7 courses with the subject EDU, 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.
EDU 118Family Involvement and Collaboration3
....................................................................................................Fall (Even Years) This course examines the symbiotic relationship between family and care environments while emphasizing a team approach utilizing family, educational and childcare providers, and community resources to promote early development and learning. Focus is placed on practical components of family involvement that teachers encounter, effective home and educational provider communications, parent and teacher conferences, facilitation of connections with community resources, administrative issues, and challenges with family involvement in the educational system.
......................................................................................................................... Fall This course introduces pre-service teachers to best practices in creating and managing instruction in the early childhood learning environment. The course fosters quality teaching and learning through lesson development designed to connect learning theories, academic standards, subject content, the learning process, student achievement, assessment of student learning, and arrangement of the classroom environment for improved instruction. Effective strategies for classroom behavior management that promote a safe, respectful learning environment are emphasized.
.....................................................................................................Fall (Odd Years) This course identifies appropriate assessment strategies used to evaluate cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development of children and considers implications for curriculum planning. It explores the use of systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies including but not limited to formal, informal, authentic, and benchmark assessments. Students will interpret and translate assessment data to effectively inform instruction and decision making.
...............................................................................................Spring (Even Years) This course examines child development and learning theory. Students discuss social- emotional, ecological-systems, and physical-motor dimensions of human growth and change as they impact cognition and learning.
........................................................................................................................TBD In this course, students examine emerging digital technologies and their applications in educational settings. Students explore a variety of digital learning applications, develop proficiency in their use, and evaluate their effectiveness in real learning contexts. Ethical, cultural, accessibility, and legal considerations in digital tool implementation are examined. Additionally, students explore instructional technology integration models and apply them to authentic educational scenarios. Through hands-on activities and reflective practice, students articulate their learning experiences using current and appropriate technologies. 90 | 2025-2026 College Catalog
EDU 285English Language Learners (ELL) Foundations3
...............................................................................................Spring (Even Years) This course examines research-based English Language Learner (ELL) teaching and learning methods in classrooms and in interactions with families. Theories of second language acquisition will be researched and applied with respect to implications for the second language classroom.
