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| Semester: | Spring 2024 |
| Number: | 0802-789-001 |
| Instructor: | Evelyn O'Connor |
| Days: | Thursday 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm |
| Note: | Hybrid Online/In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Harvey Hall 111 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Status: | Tutorial |
| Notes: |
Students must post a completed fieldwork log to Moodle |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Focus on the literacy specialist as an instructional leader and build an understanding of the issues, choices, procedures and requirements for the creation of exemplary literacy programs. Gain professional development skills that support teachers and paraprofessionals in maintaining and increasing the effectiveness of their instruction. |
| Learning Goals: |
1. Promote the development of a literate environment that fosters interest and growth in all aspects of literacy.2. Discuss reading with parents, administrators, students, and other stakeholders. 3. Discuss student advocacy and the professional role of the reading specialist.4. Recognize the importance of creating literacy programs to address the strengths and needs of individual learners.5. Learn to communicate with students about their strengths, areas for improvement and ways to achieve improvement in literacy domain.6. Learn to communicate with allied professionals and paraprofessionals in assessing student achievement in and planning instructions for literacy development.7. Demonstrate ability to communicate information about literacy and data to administrators, staff members, school-board members, policy-makers, the media, parents, and the community.8. Demonstrate skills and motivation to communicate research findings to colleagues and the wider community.9. Pursue knowledge of literacy by reading professional journals and seeking out information of professional organizations and conferences.10. Reflect on one’s teaching to improve instruction and other services concerning literacy development to students.11. Increase working knowledge of special education legislation (e.g., parental rights, IEP, IDEA) as pertaining to all students. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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