Education Essentials: Pedagogy and Planning with Literacy Strategies

To complete the Graduate Microcredential in Pedagogy and Planning with Literacy Strategies, you must complete the following two required graduate education courses plus a field experience (7 graduate semester credits):

TEGR 530: Psychology of Teaching and Learning
This course integrates psychological principles of learning with evidence-based strategies for effective instruction. Prospective teachers explore the scientific knowledge base that underlies good teaching and build a repertoire of practices to support individual learner success within positive classroom environments. Participants analyze and personalize standards-based instruction, differentiation strategies, performance-enhancing assessment, and technology-assisted teaching and learning. Concurrent registration: TEGR 532 Field Experience II: Learning and Teaching.

TEGR 532: Field Experience II
The University of St Thomas Teacher Education program utilizes a progression of structured, in-school field experiences to expand the vision and professionalism of program candidates. Field experiences are designed to complement university classroom learning by providing opportunities for candidates to practice the knowledge, skills and dispositions of effective educators across the grade ranges for which they will be licensed and with diverse student populations. The second formal field experience is a 30-hour guided, reflective, in-school field experience that focuses on questions involving the exploration of learning and teaching: Who are the learners and how do they learn? In what ways are they diverse? What general approaches can I use to meet each learner's needs? How can I maximize this opportunity to help me develop as a professional? Concurrent registration with TEGR530. Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

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TEGR 550: Language Development, Literacy and Literature
This course is Part 1 of a two-course literacy sequence designed to introduce the pre-service teacher to the theory and practice of elementary curriculum and instruction in the areas of reading, language arts, and children's literature. Campus and elementary school experiences emphasize best practice in literacy instruction for meeting the diverse needs of all students. The course presents developmentally appropriate practice for kindergarten, primary, and intermediate grades, the current knowledge base of research, and recommendations for professional development. As the introductory course in literacy, it focuses on language development, assessment and interpretation of relevant data regarding literacy processes, and serves as the knowledge base for understanding curricular development in and applications for literacy in the elementary classroom. Participants will research critical issues in the field of literacy development.

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TEGR 585: Reading for the 5-12 Teacher
The course is designed to equip prospective teachers with knowledge, skills and attitudes for assisting grades 5-12 students to effectively gain knowledge from content-area written media. Campus and school-site experiences emphasize best practice in literacy instruction for meeting the diverse needs of all students. Emphasis is on supporting students' academic achievement through research-based, differentiated strategies for teaching content through reading materials such as textbooks, written directions, newspapers, graphs/charts/maps, and manuals.