33 courses with the subject TED, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
TED 100Education Seminar0
The purpose of this seminar is to prepare students to successfully complete the TED program. The course explores the people, procedures, and policies of the TED program, the state requirements of TED students, the curriculum and course sequences of the TED program, and the TED field experience program.
This course introduces students to educational technology. The course seeks to expose students to a variety of different technologies, including assistive technology, used in education. Students will develop competence in using technology, and explore different ways in which technology can be used effectively in teaching/learning situations.
This course focuses on preparing future teachers to understand the challenges presented by English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in their classrooms. This course has a service learning component.
After completing TED 100 Education Seminar, students participate in this on-campus seminar (last two-thirds of the semester). It introduces students (all majors) to the purposes and expectations of the TED’s field experience requirements. Faculty and guest presenters, including district administrators and classroom teachers, help students prepare to effectively participate in required field experiences. Students must “shadow” a teacher for an entire day.
This Stage One field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers interact with diverse learners. Students must complete a minimum of twenty (20) hours tutoring at an after school program working with diverse learners and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with TED 131 Cultural Awareness and will be integrated in the course.
This course examines the value of professional ethics and promotes the development of students’ “moral imagination”. Students will discuss foundational ethical theories, compare Professional Codes of Ethics, and reflect on the potential outcomes and consequences of a variety of professional ethical dilemmas.
Also offered as PSY 342 : Educational Psychology. This course introduces students to current learning that explains how learning occurs, both typically and atypically, from birth through adolescence. This course prepares students to use learning theories to explain and critique teaching and formal testing methods used with students at various stages of development. Students may not receive credit for both TED 231 and TED 232, nor for both TED 232 and PSY 342. (Previously offered as TED 231: Learning)
This course introduces students to the sequence of child development and to key factors that interact to govern how children grow and develop across domains. The processes and stages of growth and development through childhood are explored, with an emphasis on using the core concepts and research findings to create supportive, developmentally appropriate environments (including educational environments) that enhance growth and well-being.
This course prepares middle-level and secondary education majors to understand the physical growth and development of adolescents and explain how factors associated with adolescence affect educational programs and decisions.
This course introduces special education majors to the sequence of child and adolescent development and to key factors that interact to govern how children and adolescents grow and develop across domains (physical, cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral, and language). Atypical development is also examined as it impacts these domains and how this knowledge is used to create classrooms that utilize developmentally appropriate, research-based practices that enhance students’ overall growth and well-being.
This course introduces all education majors to evidence-based practices relative to managing classrooms and student behaviors. Education majors explore the challenges they will face as teachers as they create safe classrooms conducive to learning, help students regulate their own behavior, and establish fair and consistent classroom practices. This course also addresses the needs of students with disabilities as research-based routines and techniques are examined to help teachers manage student behaviors across various levels and settings. This course is followed by a 1-credit course which focuses on early childhood, middle level or secondary grade bands.
This Stage Two field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers observe, interact and collaborate with early education practitioners. In addition pre-service teachers will create hands-on activities as well as lesson plans and materials needed using developmentally appropriate practices. Students must complete a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects.
TED 250 for ECE/SPE majors; TED 243 for Middle Level or Secondary Ed majors
TED 293Sophomore Field II0
This Stage Two field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers understand the daily responsibilities of classroom teachers relative to managing classrooms, motivating students, and creating environments conducive to learning. Students must complete a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with TED 271 Classroom Management and will be integrated in the course.
Also offered as HIS 310. This junior level course examines Pennsylvania history from its beginnings to the present. The political, social, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups, as well as documents and artifacts, are examined. Students who have previously taken the course as HIS 310 may not take TED 310, except for the purposes of grade replacement.
TED 351Introduction to Instructional Planning for Middle/SecEd1
This junior level course prepares students to begin the lesson and unit planning processes. During this course students write instructional objectives, plan lessons, and learn about the unit planning process.
This junior-level course prepares middle-level majors (Grades 4-8) to understand the unique nature and purpose of middle schools and their curricula, and identify and use developmentally responsive planning, teaching, and assessment techniques to meet the needs of young adolescents, including integrated students with disabilities, those who are ELLs, and students who are gifted. The course addresses a series of generic topics for all students enrolled and, relative to students’ specializations, topics specifically related to (A) English/Language Arts, (B) Mathematics, (C) Science, and (D) Social Studies. Students must address two of the four specializations.
This course prepares middle level education majors (Grades 4-8) to use research-based standards oriented techniques to teach students, including those with disabilities who are included in their classrooms, to improve their reading skills. Its foci include developmental reading, content area reading, remedial reading, and introduces students to specially designed instruction that might be used by special education teachers.
