Summer 2007 Courses
Listed in alphabetical order by department's
abbreviation.
ADSU
668 OP01 - Practicum in School Administration
Course Description: The purpose of
this course is to provide administrative field experience and
support for Master's degree candidates in School
Administration. Candidates participate in an internship
during which they apply and integrate theoretical knowledge learned
in their course work with the practice of leadership and management
of schools and school districts. Candidates work under the
supervision of a practicing school administrator and university
professor to collaborate in the planned experience and to guide the
prospective administrator through demonstration of a wide range of
knowledge and skills at the building and district
level. The candidate should experience the full range
of duties, problems and issues encountered by an administrator so
he or she may synthesize and apply the knowledge and practice and
developed skills in a real work setting. Developmental and
evaluative feedback will be provided the intern throughout the
practical problems of leadership and management. Candidate
will be required to complete a major administrative project.
This course fulfills the Commonwealth of Virginia's filed
experience endorsement requirement and may take either before or
after the Master's degree has been awarded.
Instructor:
Denise Perritt
Credit Hours: 3
Schedule:
August 6-10, 2007
Location:
James Madison University, Taylor 202 and MEMH 2110
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ART 501 OP01 - Coil Built
Pottery
Course Description: This course will
offer techniques that teachers can use in their classrooms. We will
also consider the historical aspects of coil building.
Instructor:
Thomas Falkowski
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 2, 2007 - July 31, 2007 (Friday, 9:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.)
Location:
Potter's Peace Studio, Marshall, VA
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CE 490 OP01 - Reinforcing SOLs in
the CTE Courses
Course Description:
This course is designed to assist participants in examining
the nature of collaboration related to the practices among Career
Technical Education and academic educators. It is a
classroom-based, hands-on approach to collaborative co-planning
which provides professional educators an opportunity to
collaboratively develop and apply advanced professional skills in
lesson planning for the purpose of supporting the Virginia
Standards of Learning in Career Technical Education
curriculum. Participants will explore ways to strengthen CTE
task and competency activities and implement instruction that
supports content area standards and literacy skills.
Instructor: Gina
Massengill
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
April 12, 2007 - August 27, 2007
Location:
James Monroe Building, Richmond
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CE 490 OP02 - Preparing People for
Change
Course Description: This is a train
the trainer course that will be of special interest for transition
specialist and cognitive instructors. It is also open to
academic and vocational teachers. Participants will learn
specific knowledge, skills, and techniques to more effectively
internalize motivation for change. Participants will have the
opportunity to confront issues in their own lives as a means of
learning the techniques being presented.
Instructor: Ray
Ferns
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 4, 2007- August 3, 2007
Location:
College Center, James Madison University
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CE 490 OP03 - Elements for Success
in Workforce Development
Course Description: This course
will examine Virginia's workforce development system and
specifically some of the elements that go into an effective
workforce development program. It will also include some
topics related to teaching the correctional population. Some
of the topics being planned are: Virginia's Workforce Plan;
Project Planning; Literacy and Learning in the Prison Population;
Creating teaching strategies: Career Readiness Certification;
Decision Making; The Changing Workforce; the roll of the Community
College System in Workforce Development and how it involved in the
CRC; Strategies for teachers to work with students to help overcome
the effects of drug abuse; and increasing your teaching power while
managing your stress.
Instructor: C.B.
Dix
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 4, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
College Center, James Madison
University
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CE 490 OP04 - Creating & Using
Digital Images for Instruction
Course Description: This course
will cover the following topics: Basic photo and video
composition; how to plan for a photo and video shoot to minimize
editing problems; basic editing of photos and video clips; creating
and saving media content; using media content in a PowerPoint or
other presentation suitable for use in a DCE classroom; searching
for and finding media content on the web; downloading media content
and using it in a pres4entation; copyright issues regarding
Internet content; using Microsoft Movie Maker to create a video
clip that includes a title, transitions and credits; using video
clips in a presentation.
Instructor: John
Hodges & Glenn Smith
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 4, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
ISAT, James Madiso n University
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CE 490 OP05 - Curriculum &
Procedures in Vocational Education
Course Description: This is one of
the three credit course required for new CTE teachers working on
their initial certification. This course will cover the basics of
competency based curriculum and strategies for teaching in a CTE
classroom.
