application of current theories and methods involved in teaching literacy to diverse secondary and middle student population within the contemporary pluralistic classroom, including differentiated learning styles through socioeconomic status, gender, and heritage will be emphasized. Ninety supervised clinical hours are required.

In this non-clinical intermediate course, students examine the major concepts around the structure and function of organisms and explore the best methodologies to teach these concepts. The major concepts include: DNA?s discovery and structure; replication, transcription, and translation; the organizational levels of organisms; how structure relates to function; and feedback loops and homeostasis. The student develops multiple engaging activities and lessons.

In this non-clinical advanced course, students examine the major concepts around the genetics and mechanisms of inheritance in organisms and explore the best methodologies to teach these concepts. The major concepts include: mitosis and cell division; DNA and the inheritance of traits; meiosis, mutations and change over time; and the statistics of genetics. The student develops multiple engaging activities and lesson plans to teach middle or high school children details within the major concepts. Students create formative investigations and assessments related to the major concepts as well as satisfy summative assessment requirements. Students plan an integrated/thematic unit with lessons that align with Next Generation Science Standards.

Teacher candidates who complete this clinical course gain an understanding of the legal and ethical issues, and the procedures involved in the evaluation and determination of educational disabilities, specific to learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders and intellectual/developmental disabilities. Within the context of their school setting, teacher candidates apply their new knowledge of the use of formal and informal assessments within the on-going context of formative assessments to monitor K-12 student progress, and the effectiveness of instructional strategies.