TED 369Curriculum and Methods in Secondary Education3
This course prepares secondary education students to identify, develop, and use a variety of planning, teaching, and assessment methods appropriate for secondary education, including those which include students with disabilities and other atypical learners. During the course, students are required to develop a course, a unit, and component lessons to teach content and learning processes, and deliver demonstration lessons to their classmates. Students define standards-based curriculum, state how it is established and governed, and identify the specific content area curricula they must address as teachers.
Successful completion of freshman and sophomore TED course sequences.
Corequisite
Students enrolled in this course must co-register for the designated field component, TED 397 .
TED 377Classroom Management in Secondary Education1
This course identifies the classroom management challenges unique to today’s diverse secondary classrooms. It identifies a series of routines and techniques appropriate for use in secondary classrooms.
TED 378Classroom Management in Middle Level Education1
This course identifies the classroom management challenges unique to middle level classrooms. It identifies a series of routines and techniques which might be used by teachers in middle level classrooms.
This course prepares students to provide instruction to middle level students in the language arts. The primary focus is to familiarize students with state and professional standards, research-based practices, curriculum, methods, materials, and assessment measures used to implement effective teaching and learning. During this course students prepare to use a series of specialized methods and materials designed to teach students with atypical learning styles, including those with disabilities, and students who are not proficient in the English language.
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers with the implementation of lessons, assessments, and materials. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours of observation and small or whole group instruction in the classroom setting and must complete a series of projects. This field s taken concurrently with an upper level education course (dependent on major) and will be integrated in the course. This is a supervised practicum. Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help pre-service candidates understand how they should plan, teach, and assess students. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with SPE 362 for ECE/SPE majors, with TED 357 for Middle Level majors and TED 369 for Secondary Education majors and will be integrated into each course. This is a supervised practicum.
SPE 362 Methods for High Incidence Disabilities for ECE/SPE majors, TED 357 for Middle Level majors and TED 369 for Secondary Education majors.
TED 400Early Childhood Practicum III0
This Stage Three field experience is designed to afford pre-service teachers in the ECE major the opportunity to plan, teach and assess social studies and science content. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours of observation and implement small or whole group instruction in the early childhood classroom setting. This field is taken concurrently with ECE 384 and ECE 385. This is a supervised practicum.
This semester-long seminar prepares students (all majors) to participate in the national teachers examination and other high stakes assessments used in teacher certification. It also helps students identify and negotiate the processes and procedures they must complete to become certified in Pennsylvania and in other states. The seminar prepares students to identify open teaching positions, prepare applications and presentation portfolios, interview for teaching positions, and plan and present demonstration lessons.
This course will focus on the values that underpin procedures, rules and expectations for professionals in the educational field. In addition, candidates will focus on making sure every student has equitable learning environments while responding to children’s cultural context for understanding their actions and intentions. Use of appropriate interactions between teacher and students and among students will also be discussed. Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice and Conduct and other professional codes will be discussed. This course will also support students in preparation of a professional portfolio.
This course focuses on preparing future teachers to address the challenges presented by English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in their classrooms through identification of research-based methods and materials.
This senior-level course prepares students (all majors) to plan and conduct parent conferences and to participate in meetings, such as those conducted by planning teams for IEPs. It emphasizes ways to develop partnerships and cooperation with parents and families. Students prepare to develop written educational reports.
Variable credits This course provides students with the opportunity to work independently with the TED faculty to explore specific topics in education.
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help candidates understand how they should plan, teach, and assess in learning support programs. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours in a setting where appropriate special education services are delivered observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with either SPE 363 for ECE/SPE majors or SPE 411 for Middle Level and Secondary Education majors and will be integrated in the courses. This is a supervised practicum.
SPE 363 for ECE/SPE majors; SPE 411 for Middle Level and Secondary Education majors
TED 496Senior Field0
During the semester they are not enrolled in Student Teaching (TED 497), seniors are expected to independently propose and then complete a series of activities. The activities might be completed in specially selected community classrooms or in related settings (e.g., a group home, a tutorial setting, a business or industry, etc.). Students majoring in SECED/Biology or SECED/CHE must complete their senior field on campus assisting professors in lab classes.
The culminating activity of the university’s TED places students (all majors) in classroom situations where they complete their development as teachers by demonstrating their abilities to fully function as classroom teachers. TED students spend the first half of the student-teaching semester in one setting and the second half in another. In each placement, student teachers work under the guidance and supervision of master teachers and university supervisors. NB: TED 498 may only be taken by students graduating after January 1, 2013.
