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Area
of Study: Continuing Teacher Education Courses
(Non-Degree Courses)
School:
University
of Phoenix Online 
The following programs
are available at the University
of Phoenix Online:
Graduate:
Program Details:
Continuing Education
Courses are not intended to transfer to a Master of
Arts in Education degree program at the University of
Phoenix.
Although the following courses are accepted by the
Arizona Department of Education toward certifications
and endorsements, this may not be the case in all
states. Please check your own State Department of
Education and your school district for professional
growth credit.
Courses Include:
Characteristics
of Learning Disabilities
SPE 527
This online education course examines the
characteristics of students with learning
disabilities. Causes attributed to learning
disabilities, the referral process, and available
program/service delivery options are examined,
including transition services and career counseling.
Various assessment and remediation techniques, as well
as the utilization of appropriate classroom materials,
are analyzed, and evaluative and curricular
modifications for students in inclusive settings are
explored.
3 credit hours
Classroom
Management
VTE-ED 578
This online education course covers time management,
student self-motivation, instructional equipment,
subject-centered strategies, discipline, as well as
written and verbal communication skills from early
childhood through secondary level.
3 credit hours
Elementary
Reading Methods
RDG 513
This online education course offers an integrated
approach to the teaching of reading particularly for
the intermediate and middle school grades 4-8.
Students explore specific strategies designed to help
youngsters construct meaning across the curriculum and
efficiently handle content area text. Pre-reading
techniques, vocabulary development, writing, and
motivational issues are be addressed, as well as word
identification through the use of semantic, syntactic,
and graphophonic cues.
3 credit hours
Inclusion
Strategies for the Special Educator
SPE 520
This online education course examines the roles of
educators when including students with disabilities
into general education classrooms. Options for success
that consider peer relationships, systematic
instruction, behavior management and collaboration are
explored. This course focuses on inclusion
strategies and collaborative activities that enable
special educators, general classroom teachers and
administrators to successfully provide an optimal
educational environment for students with
disabilities.
3 credit hours
Instructional
Techniques and Methods of ESL
TESL 533
This online education course focuses on methodology
for instructing Limited English Proficient (LEP)
students. The course also reviews theories,
programs, and instructional strategies that support
effective methods for teaching LEP students.
3 credit hours
Methods
of Bilingual Education
BLE 537
This online education course focuses on the strategies
appropriate for teaching Bilingual Education. It
introduces the theories, methods, and approaches for
instructional techniques.
3 credit hours
Orientation to the
Exceptional Learner
SPE 500
This online education course provides an overview of
the different categories of exceptionality. Students
will be introduced to special education laws and their
implications for delivery systems, transition plans,
and identification and placement procedures.
3 credit hours
Special Education Methods
SPE 515
This online education course provides an overview of
methodologies used in teaching learners with special
needs, from early childhood on, with an emphasis on
students with learning disabilities, mental
retardation, and emotional handicaps. Students explore
the relationship between individual student
characteristics and the development of the
Individualized Education Program, instructional
implications of special education categories,
characteristics of various service delivery models,
task analysis, unit and lesson development,
instructional strategies, classroom organization and
management, behavior management, crisis prevention,
and transition planning/career counseling.
Communication through consultation and collaboration
and professional/ethical practices are also
considered.
3 credit hours
Teaching Students with
Gifts or Talents
SPE 532
This online education course explores definitions of
giftedness, ways of identifying gifted students and
types of programs developed for this population. It
addresses issues in educating the gifted and
introduces concepts that apply to gifted endorsement.
3 credit hours
United
States Constitution
HIS 501
This online education course is a study of the
creation, application, and viability of the U.S.
Constitution. Students explore the historical
and philosophical origins of the document in an effort
to understand the Constitution's original intent and
current usage. This course also focuses on the
Constitution's evolution by examining the
interpretation of the Constitution during the United
States' transforming social and political climates.
1 credit hour
Arizona
Constitution
HIS 500
This online education course is designed to provide an
overview of Arizona History and its Constitution from
territorial days to the present.
1 credit hour
Secondary
Reading Methods
RDG 515
This online course offers a cross-curricular approach
to the teaching of reading in the secondary school,
grades 7-12. Through modeled and practiced activities,
content area educators will learn pre-, during-, and
post-reading strategies to meet the needs of students
who do not read at grade level.
3 credit hours
Special
Education Assessment & Interpretation
SPE 505
This online course focuses on the task of assessing
the exceptional child, with an emphasis on measuring a
child's abilities and diagnosing his or her strengths
and needs. Commonly used tests and evaluation systems
used in public school special education programs are
examined. The course also addresses specific
diagnostic procedures and the link between
interpretation and the instructional process. Basic
instructional, assessment, and behavioral
recommendations are discusses.
3 credit hour
Teaching
With the Internet
CED 531
This online course is designed for intermediate
Internet users. The focus of the course concerns the
integration of the Internet into the educational
setting. Internet research techniques, multimedia
capabilities of the browser, and customization of the
Web browser are discussed. Effective strategies for
teaching with the Internet within a variety of
activity structures are emphasized. The course
features the utilization of Internet resources to
enhance curriculum content, lessons, and student
presentations.
3 credit hour
Technology
Integration in P-12 Curriculum
CED 550
This online course focuses on the use of various
technologies and software applications appropriate for
P-12 curriculum. Students will learn applications that
effectively use multimedia-bases information and
resources within instructional units and lesson plans.
The use of technology as a classroom management and
productivity tool also will be explored.
3 credit hour
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