Instructor: Kurt
Eschenmann
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 4, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
College Center, James Madison University
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CE 501 OP01 - Reinforcing SOLs in
the CTE Courses
Course Description:
This course is designed to assist participants in examining the
nature of collaboration related to the practices among Career
Technical Education and academic educators. It is a
classroom-based, hands-on approach to collaborative co-planning
which provides professional educators an opportunity to
collaboratively develop and apply advanced professional skills in
lesson planning for the purpose of supporting the Virginia
Standards of Learning in Career Technical Education
curriculum. Participants will explore ways to strengthen CTE
task and competency activities and implement instruction that
supports content area standards and literacy skills.
Instructor: Gina
Massengill
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
April 12, 2007 - August 27, 2007
Location:
James Monroe Building, Richmond
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CE 501 OP02 - Introduction to Online
Learning Pedagogy
Course Description: This course will
address the conceptual framework of online learning- the history,
key concepts and current issues in distance learning. Participants
will explore the factors that contribute to successful
technology-mediated instruction, the principles and practices of
online teaching and learning, student learning styles, the role of
an online teacher and the conceptualization of goals and learning
objectives.
Instuctor:
James Mazoue
Credit
Hours:
1
Schedule:
June 11, 2007 - July 6, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP03 - Teaching Phonemic
Awareness & Phonics
(PreK-3)
Course Description: Delve into
teaching phonemic awareness and phonics to elementary school
students. Study the stages of literacy development and engage
in assessing the performance of developing readers. Reflect
upon the relationships among oral language, phonological awareness,
phonemic awareness, phonics, and written language- and use this
insight to establish a balanced language arts program. Learn
to design instructional activities that strengthen students' skills
in phonemic and phonological awareness, letter-sound
correspondence, and phonograms. This course is part of the
curriculum offered through VA TeacherLine.
Facilitator:
James Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit Hours:
2
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 5, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP04 - Scientific Inquiry and
Field Work: Discovering with Technology (Grades
6-8)
Course Description: Create a lesson
for an online field trip that incorporates current
technology. Visit websites that enable students to collect
and analyze data, using online equipment. Focus on an
ecosystem that's appropriate for your middle school students.
Learn high-tech strategies that allow them to record and analyze
information, investigate the results, and share their
finding. As a final task, design a unit plan for an ecosystem
field trip that incorporates current technologies for gathering,
analyzing, and sharing data. This course is part of the curriculum
offered through VA TeacherLine.
Facilitator:
James Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit Hours:
2
Schedule:
July 9, 2007 - August 19, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP 05 - Teaching &
Learning with Graphic Organizers: Featuring
Inspiration
Course Description: Learn to use
electronic graphic organizers to help organize ideas, convey
complex concepts, ease students through the steps of the writing
process, and develop their mathematical and scientific thinking
skills. Help students understand concepts better by
presenting information in a visual format that shows the
connections among ideas. Learn to apply such electronic
graphic organizers ad Inspirations across the curriculum,
throughout all grade levels at learning stations, and in
labs. Expand and enhance student thinking and learning for
presentations and personal productivity. This course is part
of the curriculum offered through VA TeacherLine.
Instructor: James
Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 5, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP 06 - Math in Everyday Life
for Grades K-5
Course Description: Discover how to
enrich your mathematics classroom with illustrations drawn from the
real world. Take a fresh look at problem solving,
calculators, and the Internet in the classroom. Review the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Calculator-Usage
and Problem-Solving Standards to gain a framework for designing
lesson plans, addressing content, and meeting state
standards. As a final task, design your own "walking field
trip" through tasks found in students' daily lives. This
course is part of the curriculum offered through VA
TeacherLine.
Instructor: James
Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
1
Schedule:
July 2, 2007- August 12, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP 07 - Putting Technology to
Use in the Classroom: Where to Start (Grades
K-12)
Course Description: Gain a better
understanding of key issues surrounding technology integration,
meeting technology standards, and choosing the most suitable
technology for specific purposes. Identify lessons or
concepts in your classroom that may benefit from technological
enhancement. Learn to devise a strategy for integrating
technology into your lesson plans. This course is part of the
curriculum offered through VA TeacherLine.
Instructor: James
Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
July 2, 2007- August 12, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP 08 - Pattern and Relations
(Grades 6-8)
Course Description: This course
focuses on the core of algebra- how to represent, analyze, and
generalize a variety of patterns. Deepen your understanding
of the mathematics of patterns and build strategies for teaching
patterns to middle school students. Solve sample pattern
problems and connect the mathematics explored in the course with
mathematics requirements in your district. This course is
part of the curriculum offered through VA TeacherLine.
