2018-2019 Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog

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2018-2019 Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Professional Development Focus, C.A.G.S.

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Note: Students may have coursework that can be transferred in to meet specific requirements listed below.

New England College Concentrations and Certificates are offered in:

School Climate and Leadership
Science STEM
Literacy: Reading and Language Arts
Literacy: Math
Special Education
Educational Leadership
Alternative Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Storytelling
English
Digital and Media Literacy
Social Studies
Curriculum Administrator (does not provide Certification)
Reading and Writing Specialist (does not provide Certification)
School Business Administrator (does not provide Certification)
Special Education Administrator (does not provide Certification)

Design your own in consultation with the Program Director.

CORE Credits Total 20
ELECTIVE Credits Total 12
Total credits for C.A.G.S. 32

C.A.G.S. must have 12 credits of electives. To earn a certificate, all courses must come from the same concentration.

CAGS Core Requirements

ED 7003 - Educational Leadership and Critical Issues (4 credits)
ED 7020 - Exploring Assessment and Accountability: Controversies and Solutions (4 Credits)
ED 7030 - Culminating Leadership Plan (4 Credits)
ED 7260 - Applied Education Research (4 Credits)
ED 7510 - Data-Driven Leadership and Action Capstone (4 Credits)

Concentrations

School Climate and Leadership

ED 6010 - Introduction to School Climate Leadership (3 Credits)
ED 6021 - Beyond Bullying: Understanding Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders (3 Credits)
ED 6022 - Critical Connections: Student Engagement, Empowerment, and Respectful Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6025 - Habits of Mind, Grit, and Growth Mind Set: The Other Side of the Report Card (3 Credits)

Literacy: Reading and Language Arts

ED 5020 - Curriculum & Methods of Teaching Language, Grammar and Writing: Developing Powerful Writers (3 credits)
ED 5090 - Literature in the 21st Century: Exploring Literature for Youngsters, Adolescents, and Young Adults (3 credits)
ED 5095 - Teaching Diversity Through Literature (3 credits)
ED 5186 - Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3 credits)
ED 5710 - Explicit Teaching - Literacy across the Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 6000 - Literacy and Language Arts (3 Credits)

Literacy: Mathematics

ED 5015 - Teaching Math (3 credits)
ED 5710 - Explicit Teaching - Literacy across the Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 5010 - Curriculum Design/Planning/Instruction/Assessment (3 Credits)
Select 3 more credits in consultation with the program director

Special Education

ED 5030 - Meeting the Needs of all Learners (3 credits)
ED 5113 - Developing Grit Through Growth Mindset Education (3 credits)
ED 5114 - Movement Breaks: Benefits for the Whole Child (3 credits)
ED 5115 - Voice and Choice (3 credits)
ED 5170 - Special Education: Disabilities, Issues, and Laws (3 credits)
ED 5640 - Universal Design for Learning: Creating Variability and Opportunity for All Learners (3 Credits)
ED 5710 - Explicit Teaching - Literacy across the Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 5720 - Technology Integration with the Inclusion of Assistive Technology (3 Credits)
ED 6280 - Differentiated Instruction and Assessment: Inclusion for all Learners (3 credits)
ED 7012 - Special Education Law (3 Credits)

STEM

Alternative Education

ED 6750 - Consultation and Collaboration in Alternative Education (3 Credits)
ED 6751 - Developing and Sustaining Excellence in Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6752 - Planning for Student Success in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6753 - Transition Services for Students in Alternative Education (3 Credits)
ED 6754 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6755 - Instructional Leadership in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)

English

ED 5020 - Curriculum & Methods of Teaching Language, Grammar and Writing: Developing Powerful Writers (3 credits)
ED 5090 - Literature in the 21st Century: Exploring Literature for Youngsters, Adolescents, and Young Adults (3 credits)
ED 5095 - Teaching Diversity Through Literature (3 credits)
ED 5186 - Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3 credits)
ED 5450 - Media Literacy for Social Change: Teaching Informational and Primary Texts (3 credits)
ED 5451 - Storytelling in a Digital Age: Incorporating Media Literacy into the English Class (3 credits)
ED 5452 - Critical Theory and Practice in Media and Digital Literacy: An Introduction to the Historical Context and Cultural Impact of the Methodologies (3 credits)
ED 5453 - Tricks of the Trade: Using Digital Tools to Enhance the English Curriculum (3 credits)
ED 6000 - Literacy and Language Arts (3 Credits)
ED 6140 - Fundamentals of Storytelling for Educators (3 Credits)
ED 6141 - The Art & Power of Storytelling (3 Credits)
ED 6142 - Bringing History to Life Through Story Preservation Initiative (3 Credits)
ED 6143 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab: A Springboard to Project-based Learning (3 Credits)
ED 6144 - Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool for the 21st Century Classroom (3 Credits)
ED 6146 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum I (3 Credits)
ED 6147 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum II (3 Credits)

