Southern New Hampshire University EDU 642 Integration Specialist Toolbox (3 credits) Students study state-of-the-art digital integration technology tools, resources and methodologies for the K-12 classroom. This course develops the technical competencies and skills needed to collaborate with content area teachers. Topics range from digital resources and system network administration to end use applications. EDU 650 Work-Based Learning (3 credits) Students investigate and discuss current issues in business and vocational education. Topics include the effective employment of youth organizations in a program and the efficient operation of a cooperative work experience program. Class members apply the principles discussed in the course by helping to administer the New Hampshire State DECA Career Development Conference. EDU 685 Global Educational Technology (3 credits) This course is intended to provide educators with a global perspective of technology integration in elementary and secondary classrooms. Students explore the meaning of global digital citizenship and new media literacies. The course concentrates on understanding cross-cultural awareness, political and economic differences in countries outside of the United States. Students evaluate, adapt and reflect on emerging tools and global trends. EDU 750 Seminar in the Teaching of Writing (3 credits) This course it designed to help educators to develop and support classroom and other secondary school environments and practices that promote good writing. Well-designed writing assessments promote critical thinking as well as higher levels of literacy. Topics will include prewriting techniques, using the arts to promote writing, developing minilessons to address problems in grammar and mechanics, assigning interesting and useful journals, techniques for painless peer editing, practices that streamline responding to and grading papers, and selection and incorporation of excellent models for writing. EDU 760 School Facilities and Finance (3 credits) This course offers a study of the management and operation of a school facility and an understanding of school finance as it relates to the teaching and learning process. Students will learn how to engage school board members in a discussion about how school finance and facility relate to student achievement. Students will examine various tools and methodologies that support the school process and how to connect with community members in the budget building process. This course aims to make students better managers and consumers of financial information rather than budget officers; students will better understand the real-world implications and consequences of their decisions and allocations. EDU 765 School and Community Relations (3 credits) This course explores relationships with the broader community to foster learning. Students learn how to engage stakeholders, create and communicate a school vision of learning, develop community collaboration skills, capitalize on the diversity of the school community and use the cultural context of the larger community to develop activities and poli86
cies that benefit students and their families. This course makes use of individualized programs of study and experience. EDU 770 Certification Internship (3 credits) This is the capstone course for certified teachers seeking additional certification. Students complete a full-time, competency-based internship at a site appropriate to the area of certification being sought. During this internship, the student is mentored by like-credentialed site personnel as well as by a member of the Southern New Hampshire University faculty. This course also includes a weekly seminar held on campus. EDU 775 Practicum in Curriculum and Instruction (3 credits) Students are required to develop and implement two products and/or experiences and document a leadership role in the area of curriculum. Students complete a detailed proposal or plan of study on their goals, product(s), audience, followup, etc., for this practicum. The purpose of this practicum is to encourage the teacher as a researcher and leader in curriculum development and to encourage the integration and application of course work. The practicum is completed during the semester under the supervision of a school district administrator and the student’s advisor. This course is an option in the Curriculum and Instruction program. EDU 780 School Organizational Leadership (3 credits) This course explores the dynamics of transformational leadership that looks beyond traditional school environments and welcomes non-traditional thinking. Students will consider themselves "architects" of the teaching and learning environments within their schools wherein there is a culture of continuous improvement. Future school leaders will: explore technology that supports teachers’ and administrators’ decision-making; learn how to develop policies and practices that support learning; explore how extended learning time can advantage underachieving students; investigate the benefits and challenges of risk taking and transparency; and look at models of professional learning communities. Prerequisite: EDU 765. EDU 790 Practicum in School Leadership (3 credits) Students are required to develop and implement two products and/or experiences and document a leadership role in the area of administration. Students complete a detailed proposal or plan of study on their goals, product(s), audience, follow-up, etc. for this practicum. The purpose of this practicum is to encourage the educator as researcher and leader in school administration and to encourage the integration and application of course work. The practicum is completed during the semester under the supervision of a certified school district administrator and the student's advisor. This course is the capstone of Educational Leadership. Prerequisite: EDU 765.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language EFL 501 Language Learning and Acquisition (3 credits) This course explores contemporary knowledge about first