• ECS 3180: Comm Ed w/Multilingual

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course provides the theoretical foundations of community-based multilingual multicultural education and critical community engagement approaches and applies these theories to practice in building partnerships specifically with multilingual families and communities to address community-identified educational priorities for multilingual learners. Field work is a required component of the course.
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• ECS 4111: School & Society

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Explores the social and institutional context of schooling. Addresses history of education; anthropology and sociology of education; and philosophy of education. Focuses on issues of diversity, including policy, curriculum, pedagogy and relationships.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.

• ECS 5100: Fnd. of Educating MLs

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course introduces foundational knowledge and skills for educating multilingual learners (MLs) and working with their families. This course is intended for educators serving in supporting roles in and out of schools (e.g., non-ESL endorsed teachers, paraeducators, parents, family advocates/after school education coordinators). First, the course introduces ways of addressing MLs' educational gaps together. Next, it provides strategies for building partnerships with multilingual families & communities followed by strategies for building language awareness for all educators of multilingual learners. The course culminates in an introduction to foundational instructional strategies for educating MLs in & out of school.
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• ECS 5634: Foundations of Bi Bi Ed

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  A critical examination of the principles of bilingual bicultural education and the language issues linguistically diverse students entering schools speaking a language other than English face in schools and communities. Topics to be discussed include federal, state and local language education laws and policies; highlights of the latest second language acquisition research; overview of different bilingual bicultural language education program types and second language and bilingual instructional practices, including Utah's dual language immersion model; and review of effectiveness of these program models and instructional practices in meeting the needs of linguistically diverse students. Students enrolled in 6634 will be expected to meet a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional work.
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• ECS 5645: Assessmt of Ling Popl

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course critically explores policies, procedures, and formal and informal measures used to assess the language proficiencies and academic achievement of linguistically diverse students in U.S. public schools. Including in this are the areas of English and native language competence; program placement, progress, and exit; and classroom-based assessments, as well as other forms of alternative assessments. Meets Utah State Office of Education ESL Endorsement Standard IV on Assessment. Prerequisites: (ECS 2150 OR ECS 5634 OR ECS 6634) AND (EDU 5200 OR EDU 6200 OR WLC 5410/6410 OR LING 5810/6810) AND (SP ED 5021 OR SP ED 6021).
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• ECS 5647: IM: Ling Diverse Pop.

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course provides an examination of instructional approaches and methods used in teaching English learners in K-12 public school environments. Focus is on applying English language development standards and tools to planning and implementing differentiated instruction for English learners across the content areas. This course has a field work requirement. Meets Utah State Office of Education ESL Endorsement Standard III Instruction and TESOL Domain 3 Planning, Implementing, and Managing Instruction Standard 3.a, 3.b, and 3.b. Prerequisites: (ECS 5645/6645 OR LING 5818/6818) AND Background Check Clearance.
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• ECS 5709: Family School Partner

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The course is designed as a service-learning course to acquaint learners with the necessary background for effective development and application of partnerships between families, schools and communities. Emphasis is on continuous partnership efforts and understandings of contexts and ethics when working with linguistically and culturally diverse families, schools and communities. Requires 37 hours of school/community-based service learning hours. Students enrolled in 6709 will be expected to meet a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional assignments. Prerequisite: ECS 3150.
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• ECS 5715: Urban Education

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Course is designed to enhance students' knowledge of urban schooling through the examination of historical, social, economic, political, and socio-cultural frameworks with an emphasis on issues of race and class as they have affected the distribution of equal educational opportunities in urban education. This course will examine pedagogies and programs that have demonstrated success with urban students and investigate the complexity and challenge of providing excellent education in urban schools. Students enrolled in 6715 will be expected to meet a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional assignments. Prerequisite: ECS 5709/6709.
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• ECS 5822: Pac Islander Indig Edu

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will explore various topics within Indigenous education. Through a variety of mixed methods this seminar will examine previous and current educational policy and its affects on diverse Indigenous peoples. It will also examine education as a tool for empowerment, resistance, and healing within varied Indigenous communities. Course topics covered include: Native/Indigenous epistemology, decolonizing methodologies, settler colonialism, cultural reclamation, and critical pedagogy. In addition to the course materials, students will engage in service learning by partnering with a community engagement project associated with the Pacific Islander community. Participating in community engagement will allow students to actively participate in an Indigenous educational initiative that directly relates to the course content and discussions. Thus, this course will require participation in both the course and the community engagement project. Students are required to complete 20 hours of community engagement during scheduled weeks. Meets with 6822.
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• ECS 5940: Workshops in ECS

  1.00 - 4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Workshop focus changes and may include a variety of topics of concern to teachers, counselors, and administrators, including cultural, linguistic, and racial diversity, home-school relations, alternative literatures for the classroom, and inclusive school policies.
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