Storytelling

ED 6140 - Fundamentals of Storytelling for Educators (3 Credits)
ED 6142 - Bringing History to Life Through Story Preservation Initiative (3 Credits)
ED 6143 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab: A Springboard to Project-based Learning (3 Credits)
ED 6144 - Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool for the 21st Century Classroom (3 Credits)
ED 6146 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum I (3 Credits)
ED 6147 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum II (3 Credits)
ED 6141 - The Art & Power of Storytelling (3 Credits)

Curriculum and Instruction

ED 5000 - Technology and Information Literacy (3 credits)
ED 5010 - Curriculum Design/Planning/Instruction/Assessment (3 Credits)
ED 5015 - Teaching Math (3 credits)
ED 5020 - Curriculum & Methods of Teaching Language, Grammar and Writing: Developing Powerful Writers (3 credits)
ED 5090 - Literature in the 21st Century: Exploring Literature for Youngsters, Adolescents, and Young Adults (3 credits)
ED 5095 - Teaching Diversity Through Literature (3 credits)
ED 5113 - Developing Grit Through Growth Mindset Education (3 credits)
ED 5114 - Movement Breaks: Benefits for the Whole Child (3 credits)
ED 5115 - Voice and Choice (3 credits)
ED 5186 - Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3 credits)
ED 5450 - Media Literacy for Social Change: Teaching Informational and Primary Texts (3 credits)
ED 5451 - Storytelling in a Digital Age: Incorporating Media Literacy into the English Class (3 credits)
ED 5452 - Critical Theory and Practice in Media and Digital Literacy: An Introduction to the Historical Context and Cultural Impact of the Methodologies (3 credits)
ED 5453 - Tricks of the Trade: Using Digital Tools to Enhance the English Curriculum (3 credits)
ED 5610 - STEAM Education: Integration, Challenge, and Curiosity (3 Credits)
ED 5630 - STEAM, Next General Science Standards and the Common Core: Combining These Frameworks as we Create Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 5640 - Universal Design for Learning: Creating Variability and Opportunity for All Learners (3 Credits)
ED 5710 - Explicit Teaching - Literacy across the Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 5720 - Technology Integration with the Inclusion of Assistive Technology (3 Credits)
ED 6000 - Literacy and Language Arts (3 Credits)
ED 6140 - Fundamentals of Storytelling for Educators (3 Credits)
ED 6141 - The Art & Power of Storytelling (3 Credits)
ED 6142 - Bringing History to Life Through Story Preservation Initiative (3 Credits)
ED 6143 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab: A Springboard to Project-based Learning (3 Credits)
ED 6144 - Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool for the 21st Century Classroom (3 Credits)
ED 6146 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum I (3 Credits)
ED 6147 - Story Preservation Initiative (SPI) Learning Lab Practicum II (3 Credits)
ED 6190 - Taming the Data Beast: Understanding and Using Assessment Data to Inform Instructional Decisions (4 Credits)
ED 6320 - Teaching Immigrant Students (3 Credits)
ED 6430 - Interrupting the School to Prison Pipeline - The Future of Black and Brown Boys in the USA (3 Credits)
ED 6710 - STEM Integration in the K-12 Classroom: An Interdisciplinary Approach (3 Credits)
ED 6750 - Consultation and Collaboration in Alternative Education (3 Credits)
ED 6751 - Developing and Sustaining Excellence in Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6752 - Planning for Student Success in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6753 - Transition Services for Students in Alternative Education (3 Credits)
ED 6754 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)
ED 6755 - Instructional Leadership in Alternative Schools (3 Credits)

