Middle Childhood Extension

6 credits

Dates: Summer Session I

This program includes two online courses and is asynchronous. You do not have to live in the Capital Region to participate.

ED 570 Middle School Students, Structures & Standards (Frank Adamo)

This course is designed to prepare participants for the teaching grades 5-6. Participants will explore topics and methodologies related to teaching at the middle adolescence level. It is a course based on the theoretical and practical aspects of the teaching experience and on helping develop participants middle adolescence teaching competencies. This is a professional course, which demands professional responsibility, a regular commitment, initiative, and attentiveness. This course and ED 571 qualify students with a grade 7-12 teaching certificate to also become certified to teach their content area to grades 5-6 in New York State.

ED 571 Middle Adolescence Literacy (Judy Morley)

This course is designed to prepare you to teach and develop literacy skills across the curriculum in grades 5-6. Completion of this course and ED 570 will qualify those with a grade 7-12 teaching certificate, to extend certification in your content area to grades 5-6 in New York State.

This course is based on both theoretical and practical aspects of the teaching experience. Students will review research, policy briefs and position statements on developing reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and thinking as it applies to the middle adolescent level.

The overall goals of this course will require you to connect, collaborate, and create to expand your concept of literacy; to understand the elements of effective literacy instruction in your content area for grades 5-6; and to acknowledge your role as a “reading teacher” no matter what your content area specialty is.
 

Languages Other Than English, Grades 1-6 Extension

3 credits

Dates: Summer Session I

This one, online course is asynchronous. You do not have to live in the Capital Region to participate.

ED 572 Foreign Languages in the Elementary School (Lainie Christou)

This course aims to prepare participating teachers for elementary school foreign language classrooms according to the ACTFL National Foreign Language Standards. Through discussion, practice and the development of thematic units, participants will become familiar with the process of curriculum development and lesson planning, and will develop strategies for instruction and assessment. Participants will also gain understanding of the working environment and classroom culture of the elementary school setting and build up skills for effective teaching. Multiple modes of learning, methods, instructional strategies, language and literacy development, and resources for teaching foreign languages to elementary school children will be covered. Emphasis is on the development of literacy and communicative skills.

This course is intended for teachers of foreign language to teach elementary school children, and to advance their understanding of methods and practices in teaching young children a second language. Upon completion of the course, participants will be recommended to NYSED for Certification in LOTE K-6.