Degrees for Education

Educ. 550 Professional and Ethical Issues in Education
Instructor: Dr. Robert Welker 4 semester credits
Time: Saturdays Feb. 7 – May 2 TBA
All grade levels

Exploring the philosophical and pragmatic issues affecting one’s own path to becoming a teacher leader with the major outcome being personal assessment and a professional development plan. This is the introductory course required for all degree seeking students. Others by permission of the instructor.

*Educ 510IN Talented but Underserved: Teaching the Gifted Learner
Instructor: Tammy Gebara 2 semester credits
Time: M/W 4 – 6 p.m. Jan. 26 – Mar. 4 Room 200 Blair Hall
All grade levels

An introductory examination of the gifted learner’s characteristics and needs, including gifted learners who underachieve.

Educ 510 Nutrition and Academic Attainment: Developing Academic Skills through the Multi-cultural Study of Good Food
Instructor: Connie Mitchell 2 semester credits
Time: M/W 4 – 6 p.m. Mar. 16 – Apr. 27 TBA
Preschool – elementary level

This course will look at nutrition and how it impacts learning in children. The study of nutrition based “Food is Elementary” curriculum will be used with the aim of exploring its adoption in our local community.

Educ 520 Teacher Leadership: Skills, Practices and Commitments of the 21st Century Schoolhouse
Instructor: Dr. Greg McFann 2 semester credits
Time: T/Th 4 – 6 p.m. Feb. 3 – Mar. 10 Room 200 Blair Hall
All grade levels

This course focuses on those skills that good leadership requires: working with colleagues reluctant to change, practicing the communication skills required for crucial conversations, building networks to improve practice, and resolving pressing ethical dilemmas.

*Educ 520IN College Bound but not College Ready: Reading and Study Strategies for the Underprepared High School Student
Instructor: Tammy Gebara 2 semester credits
Time: M/W 4 – 6 p.m. Mar. 16 – Apr. 27 Room 210 Blair Hall
Middle and High School

This course examines a variety of reading and study strategies to help assist underprepared high school students for college level reading.

Educ 520 Reading for the Love of It: What’s New in Adolescent Literature
Instructor: Deb Mallonee 2 semester credits
Time: Tuesday 4 – 6:30 p.m. Mar. 17 – May 5 Room 112 Blair Hall
Middle School

Participants in this course will read and explore a delightful range of new works in adolescent literature.

Educ 530 Moving Beyond the Heroic: Restorative Schools that Work for Students, Teachers and Community
Instructors: Dr. Lowell Monke and Dr. Robert Welker 2 semester credits
Time: T/TH 4 – 6 p.m. Feb. 25 – Mar. 30 Room 208 Blair Hall
All grade levels

A close look at working school models that promote excellence while sustaining the commitment, energy and good will of all those that make learning happen—parents, teachers, students and the community.

To Register:
Call 937-327-6417 and Kathy will assist you with registration over the phone.

Cost:
*(Course number + IN indicates a tuition reduction of $182.50 per credit hour.)

$365 per credit hour. Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Graduate courses are open to all teachers. You do not need to be a degree seeking student to register

The Musical Education instructor can work in educational institutions in all levels of the education system, or in informal and distance learning processes. They are able to assist in the design of curricula regarding their specialty, in arts administration institutions or programs and work in the management of musical education institutions.

Become a highly qualified Special Education teacher and make a difference in your community. Today, a vast number of special education teachers are needed in America’s schools. WGU’s online special education degree teaches you the content knowledge and effective teaching skills to become a special education instructor for students with mild to moderate cross-categorical disabilities. This online teaching degree leading to special education certification includes supervised practice teaching in an actual classroom setting. A great fit for paraprofessionals currently serving as assistants in public and private schools or those interested in becoming teachers in a high-demand field.

WGU is the only exclusively online teacher education institution in the nation to receive NCATE accreditation.

A Program Overview

This online teaching degree consists of four domains of study, including Demonstration Teaching (student teaching) and completion of a portfolio.

The domains of study are:
Interdisciplinary Studies
Foundations of Teaching
Effective Teaching Practices (Special Education)
Demonstration Teaching (includes practice teaching)

View detailed information about these domains.

Cooperative Education is a program that involves regularly scheduled employment, giving the student an opportunity to experience theory in practice while developing competencies through supervised training on a job related to his/her occupational or educational objective.

The purpose of the work experience program is to integrate related academic preparation with practical work experience, thereby giving the student a better insight into his/her potential career field.

The student will work with the employer on setting three learning objectives which he/she will accomplish by the end of the semester in which the student is enrolled. Once the learning objectives are approved by a Cooperative Education instructor/coordinator for suitability, the student will be given a Statement of Cooperation.

A Statement of Cooperation is a carbon copy contract which the student, the employer, and the instructor must sign, in agreement that the student will work towards accomplishing the set goals. At the end of the semester, the employer will give the student a suggested grade based on the attainment of the set goals.

This suggested grade, in conjunction with the timely submission of all appropriate paperwork and arrival to all preset appointments will be used to calculate the student’s final grade.

The Minnesota State University Mankato Master of Science degree in Educational Technology responds to the growing needs of P-16 education and industry in providing instruction for the technological environment. Program emphasis may be educational technology integration in the classroom, instructional design for education, the technology leader or instruction for distance learning.

The graduate program consists of 34 hours, including an alternate plan paper, and is developed through a certificate format. Students are to complete three certificates (27 credits) and a research portion (7 credits). Courses are presented predominantly in an online format.
Each certificate consists of three 3-credit courses, and include:

Educational Technology in the Classroom

KSP 619 – Technology Integration of the K-12 Teacher (3 credits)
KSP 624 – Integrating Multimedia into the K-12 Classroom (3 credits)
KSP 629 – Communicating Electronically to the Learning Community (3 credits)

Distance Education Instructor

KSP 664 – Distance Learning (3 credits)
KSP 680 – Developing the Online Learning Environment (3 credits)
KSP 698 – Practicum for Distance Learning (3 credits)

Instructional Technology & Design

KSP 667 – Media Utilization for Instructional Technology (3 credits)
KSP 689 – Introduction to Technology (3 credits)
KSP 643 – Instruction Systems Development (3 credits)

The Technology Leader

KSP 639 – District Level Administration (3 credits)
KSP 673 – Technology Funding (3 credits)
KSP 661 – Networking (3 credits)

Research Requirements:

KSP 609 – Research Methods (3 credits)
KSP 610 – Scholarly Writing (3 credits)
KSP 694 – Alternate Plan Paper (1 credit)

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