At Emmanuel’s School of Education, you will train in current theory and research-based practice in the design, delivery, and management of curriculum and instruction, from the exploration of access and equity in the history of American education to in-class instruction and site placements.
The ultimate goal for any teacher is an academically and socially productive classroom with focused, courteous students. This course is a study of different approaches to classroom management in grades 5-8 and 8-12, and will assist you in fostering your skills and techniques such as building relationships, setting rules and expectations, building a culture of mutual respect, focusing on strengths, encouraging initiative and addressing problematic behavior.
You will develop competencies in various approaches to classroom management, as well as address questions concerning goals, curriculum, discipline, motivation and instructional method.
This course is designed to develop leaders who are equipped to address challenges to educational equity that are rooted in U.S. history and prevalent in the contemporary field of education. The course will use case studies to examine and respond to these issues of unequal access with attention to the historical and contemporary causes (financial inequality, unstable home environments, lack of mental health services, language barriers, etc.).
You will be able to analyze and address these issues on the micro and macro levels and use an array of sources to inform particular challenges of educational practice. As a capstone project, you will work to identify an issue and create an initiative to achieve equality.
Education is a fundamental tenet of American society. Yet, debate over how best to affect a quality and effective educational system has pervaded American politics and society from the country's founding, to segregation, to more recent policy issues such as Title IX, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Common Core State Standards.
This debate has involved the equitable funding and distribution of resources, assessment, issues of race, gender, and socioeconomic class, teaching standards and qualifications, and curriculum on the K-12 level. This course explores the debate surrounding educational policy in the American political system. We will assess the social, cultural, and political factors influencing the crafting, implementation, and assessment of education policy in the United States.
