Education

Program Overview

Athletic Coaching Leadership (ACL) concentration is to provide well-qualified coaches for all levels of sports programs. The ACL strives to address the diverse needs of the coaching profession and respond to the changing needs of prospective and practicing coaches. The ACL will not be sport specific. It will continue to develop appropriate sport and situation-specific program content to ensure the enjoyment, safety and positive skills development of America’s coaches.

Learning Outcomes

• Establish a coaching philosophy that focuses on the safety, development, and well-being of the athlete.  As a key leadership figure, the coach will gain knowledge of how to model and teach appropriate behavior in all aspects of coaching and maintain ethical conduct during practices and competitions.
• Be properly trained in injury prevention and first responder emergency car.  The student will be able to recognize high-risk situations, as well as unsafe equipment, facilities, and environmental conditions in order to ensure the safety of the athletes and make necessary modifications to the playing environment should unsafe conditions exist.
• Create research-based, developmentally appropriate drills and teaching techniques that support athlete development while maintaining safety.  The student will learn how to encourage healthful decisions by the athlete to promote healthy lifestyles and low-risk training practices.
• Be able to recognize the patterns of cognitive, motor, emotional, and social development, will create effective learning environments that allow athletes to progress and improve at different rates.  The student will be able to recognize the need to modify practice and competitive strategies to accommodate the athlete’s readiness for competition.
• Develop a practice plan and implement organized practices so that athletes have a positive learning experience.  Use a variety of systematic instructional techniques to provide a positive learning environment and maximize the potential of each athlete.  Be aware of his or her expectations of an athlete’s potential and how it impacts athlete performance.
• Develop skills of all team members into an efficient and successful group.  Know how to utilize athletes’ abilities to maximize meaningful participation and team success.
• 7)    Build administrative skills regarding the needs of the athlete, a key communicator for program goals and policies, and facilitate compliance with established program policies.
• Establish systematic evaluation ensuring that the sport program runs smoothly and efficiently and that the goals and objectives of the program are the focus for the coach, athlete, and team.

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Our Primary Pre-K-Grade 5 /K-12Intervention Specialist program will prepare you to teach in a range of classroom settings. You will be exposed to students preschool through 5th grade in the general education classroom, as well as students Kindergarten through 12th grade in the Intervention Specialist classroom. Together, we will explore principles of development,  strategies, laws, specific skills, and knowledge necessary to teach all students.  Gain experience through engaging collaborative work in the classroom and during immersive field experiences.

Sample Courses

• EDU 20203 Intro to Infant, Child, & Adolescent Development
• EDU 20303 Learning Environments    
• EDU 25303 Professional Practices    
• EDU 25503 Assessment in Education

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Our Primary Dual program will prepare you to teach students preschool through 5th grade.  Together, we will explore principles of development, strategies, laws, specific skills, and knowledge necessary to teach all students in the general education and intervention classrooms.  Gain experience through engaging collaborative work in the classroom and during immersive field experiences in local elementary schools. 

Sample Courses

• MTH 11505 Math for Educators I    
• PSY 11103 General Psychology    
• PSY 21103 Human Growth & Development    
• EDU 35403 Science for Elem./Mid School    

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Our Middle Childhood program focuses on teaching students in 4th-9th grades.  You will select two of the four areas of concentration to focus your preparation (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science). Together, we will explore extensive grade-level content, specific skills, and knowledge necessary for effective teaching. Gain experience through engaging classroom work and during immersive field experiences

Sample Courses

• EDU 32503 AYA Content Area Reading    
• EDU 48704 Social Studies Methods for AYA    
• EDU 49310 Clinical Practice in the AYA Setting    

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Our Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA) program focuses on teaching students in 7th-12th grades.  You will select one of the three areas of concentration to focus your preparation (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies). Together, we will explore extensive grade-level content, specific skills, and knowledge necessary for effective teaching. Gain experience through engaging classroom work and during immersive field experiences.

Sample Courses

• EDU 32503 AYA Content Area Reading     
• EDU 48604 Integrated Language Arts Methods    
• EDU 49310 Clinical Practice in the AYA Setting

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Our Kindergarten through 12th grade Intervention Specialist program will prepare you to teach students in an inclusive and self-contained setting.  Together, we will explore strategies, laws, specific skills, and knowledge necessary to teach all students.  Gain experience through engaging collaborative work in the classroom and during immersive field experiences in K-12 placements. 

Sample Courses

• HPE 41403 PE for Exceptional Children    
• EDU 11503 Arts in Education    
• HIS 12103 American History I    
• EDU 35403* Science for Elem/Mid Teachers

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Sample Courses

• EDU 20203 Infant, Child & Adolescent Development (Prenatal-YA) ECE/ISK-12/ECSE
• EDU 23303 Family, School & Community Collaboration ECE/ISK-12/ECSE
• EDU 29403 Early Childhood Seminar

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Sample Courses

• EDU 29503 Orientation to Hearing Impairment    
• EDU 29603 Sign System I    
• EDU 29803 Orientation to Visual Impairment

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Learning Outcomes
The beginning teacher will learn:

• To establish strategies for classroom management that will promote positive relationships,
• cooperation, and a safe learning environment;
• To use proven researched teaching and learning practices;
• To put into practice a variety of instructional strategies;
• To plan formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate students and the learning process;
• To use a variety of activities, materials and resources to enhance student learning.
• Differences in the ways students learn and perform.
• The areas of exceptionality in student learning, the major challenges in each category, and the major
• classroom and instructional issues related to each category.
• Approaches for accommodating various learning styles, intelligences and exceptionalities.
• The influences of individual experiences, talents, prior learning, language, culture and community
• values on student learning.
• Major legislation related to students’ rights and teacher responsibilities.
   

Sample Courses

• EDU 12503 AYA Content Area Reading for CT    
• EDU 20003 Planning for Instruction/Classroom Management for CT
• EDU 24003 Found. & Assessment of Teach & Learn

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