Instructor: James
Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
1
Schedule:
July 2, 2007- August 12, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP 09 - Evaluating &
Organizing Internet Resources and Content (Grades
K-12)
Course Description: Build the
knowledge, skills, and abilities that enable you to research,
evaluate, and organize online classroom resources. Explore
the different types of material available online and the methods of
evaluating them. Discuss some of the social and ethical
issues posed by the Internet. Practice identifying
appropriate online resources that support data-driven, problem
solving lesson plans. IN you final assignment, gather,
organize and critically evaluate the content of several similar
websites. This course is part of the curriculum offered
through VA TeacherLine.
Instructor: James
Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
July 9, 2007- August 19, 2007
Location:
Online
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CE 501 OP10 - Integrating Technology
to Enhance Instruction
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide teachers with the opportunity to explore
resources, develop strategies for the effective integration of
technology to support instruction, and design student-centered,
technology-enhanced learning activities for use in the
classroom. Class activities will help the teachers work
toward certification of the national Educational Technology
Standards for Teachers (NETS*T).
Instructor: Karen K.
Campbell
Credit Hours: 3
Schedule: June 12, 2007 -
August 3, 2007 (T, W, Th, 8;30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Meeting Location: HCPS
school
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CE 501 OP11 - Elements for Success
in Workforce Development
Course Description: This course
will examine Virginia's workforce development system and
specifically some of the elements that go into an effective
workforce development program. It will also include some
topics related to teaching the correctional population. Some
of the topics being planned are: Virginia's Workforce Plan;
Project Planning; Literacy and Learning in the Prison Population;
Creating teaching strategies: Career Readiness Certification;
Decision Making; The Changing Workforce; the roll of the Community
College System in Workforce Development and how it involved in the
CRC; Strategies for teachers to work with students to help overcome
the effects of drug abuse; and increasing your teaching power while
managing your stress.
Instructor: C.B.
Dix
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 4, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
College Center, James Madison
University
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CE 501 OP12
- The Classroom Computer as a Learning Station
Course Description: Examine how a
computer becomes a valuable classroom tool when used as a learning
station. Discover how to guide computer use to improve
student learning, productivity, and research. Practice
designing learning center activities and providing peer review
support throughout the course. As your final task, implement
and revise one activity, reflect on the learning experience, and
then develop a detailed plan for your new classroom learning
center. This course is part of the curriculum offered through VA
TeacherLine.
Facilitator:
James Shaeffer, Sr.
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
July 2, 2007 - August 12, 2007
Location:
Online
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CSD 490 OP01 - Educational Interpreting
Course Description: This course is
designed as an intensive workshop on educational interpreting, with
particular attention given to sign-to-voice
interpreting/transliterating of content-based instruction.
Emphasis is placed on the process of achieving equivalence between
source and target languages. As an immersion course offered
during the Summer Enrichment Program at V.S.D.B (Staunton),
interpreting students should have unique opportunities to interact
with a large number of Deaf students and their Deaf and hearing
teachers.
Instructor:
Brenda Seal
Credit Hours: 3
Schedule:
June 24, 2007 - July 13, 2007
Location:
V.S.D.B Harrison Computer Lab, Staunton
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CSD 500 OP01 - Introduction to
Research in CSD
Course Description: This course is
about science, research and clinical practice. The central
focus of the course is understanding and critically analyzing
research reports as well as systematic reviews for the purpose of
informing clinical practice. Ultimately, you will develop an
in dept working knowledge of evidence-based practice. This
course is being offered specifically for students accepted into the
Distance Learning in Virginia Educating Speech Language
Pathologists.
Instructor: Carol
Dudding
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 21, 2007 - August 2, 2007
Location:
Online
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CSD 501 OP01 - Educational
Interpreting
Course Description: This course is
designed as an intensive workshop on educational interpreting, with
particular attention given to sign-to-voice
interpreting/transliterating of content-based instruction.
Emphasis is placed on the process of achieving equivalence between
source and target languages. As an immersion course offered
during the Summer Enrichment Program at V.S.D.B (Staunton),
interpreting students should have unique opportunities to interact
with a large number of Deaf students and their Deaf and hearing
teachers.
Instructor:
Brenda Seal
Credit Hours: 3
Schedule:
June 24, 2007 - July 13, 2007
Location:
V.S.D.B Harrison Computer Lab, Staunton
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CSD 604 OP01 - Neuroanatomy &
Neurophysiology of Speech & Language
Course Description: This course
focuses on neurological structures and functions related to speech,
language, and hearing processes. Disorders of the nervous
system, their location and how these disorders affect speech and
language behaviors will be examined. Embryological
development and craniofacial pathologies are also studied.
