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The Certificate of Studies in Curriculum and Instruction is designed for those students who wish to pursue a planned program of studies but do not seek a master’s degree. The program is designed to help the classroom practitioner develop an understanding of effective instruction and curriculum development. Completion of this program does not provide eligibility for the voluntary State of Michigan K-12 Building Administrator license.
Students who are admitted to the certificate program may transfer a maximum of 3 credits, but still must complete at least 18 credits at Concordia University. If transfer credit is granted, the student may substitute EDU540 or EDU545 to reach the 18 credit minimum. Alternatively, students who do not have transfer credits may elect to add the appropriate reading course (EDU540 or EDU545) to their program to meet State of Michigan requirements for the professional teacher license.
Once all coursework has been completed and the certificate has been granted, coursework from the certificate may not be used toward a master degree at Concordia University. If the student chooses to change to a full master degree the decision must be made before the final course in the certificate program. The student would be required to withdraw from the certificate program and then must complete admission requirements for the master degree program of choice.
Certificate of Studies in Curriculum and Instruction |
18-21 credits |
EDU560 |
Cultural Issues in Curriculum, Classroom, and Community |
3 |
EDU570 |
Professional Learning Communities in a Pluralistic Society |
3 |
EDU580 |
Curriculum Development and Instructional Supervision |
3 |
EDU590 |
Curriculum Inquiry and Reform |
3 |
EDU620 |
Educational Technology |
3 |
EDU660 |
Educational Policy: Current Issues and their Effects on Curriculum |
3 |
| *Optional Reading Course |
EDU540 |
Strategies for Struggling Readers and Writers in the Elementary Classroom* |
3 |
EDU545 |
Teaching Struggling Readers and Writers in the Secondary Classroom* |
3 |
Course Descriptions
EDU560 Cultural Issues in Curriculum, Classroom, and Community
The students will examine how issues of ethnicity, economic status, gender, geography, history and other considerations play a significant role in the forces which shape and define educational settings. Through exploration of the schools’ political/social environments students will discover the factors that influence educational policy how educational policy shapes curriculum.
EDU570 Professional Learning Communities in a Pluralistic Society (3 credits)
An overview of the development of learning communities within the school system. The emphasis in this course is that the school system reflects the community it serves. This includes developing partnerships with the parents, the business community and local/state/federal agencies that serve the community.
EDU580 Curriculum Development and Instructional Supervision (3 credits)
Candidates examine the criteria and development of effective instructional programs, including the dynamics involved in planning, implementation and evaluation of programs; the implications of personnel and resource development to the overall instructional model; and the skills necessary to effectively and positively impact personnel in order to create and sustain a positive learning environment.
EDU590 Curriculum Inquiry and Reform (3 credits)
Participants examine the issues and current trends in curricular reform, including how to map curriculum to benchmarks and standards, planning learning models of best practice, and curriculum change, implementation, assessment, and evaluation of programs. The emphasis in this class will be to explore best practice, plan for change, develop program collaboration, and identify effective processes for curricular reform.
EDU620 Educational Technology (3 credits)
The theory/practice of implementing curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning.
EDU660 Educational Policy: Current Issues and their Effects on Curriculum (3 credits)
Participants examine educational policies at the local, state and national levels. They will explore complex questions effecting curriculum in social and historical contexts. Current legislation and its effects on the educational community, such as the standards-based movement, will be examined.
EDU540 Strategies for Struggling Readers/Writers in the Elem Classroom (3 credits)
This course focuses on the assessment and remediation of reading disabilities and appropriate instructional intervention strategies for elementary in-service teachers. Content will include: interest inventories, English language learning screening, visual and auditory discrimination tools, language expression and processing screening, phonemics, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling and writing assessment tools, and instructional strategies.
EDU545 Strategies for Struggling Readers/Writers in the Sec Classroom (3 credits)
This course focuses on assessment and instructional strategies for students struggling with reading and writing in secondary classrooms. Teachers will research best practices in literacy instruction and will assess students through multiple perspectives including interest inventories, learning styles, English Language learning, visual and auditory discrimination, decoding skills that include phonetic analysis, syntactic analysis, semantic analysis, sight word vocabulary, and fluency. Reading comprehension and the significance of a learner's prior knowledge in the understanding of content area reading will be addressed as well as writing assessments. Differentiated instructional strategies will be embedded into lesson and unit plans to accommodate varying learning needs.
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