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Credit hours shown in parentheses
| 14.725 |
Spelling
Matters: Strategies for Assessing and Teaching (Gr. 2-61) - Explores
the intricacies of spelling development as well as ways of collecting and
analyzing children’s spelling attempts.
Analysis of the strategies which young writers use while spelling
will serve to anchor discussions about appropriate instructional
mediations. Students will
examine current thinking and research about spelling instruction. |
| 14.731 |
Lifelong
Issues in Student Health (3) - Designed
to provide participants with information regarding the health status of
the youth of Massachusetts. Using
the human development approach, this course gives teachers a tool to study
the history and development of attitudes regarding cigarettes, alcohol,
drugs and sexuality of the state’s youth.
Teachers use this information to develop integrated health and
common core lessons in their classrooms in line with the Massachusetts
Health frameworks. |
| 14.757 |
Integrating Music into Your Curricular Area
– Part I (3) - Explores
the elements of music, rhythm, melody, form, and dynamics. The goals of
the course are to make the educator feel more comfortable making musical
responses through a variety of music and movement activities, as well as
providing specific lessons that permit the incorporation of music into
course content areas. |
| 14.758 |
Integrating
Music into Your Curricular Area – Part II (3) - A
continuation of Integrating Music into Your Curriculum – Part I.
Participants explore more elements of music and how they can infuse
curriculum with excitement. Students gain more confidence in their musical
abilities so they can aid their students in learning, understanding and
achievement. |
| 14.771 |
Consensus
Building in School Related Situations
(3) - Focuses
on improving the teacher’s ability to deal with difficult situations
whether caused by disruptive students, their parents, colleagues with
varying agendas, or overly rigid school personnel.
Consensus and team building skills are stressed.
A weekly log and research paper are required. |
| 14.782 |
Painting
in the Elementary School (3) - Designed
to inform teachers (regular education as well as art teachers) how
learning various painting techniques, along with the study of master
painters who created them, can be integrated into the elementary
curriculum. By learning the
process of various painting techniques, which are not difficult to do,
teachers will be able to encourage their students to use painting in their
classroom projects. |
| 14.788 |
Basic
Drawing for the Elementary Classroom (3) - Provides
elementary school teachers with the basic skills necessary to draw and to
teach basic drawing with ease and confidence.
We will study free form and basic shapes, one point perspective,
draw portraits and landscapes. Pencils,
charcoal, oil pastels, pen and ink will be among the many tools explored
during this class. The
class will view famous works of art through books, videos and take trips
to a local gallery or museum. |
| 14.793 |
Legal
Aspects of Student Discipline in Massachusetts
(3) - Designed
for school administrators, headmasters, coordinators, department heads,
and educators who deal with discipline issues on a daily basis.
This course examines the numerous legal decisions, statutes, and
regulations that all school employees should be aware of and consider in
their work when disciplining students. |
| 15.710 |
Integrating
Beginning Teachers into the School Culture (1) - Focuses
on classroom management, the MCAS and other assessment tools, the
curriculum frameworks, special education issues, and the use of technology
in the classroom. |
| 15.748 |
Integrating
Art into the Curriculum (3) - Provides
teachers of all grade levels with the tools to incorporate art and its
various implications into the curriculum in accordance with the Curriculum
Frameworks for various areas in strands that refer to interdisciplinary
connections. Participants
will become familiar with a variety of artists, their work, the eras in
which they lived and will be prepared to create a unit, project or
activity that directly addresses the learning needs of the target group. |
| 16.730 |
Science
of Exercise (3) - Designed
to provide participants with an understanding of a safe and effective
exercise program. Topics
include muscular structure and conditioning, cardiovascular fitness
regimens, nutrition and body composition, performance enhancing
supplements and cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). |
| 16.731 |
Strategies
for Implementing the Foreign Language Framework (Gr. 7-12) (3) - A
comprehensive, hands-on study of the Massachusetts Foreign Language
Framework designed for practicing teachers 7-12 in public and private
schools. Participants learn a
variety of strategies for implementing each component of the framework
into various styles of lesson plans.
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| 16.765 |
Handwriting:
Enrichment and Implementation (3) - Addresses
the significant issues surrounding handwriting as an art form and a
diagnostic tool. The history
of handwriting and the various methods, mind sets and materials utilized
in evaluating one’s handwriting are explored.
Research is examined and critical and creative approaches to
graphic problems are explored. |
| 16.768 |
Creative
Paper Projects in the Elementary Classroom (3) - Provides
a hands-on approach to teaching paper projects.
Participants make paper, paper mache, origami, and other paper art
projects. The history and
culture surrounding paper is also explored.
The course includes class demonstrations, videos, and examination
of contemporary paper art.
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If
you have questions or need additional materials, please contact:
Nancy
Proulx
School/Community
Liaison
Graduate
and Continuing Education Office
Framingham State College
100 State Street, PO Box 9101
Framingham, MA 01701-9101
508
626 4034
E-mail:
nproulx@frc.mass.edu
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