Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar CollegePrerequisite: EDUC 103. This course will explorecurrent philosophies, assessment strategies, methods,and resources to support literacy developmentfor emergent, beginning, transitional, and specializedreaders. This course will develop the skillsrequired to administer and analyze early literacyscreenings, diagnostic spelling analyses, informalreading inventories, running records, readabilityand fluency ratings, and writing assessments.Particular attention will be given to assessmentoptions and techniques that provide the rationalefor instruction of individual students and enhancetheir progress through the stages of literacy development.Field experience in a public school settingis required.Prerequisite: EDUC 225. This course will examineprinciples, strategies, and resources used indeveloping a balanced literacy program for theelementary classroom based on assessment philosophiesand techniques introduced in LiteracyDevelopment I. This course focuses on correlatingindividual assessment results with research-basedmethods for teaching reading, phonics, phonologicalawareness, word study, comprehension, fluency,and writing. Designing developmentally appropriateliteracy lessons to meet a range of readinesslevels, interests, and learning styles is a majoremphasis. Field experience in a public school settingis required.Prerequisite: EDUC 103. Examines problemsencountered by middle and secondary schoolteachers in dealing with particular content areareading problems. Focus is on topics such asvocabulary development comprehension, criticalwriting and reading, study skills, and adaptinginstruction for students with special needs.Also included are strategies for developmentand planning of lessons and units of study. Fieldexperience in a public school setting is required.Prerequisites: One EDUC course and permissionof the instructor. The study of introductorylevel material by an individual student or by asmall group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.Prerequisite: EDUC 211. This course focuseson creating responsive environments, planningand organizing instruction, and various educationalapproaches for diverse learners with mild/moderate disabilities. It is designed to providepre-service teachers with specific strategies andknowledge of materials which are important inmeeting the needs of students with mild disabilitiesin a variety of classroom settings.Prerequisite: EDUC 211. This course providesstudents with an understanding of behaviormanagement strategies and skills needed foreffective school and classroom management.Focus is on functional behavioral assessmentsand individualized interventions. This coursewill also address how the legal system and itsresources can interact with the school system tosuccessfully deal with behavior issues.Prerequisite: EDUC 313. This course addressespsycho-educational assessment instruments,procedures used to determine eligibility, andinstructional planning based on evaluationresults for students in special education generalcurriculum K-12. Emphasis will be placed onadministration of formal and informal assessments,interpretation of results, and formulationof individual educational plans based on assessmentresults.Prerequisite: Acceptance into the TeacherEducation Program. This course focuses on thevariety of instructional models available for theK-12 classroom. Students practice implementingand assessing these models in a field experiencesetting.Prerequisites: 100-level EDUC course and permissionof the instructor. The study of an intermediatelevel topic by an individual student orby a small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.