Teacher Leader Course Listing

Core Curriculum
18 CI 701: Masters Research Seminar: Curriculum and Instruction (3 hrs)
Learn about research and bibliographic methods in curriculum and instruction; analytic, evaluative writing about research; use of research facilities.

18 CI 702: Inquiry into Teaching and Learning (3 hrs)
This course explores various modes, formal and informal, for posing and pursuing questions about teaching and learning. Emphasis is on teachers as knowledge generators.

18 CI 703: The Role of Teachers in a Democratic Society (3 hrs)
Builds on the theoretical, philosophical, and practical foundations of what it means to be a teacher in a democratic society, with applications to students’ personal and professional lives as teachers.

18 CI 704: Forces Shaping the School Curriculum (3 hrs)
Examines philosophical, historical, political/ legislative, and socio-cultural forces shaping school curricula, past and present. The course provides multiple perspectives for identifying and evaluating the consequences of curricular choices.

18 CI 705: Addressing Diversity in the Classroom (3 hrs)
Focuses on the nature of diversity, both in society and in the classroom, and its relationship to what is studied and how it is taught. The course addresses nature and use of culturally responsive pedagogy to enhance learning and the classroom experience.

18 CI 774: Education Technology-Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues (3 hrs)
This course is a critical examination of technology and its impact on society and individuals from an ethical, legal, and social perspective.

18 CI 874: Culminating Experience Option: The Master’s Project
The Master’s Project is an option for graduate students/practitioners who view the M.Ed. as a terminal degree. Projects should produce a tangible product such as a curriculum, literature review, CD/DVD, or action research study. The candidate should be able to explain how their project applied ideas or skills learned in the program to the problem being addressed and why this approach is appropriate. The results of a project should be useful to the candidate and to others in the field.

Teacher Leader Curriculum
18 CI 733: Developing a Deeper Understanding of Leadership for Teacher Leaders (3 hrs)
Teacher Leaders will examine their own leadership styles and beliefs, while learning more about leadership in general and school leadership in particular. The overall goal of this program is to allow Teacher Leader candidates to explore their own beliefs and ideas about leadership, learn about leadership, and develop leadership skills in a safe “practice field.”

18 CI 734: Developing and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities for Teacher Leaders (3hrs)
This course provides participants an opportunity to explore the emerging research base about effective practices for creating, maintaining, and utilizing professional learning communities in schools and districts. Students will build personal leadership skills related to developing and sustaining professional learning communities. They are introduced to the concepts and aims of various forms of professional learning communities and explore in depth three elements present in successful professional learning communities.

18 CI 735: Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Results for Teacher Leaders (3 hrs)
This course focuses on developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for Teacher Leaders to provide high levels of effective coaching and mentoring focused on improving teaching practices and learning for all students. The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the research base for high quality coaching and mentoring; how to design, implement, and sustain high-quality coaching and mentoring, and; the effective use of protocols during coaching and mentoring experiences. This course requires department permission.

18 CI 736: Recognizing, Assessing, and Supporting Quality (3 hrs)
This course of study in instructional leadership will introduce Teacher Leader candidates to the research on, application of, and assessment of quality instruction. The goals of this program include: understanding and recognizing quality instruction; use of methodologies for monitoring and assessing quality of instruction, and; supporting quality instruction.

18 CI 737: Practicum Seminar for Teacher Leaders (3 hrs)
The purpose of this course is to support Teacher Leader candidates as they implement leadership skills in service of teacher and student learning to facilitate continuous improvement. This one credit hour course to be taken each quarter over three quarters is designed to support Teacher Leader candidate’s implementation of leadership activities.

Elective Curriculum

18 CI 885: Attitude Formation and Change (3 hrs)
Examines theories of attitude formation and change and their application in classroom settings, and presents tools and strategies for assessing student attitudes.

18 CI 729: Future Directions in Education (3 hrs)
Study of instructional practices in effective schools. Includes models of teaching, classroom management, teaching methods for young adolescents, and methods to increase engaged learning time.

18 LTCY 780: Theories of Second Language Acquisition (3 hrs)
This course is designed to provide a general overview of scientific research into how students learn a second language as well as an essential point of reference for educators and researchers who facilitate the student’s learning process. Second language acquisition (SLA) is a theoretical and experimental field of study which examines the phenomenon of language development and extends an understanding of the complex processes and mechanisms that drive language acquisition. Typical phases in SLA and stages in language development are discussed.