Biola University 2014–15 Catalog
SEED 563 - Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
SEED 572 - Learning, Motivation, and Student Engagement Examines curricula that motivates and engages students to promote deeper learning. Teaches how to design curricula that focuses on key skills and competencies. Instructs how to construct curricula that develops creative thinkers and independent learners in order to promote higher student engagement. Note(s): Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 573 - Curriculum Practicum Options: 1-2 week internship, working alongside national and international publishers to see how textbook publishing companies function; interactions with district, county, and/or state educational policy makers and/or administrators; development and editing of curriculum materials; working on the SOE online journal. Note(s): Special approval required. Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. This course may require travel and housing fees for on-site practicums. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 574 - Current Issues in Education and Education Policy This course explores current state and federal legislation affecting the educational community. Students also examine the key statutes and landmark court cases that have impacted the field of education. Practice in contacting lawmakers and lobbyists in order to express one’s sentiments on a critical issue will be provided. Note(s): Special approval required. This course may require travel. Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 575 - Coaching Clear Credential Candidates Providing support for a Clear Credential candidate to develop a deeper and more complex application of skills and knowledge learned during the California Preliminary Credential Program. Assist the Clear Credential candidate to accomplish appropriate personal evaluation and setting of professional development growth goals and provide support for the Clear Credential Candidate to achieve his/her goals. Note(s): Special approval required. Restricted to formal application and approval. Must hold a California Clear Credential or its equivalent. Course may be taken for 1 This course presents the complex relationships in writing student texts, teacher’s editions, and ancillary materials for gifted, EL, and special needs students. Incorporates guidance in providing formal and informal assessment opportunities for teachers using the text. Acquaints curricula writers with concept presentation through visual display, page layout, graphics, color, and type and working with layers of editorial staff. Note(s): Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 577 - School Leadership and Professional Learning Communities Focuses on the essential elements required for productive school leadership as well as those characteristics of leadership that should be avoided. Provides several models for instructional leadership including building professional learning communities, coaching, and clinical supervision. Note(s): Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 578 - CalTPA Remediation Course provides individual or small group assistance in understanding the expectations of the CalTPA tasks. Remediation is only offered to those who need to resubmit a task. Note(s): May only be taken twice. Grade Mode: C. Credit(s): 1. SEED 579 - Early Childhood Practicum This course provides an opportunity for child development permit candidates placed in practicum sites to explore the relationship between theory and practice. Developmental issues, the role of the early childhood educator, and the relationships between programs and families will be examined. Child development permit candidates will explore and practice techniques for the observation and recording of behavior, examine environments; and plan, implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant practices for your children. Lecture/Lab Hours: A 75-hour fieldwork practicum component is required. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 200 or equivalent; LEDU 335 or equivalent; LEDU 356 or SEED 556, LEDU 357 or SEED 557, LEDU 358 or SEED 558, and LEDU 359 or SEED 559. Note(s): Early Childhood permit candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B-” or higher. Valid Certificate of Clearance and negative TB test results required for practicum. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. credit up to four times. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 1. SEED 576 - Preparing Textbooks for Publication
Provides teacher candidates with knowledge of learning disabilities including definitions, causes, and characteristics of learning disabilities in children. Provides students’ teachers the knowledge and skills to make accommodations and modifications (including adaptations with technology) for individuals with mild to moderate disabilities. Particular emphasis is given to working on Student Study Teams to design instruction to meet the individual needs of underperforming students, to making referrals with appropriate documentation, and to writing Individual Education Plans for students with identified learning disabilities. Lecture/Lab Hours: A 10-hour field practicum component is required. Note(s): Education Specialist Credential and Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B-” or higher. Valid Certificate of Clearance and negative TB test results required for fieldwork. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 564 - Behavior and Classroom Management for Students with Special Needs Focus on principles and procedures for modifying behavior in the classroom with emphasis given to the identification of factors that contribute to behavioral problems, systematic data collection, objective reporting, and implementation of various methods of reinforcement. Lecture/Lab Hours: A 10-hour field practicum component is required. Note(s): Education Specialist Credential and Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B-” or higher. Valid Certificate of Clearance and negative TB test results required for fieldwork. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 565 - Current Issues in Technology and Instruction Instruction includes a critical look at how technology informs teaching in an online environment by investigating issues, theories, operating systems, and practical strategies within schools. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 566 - Innovative Usage of Multimedia within Schools Instruction includes how to use emerging technologies to improve teaching and learning in school. Demonstration of how to use multimedia devices to support and engage all students within K–12 classrooms. Prerequisite(s): 565. Note(s): Prerequisite knowledge of educational technology required. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 567 - World Wide Web Design Instruction includes research and assessment of web pages that connect with teaching and how to conduct research using the Internet. Students design and create their own web page to assist with instruction. Prerequisite(s): 565. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 568 - Elements of Computer Hardware and Software Maintenance and Repair Instruction includes basic knowledge of computer hardware and software design, repair, and maintenance to assure proper usage and availability within a school. Prerequisite(s): 565. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 569 - Course Design and Strategies within Technology Instruction includes the practical construction of teaching in an online environment and emphasizes subjects such as interactive teaching strategies, course design, assessment, student evaluation, and instructional planning. Students design an online course. Prerequisite(s): 565. Experience in a classroom needed to take this course. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 570 - Introduction to Spiritual Formation for the Educator This introductory study into the nature of spiritual formation attempts to understand the nature of our new life in Christ, the process of formation in the Spirit and the directives for cooperating with His work. Attention is given to implications of spiritual formation for the life of the educator and classroom experience. Practical exercise in prayer, soul projects, and various spiritual disciplines are included as well as a personal all- day retreat addressing one’s calling as an educator in Christ. Particular attention is given to how our life in Christ can deal with personal issues of guilt, shame and legalism and how to cooperate with the Spirit in transforming the heart in light of the dynamics of original sin, our early relational development, and the habits of sin developed over time that affect the classroom. Note(s): A minimum grade of “B” required for Master’s degree (a grade of “B-” is not sufficient). Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. SEED 571 - Grant Writing, Book Proposal, and Textbook Provides practice in researching and writing grants that are credible, scholarly, and comprehensive. Teaches authors how to promote their books by writing a focused, dynamic, and compelling book proposal to submit to educational publishers. Presents the steps in writing informative and credible textbooks that lead to publication. Note(s): Certificate candidates must pass this course with a grade of “B” or higher. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3.
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