Education

Program Coordinator: Dr. Bruce Spitzer

Mission Statement

Valuing its diverse community of learners, the Department of Education is dedicated to preparing candidates to be culturally responsive and sustaining, curious, engaged, ethical and purposeful teachers and leaders in local, national and global educational environments.

Programs

Master of Arts in Trauma Informed Practice

• •  Trauma Informed Practice, M.A.

Master of Education in Educational Leadership

• •  Educational Leadership, M.Ed.

Graduate Certificates

• •  Medical and Regulatory Writing Certificate
• •  Trauma Informed Educational Practices for Children and Adolescents Certificate

Endorsements

• •  Director of Special Education Endorsement
• •  Learning Behavior Specialist Endorsement

Courses

• •  MEDU 500 - Mission-Driven Leadership
• •  MEDU 501 - Trauma and Its Effects on Health and Learning
• •  MEDU 502 - Building a Trauma-Informed Environment with Strategy
• •  MEDU 503 - Systemic Change through Research and Trauma-Informed Practice
• •  MEDU 532 - Characteristics of Students with Disabilities
• •  MEDU 533 - Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities
• •  MEDU 534 - Diagnosis and Assessment of Students with Disabilities
• •  MEDU 535 - Supervision and Instruction
• •  MEDU 536 - School, Home and Community
• •  MEDU 562 - Reading Assessment Tools and Strategies
• •  MEDU 563 - Diagnostic Reading Instruction
• •  MEDU 564 - Diagnostic Reading Practicum
• •  MEDU 580 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL/Bilingual Students
• •  MEDU 582 - Cross Cultural Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners
• •  MEDU 583 - Methods and Materials for Teaching English Language Learners
• •  MEDU 585 - Assessment for ELL/Bilingual Students English Language Learners
• •  MEDU 586 - Language and Linguistics English Language Learners
• •  MEDU 610 - Operations and Management
• •  MEDU 620 - Curriculum and Program Assessment
• •  MEDU 622 - School Law and Policies
• •  MEDU 635 - Disability Law, Policy and Historical Foundations in Special Education
• •  MEDU 636 - Supervision of Programs for Children with Exceptionalities
• •  MEDU 637 - Finance for Special Education Directors
• •  MEDU 684 - Trauma-Informed Practice Research Seminar
• •  MEDU 686 - Trauma-Informed Practice Capstone
• •  MEDU 690 - Topics in Education
• •  MEDU 691 - Educational Internship - Fall
• •  MEDU 692 - Educational Internship - Spring
• •  MEDU 693 - Educational Internship - Summer
• •  MEDU 696 - Educational Leadership Capstone
• •  MEDU 698 - Project in Progress
• •  MHTS 694 - Trauma-Informed Practice Research Seminar
• •  MHTS 696 - Trauma-Informed Practice Capstone