EDUC 4550 - Collaboration: Co-Teaching, Instruction, and Working with Families

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.

This course provides teacher candidates with knowledge and skills to communicate and collaborate with educational personnel and family members. Candidates work with supervising practitioners to design and implement an instructional unit with measurable student outcomes. Various models of co-teaching are examined. Using a family systems framework, candidates explore diverse family structures, backgrounds,and strategies for engaging family members. This course is required for Education Initial Licensure Majors: Early Childhood (PreK-2), Elementary Education (1-6), Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) and Severe Disabilities (all levels) and is taken in conjunction with the practicum associated with the candidates major.

Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.