Advanced Study of Teaching Special Populations
EDUC X523
| Day | Spring Quarter, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Time | 5:00pm - 8:00pm |
| Room | TBA |
| Credit | 4.0 CEU or 40 CE hours |
| Cost | $600.00 |
* Students who are new to the Clear Credential program must complete an admissions process. Please contact Cathy Parent at 408-554-3000 x6409 or cparent@scu.edu.
Description
This course is designed to give practicing teachers advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities for teaching special populations including at-risk students, students with disabilities, students on behavior plans, and gifted and talented students in the general education classroom. Each candidate will demonstrate advanced expertise knowledge of the role of the general education teacher in the special education process. Each candidate will demonstrate practitioner skills on the use of differentiated instructional strategies that ensure that all students have access to the core curriculum. Each candidate will demonstrate the ability to create a positive, inclusive climate of instruction for all special populations including gifted and talented in the general classroom.
Instructor Steve Johnson is the Director of Character Education at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education. Johnson developed the Character-Based Literacy Program, now in use in the court-community schools of many California counties and the Success Camp and Raising an Ethical Child programs. Steve taught elementary and secondary special education and was a high school principal before joining the Santa Clara faculty.
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