• 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: Assessment and Evaluation for Literacy

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Helps teachers become proficient in developing and using a variety of formal and informal assessments and instructional procedures to accelerate students' reading achievement as appropriate. Guides 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 Support. Demonstrates procedures for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data to inform instruction, as well as methods for communicating findings to stakeholders.
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• EDUC 5661: Foundational Knowledge of Literacy

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Provides educators with background, depth of knowledge, and tools to teach language and literacy skills to K-12 students who struggle with reading. Provides teachers with the skills needed to master the fundamentals of reading instruction - phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and language. Explores the difficulties that students face in learning to read and how teachers can use assessments to support student learning. Empowers teachers to differentiate their instruction to meet the varying needs of students in their classroom.
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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: Literacy in Content Area

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Develops 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. Evaluates 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: Curriculum and Instruction for Literacy Development

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Focuses on emergent literacy development for students in grades K-12. Prepares students to design instructions that are appropriate for literacy learning environments, experiences, and interventions for emergent language learners. Covers the history, major perspectives, and theories about how students develop literacy. Delivers knowledge on 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.
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• EDUC 5665: Reading Comprehension 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 acquire knowledge and understanding of current theories and models that impact reading comprehension and apply that knowledge in instruction. Focuses on understanding reading comprehension, increasing the range, quality and complexity of reading materials used by students, and supporting student responses to text. Builds teachers' ability to help their students use texts efficiently and effectively to develop and express complex, critical thinking.
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• EDUC 5666: Effective 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. Examines theories, concepts, and methodologies that promote the development of strategic writers. Prepares teachers to provide research-based methods for teaching K-12 students to develop a range of writing skills and applications including how to compose opinion/argumentation, informational/expository, and narrative writing. Facilitates teachers' ability to assess K-12 student writing.
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• EDUC 5667: Science of Literacy I - Learning to Read

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah Professional Educator License. Explores the difficulties that students face in learning to read and how teachers can use assessments to support student learning and differentiate. Teaches how phonological skills are developed, taught, and assessed. Builds a deep understanding of how students learn and why some students may struggle. Focuses on ways to differentiate instruction to meet the varying need of students. Requires practice and implementation in the classroom.
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