15 courses with the subject ELEM, 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.
ELEM 100Elementary Teacher Education Seminar 11
This seminar is required for all Preservice Teachers pursuing initial licensure in Elementary Education. Participants explore resources and strategies for successfully navigating program and college-wide professional expectations, in addition to the values and dispositions of a successful Teacher Candidate.
Open only to Elementary Education and Teaching and Elementary and Middle School Education majors
Corequisite
None
ELEM 200Elementary Teacher Education Seminar 21
This seminar is required for all Preservice Teachers pursuing initial licensure in Elementary Education. Participants explore best practices and resources to support collaborative relationships across professional contexts. They also continue their exploration of professional ethics/growth as they work to fulfill program and licensure requirements.
This introductory course provides an overview of educational foundations with a focus on the professional roles and responsibilities of elementary school teachers and quality metrics used to evaluate them. Preservice Teachers will explore historical origins and philosophical contributions to contemporary elementary classroom policy debates and instructional practices.
ELEM 240Instructional Design and Assessment for Elementary Learners3
This course introduces Preservice Teachers to evidence-based, equity-driven practices and approaches in instructional design and assessment. Anchored in the tenets of Place-Based Learning and Understanding by Design (UbD), the course examines key concepts, resources, and strategies elementary educators need to enact quality lessons and assessments. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 260Diverse Learners, Families, and Communities3
This course introduces Preservice Teachers to major conceptual frameworks, resources, and strategies related to equity-driven approaches for diverse learners, families, and communities. Preservice Teachers will explore competing explanations and solutions to opportunity-outcome academic gaps in education. A focus will be on using place-based learning to foster culturally-sustaining instructional practice, in addition to effective communication and collaboration with diverse families and community stakeholders. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 220 OR SPED 202 , either with a grade of C+ or higher
Corequisite
ELEM 240 OR SPED 275
ELEM 300Elementary Teacher Education Seminar 31
This seminar is required for all Preservice Teachers pursuing initial licensure in Elementary Teacher Education. Participants will be introduced to key principles, resources, and tools for integrating technology into instruction. This seminar also provides academic, professional, and licensure support for students based on ongoing needs and interests.
ELEM 320Foundations of Literacy for Elementary Learners3
Preservice Teachers explore literacy-related theories, research, and methods for elementary grade levels with a particular focus on early (PK-2) literacy development and foundational literacy skills. Preservice Teachers develop their own reading and writing practices and identities as they discuss the interconnected and developmental nature of oral language, phonology, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing instruction. Preservice Teachers also administer and analyze a variety of diagnostic assessments and will design and implement literacy-based learning experiences across a variety of social and cultural contexts. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 340Scientific Inquiry and Methods for Elementary Learners3
This methods course provides an overview of key principles, resources, and strategies related to science curriculum and instruction in elementary contexts. Preservice Teachers learn to use and adapt pedagogical strategies that promote disciplinary inquiry in elementary settings with a focus on instructional scaffolding, place-based learning, and service learning. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
Teacher Candidates explore research-based strategies, technological tools, and resources for teaching literacy methods across elementary grade levels. Teacher Candidates develop their own reading and writing practices and identities as they explore literacy strategies for reading, writing, speaking, and listening within and across disciplines with a particular focus on upper (3-6) elementary learners. Teacher Candidates also administer and analyze literacy assessments, conduct teacher research, and design evidence-based lesson plans that focus on disciplinary reading, writing, communication, and research. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 320 and ELEM 340 , both with a C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 380
ELEM 380Social Studies Inquiry and Methods for Elementary Learners3
Crosslisted With: ( HIST 380 ) Teacher Candidates engage in disciplinary inquiry within and across the social sciences to investigate case studies of major themes and contributions in United States history from 1492 to 1877. Teacher Candidates apply disciplinary knowledge, tools, and forms of representation into inquiry-based learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive for PK-6 learners. This course also explores enduring and innovative principles, resources, and strategies to meet diverse learning needs and interests across social studies contexts. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 320 and ELEM 340 , both with a C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 360
ELEM 400Elementary Teaching Internship Seminar2
Teacher Candidates engage in this virtual seminar taken during the Teaching Internship semester. Cohorts meet with a Faculty Coach during virtual, synchronous class meetings where they explore curriculum problems of practice and work to complete a Capstone Portfolio. This seminar is required for all Teacher Candidates seeking licensure to teach elementary (PK-6) and middle level (6-8).
ELEM 420 , ELEM 440 , and ELEM 460 all with a grade of C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 480 or EDUC 481
ELEM 420Responsive Classroom Management for Elementary Learners3
This course examines classroom management techniques, policies, and practices for cultivating positive and supportive learning environments across a variety of elementary contexts. Teacher Candidates practice techniques for rules, routines, and procedures that actualize appropriate use of pace, materials, transitions, and space. The course focuses on collaborative, school-wide opportunities for utilizing ongoing, positive behavior supports, trauma-sensitive teaching, and multi-tiered behavior interventions that target functions of behavior. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 360 and ELEM 380 , both with a grade of C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 440 and ELEM 460
ELEM 440Differentiated Instruction for Elementary Learners3
Teacher Candidates explore essential frameworks, resources, and strategies related to differentiated instruction in elementary contexts, and they examine different ways to embed young learners’ voice and choice in instructional practice. The course emphasizes diverse instructional methods to support the specific interests and needs of students from a variety of linguistic, academic, and cultural backgrounds. The successful completion of an embedded field-related experience is required.
ELEM 360 and ELEM 380 , both with a grade of C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 420 and ELEM 460
ELEM 460Elementary Clinical Experience and Seminar3
This 75-hour clinical experience and corresponding seminar is designed for Teacher Candidates to engage in authentic, PK-6 elementary classroom settings and to plan, teach, and assess small and whole group lessons based on best practices in the core content areas. Faculty model and scaffold instructional practices as they coach, observe, and mentor Teacher Candidates throughout the semester. Successful completion of this course is required in order to enroll in the Teaching Internship.
ELEM 360 and ELEM 380 , both with a grade of C+ or higher, and admission to Teacher Candidacy
Corequisite
ELEM 420 and ELEM 440
ELEM 480Elementary Teaching Internship10
This Teaching Internship experience is required for all Elementary Education and Teaching majors seeking initial licensure to teach elementary school (grades PK-6). Teaching Interns will spend 13 weeks in an elementary school setting, assuming the responsibilities of a classroom teacher. Under the direction of a Mentor Teacher and University Supervisor, Teaching Interns will design and teach engaging lessons, assess student learning, and reflect on their continued professional growth.
