EDF - Education: Foundation/Policy

This course provides an overview of Florida’s educator certification pathways and career options in education in accordance with Florida Statutes. Topics include: key educational philosophies; professional ethics; legal responsibilities, including mandatory reporting for child abuse and neglect; the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAP); key instructional practices associated with effective teaching of students with exceptionalities; Florida’s state academic standards; and historical, legal and financial foundations of the Florida education systems. Students will explore effective teaching strategies in classroom management, educational technology and the foundations of all student learning needs. Includes a minimum of 15 hours of required clinical experience in a variety of school settings.

This course is designed to assist future and current teachers and support personnel in establishing a positive learning environment in the K-12 classroom. This course transfers to the upper division as elective credit only. It does not satisfy any prerequisite requirement. This course requires a minimum 5 hours field experience in the education field.

The goal of this course is for students to gain knowledge, to gain understanding, and to analyze the developmental stages and characteristics of individuals from infancy through adolescence, with application to learners in educational settings. The objectives in this course correlate to the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices and include a mandated 15-hour field experience requirement.

This course provides an analysis of the legal, ethical, and safety concerns in educational settings. This course is correlated to the Florida Educator Pre-professional and Accomplished Practices and contains a mandated 15 hours direct field experience/service learning component.

This course gives students opportunity to understand the relationship of theory to practice through participation in a service-learning experience. Students are required to complete 20 hours of volunteer work, a service-learning contract, and an oral and written reflection of the experience.

This course is designed to teach education majors how to develop a philosophy of assessment. In addition, students will learn the value of multiple measures to gauge student potential, progress, and achievement in the multicultural classroom. Topics include traditional and alternative assessment strategies, formative and summative assessment strategies, test construction, and performance assessments. Additional topics include state and standardized achievement test data interpretations and methods to accommodation diverse learners.