Susan Salmon

Classes

• ECED 222: Teaching, Learning & Inquiry

  This course presents an introduction to the processes of teaching, learning, and assessment. Students will examine pedagogical approaches, including how to develop an inquiry mindset, as well as learning models associated with various developmental domains; will develop competence in teaching strategies for use with diverse young children; and will teach several short lessons. Students will also prepare to become teacher-researchers by learning methods for observing, interviewing, and collecting a range of data, as well as learning how to begin the process of data synthesis, analysis, and reflection. Includes a fieldwork component.

• SPED 224: InqBasdTchg&LrgStr-DivChld-Act

  This course will introduce the processes of and strategies for effective teaching of diverse children. Students will learn how to plan and deliver lessons using the prevailing Standards guiding instruction in NYS. Students will reflect on their personal understandings of teaching, consider different teaching models and strategies, and begin to develop competence as thoughtful, well-informed teacher-researchers. This course includes supervised fieldwork that focuses on preparing teachers to be participant-observers in the classroom. This fieldwork will give students the opportunity to observe, interview, and analyze data in order to engage in professional discourse about organizing and delivering instruction.

• SPED 224: InqBasdTchg&LrgStr-DivChld-Lec

  This course will introduce the processes of and strategies for effective teaching of diverse children. Students will learn how to plan and deliver lessons using the prevailing Standards guiding instruction in NYS. Students will reflect on their personal understandings of teaching, consider different teaching models and strategies, and begin to develop competence as thoughtful, well-informed teacher-researchers. This course includes supervised fieldwork that focuses on preparing teachers to be participant-observers in the classroom. This fieldwork will give students the opportunity to observe, interview, and analyze data in order to engage in professional discourse about organizing and delivering instruction.

• SPED 231: Intro to Special Education

  This course provides an overview of special education from a historical perspective, with an emphasis on inclusive education of students with high incidence disabilities as defined in federal and state laws and regulations. Teacher candidates will be introduced to the terminology, etiology, and characteristics of high incidence disabilities, as well as contemporary issues associated with assessing, identifying, and serving the needs of diverse learners with exceptionalities, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Placement options and collaborative teaching models will be introduced, and teacher candidates will gain a broad understanding of individualized education programs and differentiated instructional practices designed to engage students in meaningful learning activities that address New York Learning Standards. Includes a 12.5 hour field component.