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UCPS PROGRAM OF STUDIES 2012 - 2013
Media Literacy (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95202CMP
Grade: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Application and Media Coordinator/Instructor approval Students will apply production techniques while creating multimedia projects and/or school news broadcast over closed circuit networks. Topics include scriptwriting, identification of media bias, graphics production, visual advertising, and digital/video editing. Credit will be given for each semester the student is enrolled in the course. Peer Tutoring (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95202CPT
Grade: 11-12
PREREQUISITE: Principal selection This course is designed to involve students in maintaining a positive climate in the schools. Students are selected for the program on the basis of leadership and helping ability. Students who demonstrate effective helping skills in the classroom may apply to take Peer Tutoring more than once based on teacher evaluation and recommendation. The course may be taken a maximum of four times during the last two years of high school. College Entrance Test Prep (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95102C
Grade: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Geometry This course is strongly recommended for students planning to attend community colleges or four-year universities. Testtaking strategies, vocabulary study, reading comprehension, and mathematics review will be the primary focus with emphasis on SAT, PSAT, PLAN, ACT or the Accuplacer tests. Study Skills Support Lab (2) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95502C
Grade: 9-12
This course is designed to provide additional academic support for students in regular classes. In addition to providing support for regular class work, teachers will also teach study skills and academic skills to fit the individual students’ needs. The student will get non-academic elective credit each time he/she takes the course. Students are recommended by their counselor or academic teachers for this course. Teacher Cadet I (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95122C
Teacher Cadet II (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95132C
Grade: 11-12
PREREQUISITE: Teacher Cadet I This course continues to introduce students to the profession of teaching. Students learn to prepare lessons and are involved in a classroom experience at the elementary or middle school level. (With the approval of the instructor, students may complete the experience at the high school level.) Teacher Cadet III - Honors (4) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95135C3
Grade: 12
PREREQUISITE: Teacher Cadet II This course is recommended for rising seniors who have a desire to become future educators. It provides the opportunity to explore the field of education through an internship with a mentoring teacher in an elementary or middle school setting. This course requires the student to participate in the state level NC Teacher Cadet Program. Teacher Cadet IV - Honors (4) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95135C4
Grade: 12
PREREQUISITE: Teacher Cadet III This course will allow rising seniors who have a desire to become future educators and who have completed the Teacher Cadet I, II and III courses, the opportunity to explore the field of education through an internship with a mentoring teacher in an elementary or middle school setting. This course requires the student to participate in the state level NC Teacher Cadet Program. Pre-College Reading (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 95102CC
Grade: 10-12
This course deals with improving comprehension and study skills including critical reading and thinking skills, mastery of the dictionary and library reference skills. Reading Across the Curriculum (3) S 1 Credit - NCWISE # 10012C
Grade: 9-12
This course is designed to enhance and support students’ reading in all subject areas. Vocabulary development will be a major part of this course.
Grade: 11-12
This course introduces students to the profession of teaching. Along with various instructional practices and activities, the students are involved in a classroom experience at the elementary or middle school level. (With the approval of the instructor, students may complete the experience at the high school level.)
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