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• ELEC 619: Planning, Management & Leadership of Early Childhood Education Programs

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Planning, Management & Leadership of Early Childhood Education Programs will assist candidates' depth of understanding regarding all aspects of program leadership. Research has shown that an early learning program's quality of care is linked to the quality of leadership and management found within. Therefore, emphasis will be placed upon the development of the leadership skills needed to effect positive change for early childhood programs, within communities and on behalf of the field of early learning and development.
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• ELEC 620: Budgeting, Allocating Resources & Marketing within Early Childhood Programs

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to study the many facts of planning, developing and assessing program budgets in various early childhood program structures. A focus on prioritizing and allocating resources through advertising, marketing and grant-writing will be included as well.
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• ELEC 621: Regulations, Licensing, Program Accreditation & Law in Early Care & Education

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Regulations, Licensing, Program Accreditation & Law in Early Care & Education will provide an in-depth overview of the necessary aspects of administering high-quality early childhood programs. The level of program quality is integrally linked to its systems, structure and administration; each will therefore be examined in light of licensing regulations, program accreditation and laws that promote excellence in early childhood program administration.
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• ELEC 622: Literacy Assessment Analysis & Instructional Decision Making

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of the causes and methods of correcting reading disabilities, this course is designed to familiarize the prospective reading specialist / literacy coach with the various kinds of assessments used in the diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties and the use of assessment data to inform instructional decisions.
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• ELEC 623: Language Acquisition & Literacy Development: Birth to Age 5

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Language Acquisition & Literacy Development: Birth to Age 5 includes an examination of the process of language and literacy development from birth through age 5 with a focus on using knowledge of child development in the school and with families. Through a blend of research/theory and practice, teacher candidates explore the relationship between language development and literacy, the development of instruction and assessment tools to foster literacy development, the creation of a literate environment and cultural familial influences on language and literacy.
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• ELEC 624: Synchronous and Asynchronous Technology for K-12 Education

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Candidates will develop the use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies to assist in the teaching, emediation, assessment and enrichment of K-12 students in inclusive traditional and/or cyber classrooms. The goal is to help pre-service teachers implement various synchronous and asynchronous instructional technologies effectively.
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• ELEC 625: Practicum: Assessment and Instruction for the Reading Specialist

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A practicum course designed to give the reading specialist candidate an opportunity to gain competence in selecting, administering, and interpreting a variety of formal and informal assessment measures in a field-based setting. The candidate will design and implement a program to help students with reading difficulties.
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• ELEC 626: Practicum: Ethics and Social Justice in Early Childhood Education Programs

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This field-based course examines the ethics of early care and education, social justice and responsibilities inherent in the roles of working with families an dying children. Diverse perspectives will be identified to develop an understanding of ethical concepts and social justice. The focus is to analyze the research reflecting the impact educators have on ethical and social justice responsibilities to children, families, communities, peers and the profession. Furthermore, this field-based course will require observation and application of the ethical codes of conduct to develop a thoughtful process to resolve ethical or legal conflicts, especially in working with diverse populations.
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• ELEC 627: Current Issues in Reading Research

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A course designed to provide an opportunity for the student to make an individual in-depth study of one or more issues associated with instruction in reading.
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• ELEC 628: Social Studies and Citizenship for Young Learners

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Social Studies and Citizenship for Young Learners will explore advanced work in the social studies curriculum, including its organization. Candidates will analyze methods of teaching, objectives and materials and will discuss evaluation /assessment techniques and citizenship development for PK-4 learners. Best practice classroom applications and the relationship between instruction and student learning outcome will also be explored within the context of social studies and citizenship content.
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