Teaching Assistant Certification Program

Academic Literacy Skills:Writing & Research for Educators (3 Credits) (Liberal Arts)

This course advances Pathway to Teaching students’ skills in reading, writing, and conducting research and is designed to help students become successful writers and teachers of writing in K-12 classrooms. Specifically, this course focuses on developing critical thinking and analytical writing skills through the study of persuasion and appropriate use of academic language and sources. In addition, students will study writing assessment strategies (e.g., the “six traits” – ideas, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, and convention). Note: This course is not equivalent to either COMP 1010 or COMP 1020.

TEDU 1950
Foundations of Special Education (3 Credits) 
This course provides an introduction to special education and exceptionalities as defined in federal and state laws and regulations. Students will develop an understanding of the needs of students with disabilities, and how to provide instruction that will promote the participation and progress of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum, consistent with NYS requirements for general and special education teachers. Students will learn the historical perspective, definitions, etiology, characteristics, needs and service delivery systems within each area of exceptionality; the nature and requirements of Individual Education Plans (IEPs); and the ways that the NYS Common Core Learning Standards are addressed for students with disabilities. To be taken concurrently with TEDU 1950 OPE. Taken by all education majors.

TEDU 1850
Education in a Changing World (3 Credits) 
This course introduces students to education in the contemporary context, with specific attention given to the history of education and the ways that schools and teaching have changed over time; laws governing the education of all students, including special education; the rapidly increasing diversity of students in schools today; the expanding uses of technology; current challenges in education, including closing the achievement gap and meeting the needs of all students; and what it means to enter the teaching profession today. This course provides students an essential foundation for all future classes in education. Taken by all education majors.

PSYC 2030
Child and Adolescent Development (3 Credits) (Liberal Arts)
This course offers the student a topical introduction to human development, with an overview of "arenas" of human development from childhood through adolescence. The topical areas focus on developmental change within specific domains of functioning, including the cognitive, physical, social, perceptual, and moral development arenas. Particular emphasis is placed on child and adolescent development as it affects performance and social adjustment in schools. This course may not be taken for credit by students who have already received credit for PSY 201.

TEDU 3020
Foundations of Planning-Secondary (3 Credits) 
This course provides an introduction to the process by which teachers plan and deliver instruction in inclusive secondary classroom settings. Students will examine the critical elements of effective instructional planning, apply those elements as they design lesson plans and unit plans, deliver the lessons, and reflect on the effectiveness of the lessons. Students will learn how to create lessons and units that are aligned with NYS Common Core Learning Standards, as well as allow for adapting instruction to meet the diverse needs in an inclusive classroom.

TEDU 3330
Foundations of Lesson Planning-Elementary (3 Credits) 
This course provides an introduction to the process by which teachers plan and deliver instruction in inclusive elementary classroom settings. Students will examine the critical elements of effective instructional planning, apply those elements as they design lesson plans and unit plans, deliver the lessons, and reflect on the effectiveness of the lessons. Students will learn how to create lessons and units that are aligned with NYS Common Core Learning Standards, as well as allow for adapting instruction to meet the diverse needs in an inclusive classroom.

TEDU 2550
Foundations in Language & Literacy (3 Credits) 
This course focuses on beginning language users and emergent literacy. It will examine theories and science regarding language and literacy development. This course presents foundations needed to understand how reading and writing develops as well as evidence-based, developmentally appropriate instructional methods and materials used in early childhood and elementary grade classes. Students will be expected to plan lessons based on what is learned in class and from the assigned readings.