EDUC 220 - Secondary Instructional Strategies

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course is designed to provide in-depth exploration of and practice with essential knowledge and skills for secondary educators. Students will review current research-based best practices in secondary instruction, assessment and curriculum design. Students will gain knowledge and skills to effectively plan and teach secondary lessons. Students will also study and observe the roles and attributes of successful secondary education teachers. Students will complete relevant fieldwork through video observations.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Alternative Route to Interim Teacher Certification Program
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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Course Competencies

Design norms and routines for an effective high school classroom.
Relate the conditions that improve student motivation and enhance learning.
Explain differentiated instruction and assessment at the high school level.
Develop a secondary level unit plan.
Apply the course teaching practice, explaining and modeling content and strategies to lesson plans.
Analyze curriculum to meet the needs of all learners.
Use “backward design” to interpret the relationship between assessment, curriculum and instruction.
Demonstrate the use of technology to improve student motivation and learning at the high school level.
Compare and contrast different types of assessment, both formative and summative.
Characterize the key features of relationships and effective communications among home, school and community.