The course will require research and investigation of the best practices in professional learning communities, facilitation, action planning, and change theory in educational settings.

This course provides an overview of early childhood curriculum development. Includes processes for planning and implementing developmentally appropriate environments, materials and experiences, and quality in early childhood programs. Focuses on ages birth through age 5.

Students will be able to explore and use existing and emerging technology applications for student-centered instruction, multi-cultural learning, classroom management, assessment, professional development, and school and family communication.

Students will be able to explore and use existing and emerging technology applications for instruction, multi-cultural learning, classroom management, assessment, professional development and student-centered learning.

This course will prepare candidates for Colorado teaching licenses to have the skills and knowledge to prepare, execute, and assess instructional lessons, units, and courses.

Students will learn about the nature of social development in young children and the guidance theories and methods in relation to behavior management and classroom guidance. Emphasis will be on proactive, preventive techniques that increase effectiveness with young children.

This course requires students to understand, design, and apply appropriate classroom management, intervention, and differentiation strategies for all students in public school classrooms.

This course will prepare elementary and early childhood majors for content appropriate for teaching Colorado Academic Standards in Science, specifically Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth Science.

A study of all types of literature for children, development of criteria for evaluating books and methods of creating in children a love of good books through a sound literature program for early childhood and elementary schools.

This course is the second part of a culminating experience for the Elementary and Early Childhood major. Senior projects will explore educational issues impacting teaching practices. They may involve research, assessment of existing programs in the field-based setting, policy reviews, and proposals for action or traditional papers.