Digital and Media Literacy

Social Studies

PO 5250 - International Relations Theory (4 Credits)
PO 5410 - International Political Economy (4 Credits)
PO 5450 - Advanced Seminar in US Foreign Policy: America in a Multi-Polar World (4 credits)
PO 5850 - International Security (4 Credits)
PO 5910 - Terrorism (4 Credits)
PO 6450 - International Organizations (4 credits)
PO 6560 - Arms Proliferation and Collective Security (4 credits)

Curriculum Administrator

(Note: Does not lead to Certification)

ED 5130 - Psychology of Learning Communities (4 credits)
ED 6110 - Dynamics of Curriculum and Instruction (4 credits)
ED 7001 - School Finance and Policy (3 credits)
ED 7004 - School Law: ME, NH, & Federal (3 credits)
ED 7005 - Education Technology Leadership (3 credits)
ED 7008 - Achieving Educational Equity (3 credits)
ED 7011 - Evaluating Effective Teaching and Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 7050 - Curriculum Leadership preK-12: Implementation, Instructional Strategies, and Assessment (3 credits)

Educational Leadership

ED 5115 - Voice and Choice (3 credits)
ED 7001 - School Finance and Policy (3 credits)
ED 7004 - School Law: ME, NH, & Federal (3 credits)
ED 7005 - Education Technology Leadership (3 credits)
ED 7006 - Labor Relations (3 credits)
ED 7008 - Achieving Educational Equity (3 credits)
ED 7009 - Facilities Planning and Management and Data-based Decision Making (3 Credits)
ED 7011 - Evaluating Effective Teaching and Curriculum (3 Credits)

Reading and Writing Specialist

(Note: Does not lead to Certification)

ED 5000 - Technology and Information Literacy (3 credits)
ED 5020 - Curriculum & Methods of Teaching Language, Grammar and Writing: Developing Powerful Writers (3 credits)
ED 5030 - Meeting the Needs of all Learners (3 credits)
ED 5090 - Literature in the 21st Century: Exploring Literature for Youngsters, Adolescents, and Young Adults (3 credits)
ED 5130 - Psychology of Learning Communities (4 credits)
ED 5170 - Special Education: Disabilities, Issues, and Laws (3 credits)
ED 5186 - Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3 credits)
ED 5720 - Technology Integration with the Inclusion of Assistive Technology (3 Credits)
ED 6000 - Literacy and Language Arts (3 Credits)
ED 6035 - Reading and Writing Specialist (3 credits)
ED 6110 - Dynamics of Curriculum and Instruction (4 credits)
ED 6150 - Diagnostic and Remedial Reading (3 credits)
ED 6180 - Methods of Evaluation and Assessment: Using Data Meaningfully (4 credits)

School Business Administrator

(Note: Does not lead to Certification)

AC 5250 - Managerial Accounting (4 Credits)
MG 5610 - Economics for Decision Making (4 credits)
MG 6610 - Strategic Planning and Policy (4 credits)
MG 6640 - Dynamics of Nonprofit Governance (4 credits)
ED 7001 - School Finance and Policy (3 credits)
ED 7004 - School Law: ME, NH, & Federal (3 credits)
ED 7005 - Education Technology Leadership (3 credits)
ED 7006 - Labor Relations (3 credits)
ED 7009 - Facilities Planning and Management and Data-based Decision Making (3 Credits)
ED 7015 - Supervision of Personnel (3 credits)

Special Education Administrator

(Note: Does not lead to Certification)

ED 5130 - Psychology of Learning Communities (4 credits)
ED 5170 - Special Education: Disabilities, Issues, and Laws (3 credits)
ED 5640 - Universal Design for Learning: Creating Variability and Opportunity for All Learners (3 Credits)
ED 5720 - Technology Integration with the Inclusion of Assistive Technology (3 Credits)
ED 6110 - Dynamics of Curriculum and Instruction (4 credits)
ED 7001 - School Finance and Policy (3 credits)
ED 7004 - School Law: ME, NH, & Federal (3 credits)
ED 7011 - Evaluating Effective Teaching and Curriculum (3 Credits)
ED 7012 - Special Education Law (3 Credits)
ED 7015 - Supervision of Personnel (3 credits)
ED 7051 - Special Education Administrator: Roles and Responsibilities (3 credits)
ED 7052 - Special Education Administrator: Curriculum and Assessment (3 credits)

Courses

For a full list of Education courses, please visit the Courses section of the catalog.

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