EDUC 140. Community Literacy
Section 1. Directed tutoring experience and connecting with children within the context of Occidental’s Community Literacy Center. Students work one-on-one with kindergarten through fifth grade children, building upon their strengths, skills, and interests. This course explores a variety of language arts strategies as well as deepens the awareness of the listening, speaking, reading and writing continuum. Students will become familiar with California State Language Arts Standards, and reflect upon their tutoring experience.
Section 2. Meets with middle and high school students for extensive explorations in writing. Occidental students will collaborate and coach writing activities which will include narrative, expository and analytical prompts. This course is designed to deepen the critical and creative abilities of both groups of students, while connecting written explorations to the California State Language Arts Standards.
EDUC 320/520. Curriculum and Instruction for Culturally Diverse Elementary Schools.
An introduction to curriculum and instruction in the elementary grades. The course is organized to cultivate the ability for students to: 1) design lesson and activity plans; 2) create long-term unit plans; 3) explore curriculum (scope and sequence), as it pertains to: mathematics, science, social studies, health, P.E., and the arts; 4) use California Subject Frameworks and Standards critically. Throughout the semester students will teach lessons and plan units using various methods, theories, and activities that reflect the current understandings of curriculum design in diverse school settings. The course provides students with techniques for instructional design across the curriculum that is specifically targeted at differentiating instruction for diverse, and multilingual children.
EDUC 480/580. Seminar in Educational Leadership I: Classroom Management
Elementary and secondary Level I credential candidates will self-assess, analyze, and reflect on their leadership behaviors and how to develop their skills to advanced levels based on the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs). Each teaching candidate will evaluate personal growth needs, then develop and refine an action plan to continue developing as a teacher as they are student-teaching in local school fieldwork settings. Peer support, role playing simulations, and critiques in the seminar setting will allow students to examine specific episodes they must responsibly and professionally address in their daily student-teaching assignments. A special emphasis will be placed on the identification and creation of a safe and secure inclusive classroom and working effectively to serve all learners. Focus will also be on effective classroom management and applying methods and techniques for assertive management as well as on finding and utilizing discipline resources.
EDUC 581. Seminar in Educational Leadership II: Reflective Teaching.
Put on your game face: how to tackle student achievement and professional development effectively while addressing the CSTPs. Navigate the world of full-day student-teaching, while drawing from and building on all previous coursework. Emphasis is placed on discussion of and reflection on daily real life challenges and selected readings.
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