• EDUC 5620: Assessment in Gifted Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Examines how to collect multiple types of assessment information so that all students are able to demonstrate gifts and talents. Develops competence in differentiating curriculum and instruction by using pre- and post-, performance-based, product-based, and out-of-level assessments. Promotes the importance of using non-biased, technically adequate, and equitable approaches in order to identify students from diverse backgrounds for gifted programs.
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• EDUC 5630: Theory into Practice in Gifted and Talented Education

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Prepares teachers to understand societal influences on the development of curricula. Helps teachers to develop long- and short-range units of instruction anchored in both general and special curricula for gifted and talented students, taking into consideration each individual's abilities and needs, the learning environment, and cultural and linguistic factors.
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• EDUC 5635: Methods and Materials in Gifted Education for Practictioners

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah Teaching License or permission from the Dean of the School of Education. Requires teacher-participants to locate, create, and or adapt curricular materials needed to implement differentiated instruction for gifted and talented learners. Helps teachers develop materials and methods of instruction that will encourage creative problem-solving and should be adaptable for a variety of student abilities and needs, the learning environment, and cultural and linguistic factors that may influence instruction.
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• EDUC 5640: Curriculum/Instructional Planning in Gifted Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Provides research-based models of curriculum and instruction related to students with gifts and talents. Includes responding to student needs by planning, selecting, adapting, and creating culturally relevant curriculum and by using a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies to ensure specific student outcomes. Explains the purpose of using a comprehensive and sequenced core curriculum that is aligned with local, state, and national standards, and how to differentiate and expand it in order to meet the unique needs of students with gifts and talents. Develops competence in selecting, adapting, and planning for the use of a variety of evidence-based instructional strategies to advance learning of gifted and talented individuals.
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• EDUC 5650: Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Prepares teachers to effectively use leadership principles to collaborate with students and their families, other educators, and related service providers to advocate for individuals with gifts and talents as they promote the learning and well-being of individuals with gifts and talents across settings and diverse learning experiences.
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• EDUC 5660: Reading Assessments and Instructional Interventions for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Helps practicing teachers become proficient in developing and using a variety of formal and informal assessments and instructional procedures to increase or accelerate students' reading achievement as appropriate. Prepares teachers to screen for reading problems, diagnose reading strengths and needs, and monitor progress to ensure students achieve optimal growth in reading within the context of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports. Develops procedures for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data to inform instruction, and presents an overview of methods for communicating findings to stakeholders.
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• EDUC 5661: Foundations of Literacy

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Helps practicing teachers acquire foundational and declarative knowledge about literacy instruction, including historical perspectives on reading instruction, an introduction to theories and models of literacy acquisition, and discussions of research related to lifelong literacy and its instructional implications. Requires students to examine the history of the field of literacy, including the debates and various stances of reading researchers and the instructional directives developed as a result of the research.
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• EDUC 5662: Instruction with Literature and Informational Texts for Children and Young Adults

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Provides an overview of literary and informational texts for children and young adults, with emphasis on classic and recent publications, and their appropriate use in the classroom. Discusses important authors, historical context, and background, and considers current trends and classroom applications in literacy.
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• EDUC 5663: Content Area Reading and Writing Instruction for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Helps practicing teachers develop an in-depth understanding of the research findings, issues, principles, and practices related to exemplary, research-based literacy instruction in the content areas.Prepares teachers to provide every student with meaningful and engaging opportunities to learn high-level skills through reading, writing, and speaking while working with graphics and texts, including images, video, and audio, in the K-12 curriculum. Teaches how to evaluate texts in various content areas or topics to identify the qualitative and quantitative features of a text and address reader and task considerations.
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• EDUC 5664: Instructional Implications of Literacy Development for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Focuses on emergent literacy development for students in grades K-12 and how that development is well-designed for appropriate literacy learning environments, experiences, and instructional interventions for emergent language learners. Covers the history, major perspectives, and theories about how students understand and develop literacy. Develops understandings of developmentally appropriate instruction, reading behaviors, and literacy development within the larger framework of the communicative arts, i.e., oracy, written expression, reading, spelling, handwriting, listening, the visual and performing arts, and the social community, i.e., family, socio-economic conditions, culture, ethnicity, language, etc.
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