EDUC 618 - Procedures

Prerequisites
Acceptance into training in at selected school districts and agencies affiliated with the Comprehensive Literacy Center at Saint Mary’s College; successful completion of EDUC 617. This course is taught off campus at selected school districts by trained Leaders affiliated with the Comprehensive Literacy Center at Saint Mary’s College.

The purposes of this outcome-based course are to enable prospective teachers to: develop skill in the teaching of students identified for intervention; acquire observational expertise for determining student’s on-going literacy development; maintain and utilize records of student progress to inform instruction; demonstrate teaching students for peer observations and critique; and develop reflection of teaching through self-analysis of teaching. In addition, teachers will be able to: understand the theoretical base for early intervention programs; develop their own theoretical understandings of literacy, of the reading/writing processes, and learning in general; and compare and contrast theoretical positions regarding learning and literacy.

Course credits: 3