The request to revise the MAT in Elementary Education

Date: July 28, 2011
To: College of Education
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: May 26, 2011
Implementation Date: 2011

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

Summary

The following courses will be dropped from course offering and replaced by the proposed courses:

ELED 6220: Integrating the Elementary Program
ELED 6691: Seminars in Professional Leadership
ELED 6474: Advanced Practicum in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership

The following courses will we added with course descriptions as written in this proposal:

ELED 6202: Classroom Management and Leadership for Diverse Learners
ELED 6203: Instructional Differentiation for 21st Century Learners
ELED 6303: Teacher Inquiry and Data Analysis in the Elementary Classroom
ELED 6470: Graduate Student Teaching/Internship in Elementary Education.

Catalog Copy

ELED 6202. Classroom Management and Leadership for Diverse Learners. (3) Prerequisites: Completion of Graduate Certificate in Teaching: Elementary Education and acceptance into the M.A.T or M. Ed program in elementary education. Examination of theory, models, and best practices in classroom management, with focus on management of special populations of students. Emphasis on demonstrating best practices of classroom management models of instruction through professional development leadership. (Fall, Spring)

ELED 6203. Instructional Differentiation for 21st Century Learners. (3) Prerequisites: Acceptance into the M.A.T. or M. Ed program in elementary education. Examination of models, approaches, and best practices for effective instructional differentiation for diverse learning needs of elementary school students. (Fall, Spring)

ELED 6303. Teacher Inquiry and Data Analysis in the Elementary Classroom. (3) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the M.A.T or M. Ed program in elementary education. This is the capstone experience in the M.A.T. and M. Ed programs and, thus, must be taken in the final semester of the program. The examination of data-driven instructional decision making and the use of research to improve student learning. Requires application of advanced content knowledge, instructional planning, and student assessment data in the creation of a capstone experience. (Fall, Spring)

ELED 6470. Elementary Education Clinical Experience. (3-6) Prerequisite: completion of all coursework required for the “A” license and department approval. Application required one semester in advance. Full-time internship in an approved K-6 school setting. (Fall, Spring) Graduate Student Teaching/Internship in Elementary Education. (3) Prerequisite: completion of all program coursework required for eligibility to student teach, an application for the course by the established deadline; and approval of the department. Requires a full-time, semester-long graduate student teaching experience in an elementary education classroom. Includes formal observations in the intern’s classroom by university faculty and/or school-based supervisors and face-to-face seminars. (Fall, Spring)