This course is being offered specifically for students accepted
into the Distance Learning in Virginia Educating Speech Language
Pathologists.
Instructor: Carol
Dudding
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 21, 2007 - August 2, 2007
Location:
Online
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EDUC 501 OP01 - 2007
Content Teaching Academy
in English as a Second Language
Course Description: The ESL Academy
is a 5-day course on English as a Second Language education
designed to PK-12 content area teachers, ESL teachers, and school
administrators. The academy will focus on issues of differentiation
of instruction in the content areas. The several sessions in the
academy will provide participants with a model of lesson planning
and curriculum design that will allow English Language Learners
(ELLs) with increased access to content standards PK-12. The
academy will also draw heavily on instructional differentiation in
response to the learners' different readiness levels, abilities and
learning styles. Students will participate in an on-campus academy
experience June 25-29, 2007. Participation in web-based follow-up
sessions is required. All lessons must be posted by July 20,
2006 and all feedback must be posted by August 3, 2007.
Instructor:
Solange Lopes-Murphy
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC 501 OP02 - 2007 Content
Teaching Academy in Middle & Secondary English
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers,
supervisors, and administrators who will participate:
increase knowledge of the content defined by the Virginia Standards
of Learning and improved instructional delivery of that
content. The course will e delivered in a conference
format. Participants in the Secondary English/Language Arts
Academy will focus on exploring ways to promote the learning and
appreciation of literature and writing for a wide range of
learners. Both the grades 6-8 and grades 9-12 sessions will feature
strategies for teaching narrative and informational literature as
well as narrative and expository writing. Students will participate
in an on-campus academy experience June 25-29, 2007. Participation
in web-based follow-up sessions is required. All lessons must
be posted by July 20, 2006 and all feedback must be posted by
August 3, 2007.
Instructor: Hood
Frazier
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC 501 OP03 - 2007
Content Teaching Academy
in Secondary History & Social Studies
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers who will
participate: increased knowledge of the content defined by
the Virginia Standards of Learning and improved instructional
delivery of that content. The course will be delivered in a
conference format. The secondary history and social studies
academy offers concentrations in U.S. History/Geography and
Civics/Economics. Students will participate in an on-campus academy
experience June 25-29, 2007. Participation in web-based follow-up
sessions is required. All lessons must be posted by July 20,
2006 and all feedback must be posted by August 3, 2007.
Instructor: Ann
Etchison
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC 501 OP04 - 2007
Content Teaching Academy
in Secondary Mathematics
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers who will
participate: 1) increased content knowledge as defined by the
Virginia Standards of Learning, and 2) improved instructional
delivery of that content. The course will be delivered in a
conference format. The secondary mathematics academy offers
concentrations in middle school mathematics, Probability and
Statistics, Algebra I, and Geometry. Students will
participate in an on-campus academy experience June 25-29, 2007.
Participation in web-based follow-up sessions is required.
All lessons must be posted by July 20, 2006 and all feedback must
be posted by August 3, 2007.
Instructor: Harvey
Almarode
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and online
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EDUC 501 OP05 - 2007 Content
Teaching Academy in Elementary Language Arts & Social
Studies
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers who will
participate: increased knowledge of the content defined by
the Virginia Standards of Learning and improved instructional
delivery of the content. The course will be delivered in a
conference format. Participants in the Elementary Social Studies
and Language Arts Academy may focus on Standards of Learning in one
of the following grade pairs: K-1, 2-3, or 4-5. Content
objectives are: 1) to provide opportunities for teachers to develop
the knowledge and skills of history geography, and civics that will
help their students place the people, ideas and events that have
shaped our state and nation in perspective; 2) to enhance teacher
knowledge of economic principles and to develop strategies that
will help students learn to make wise economic decisions and become
intelligent consumers; 3) to acquaint teachers with the reading
skills necessary to teach children to be independent, strategic
readers with emphasis placed on comprehension, vocabulary, and
writing; 4) to engage teachers in vocabulary development activities
that will enhance understanding of important concepts for students
at the elementary level. Students will participate in an on-campus
academy experience June 25-29, 2007. Participation in web-based
follow-up sessions is required. All lessons must be posted by
July 20, 2006 and all feedback must be posted by August 3,
2007.
Instructor: Holly
Pence
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison Un iversity and online
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EDUC
501 OP06 - 2007 Content Teaching Academy in Technology
Course Description: Participants who are
not NETS*T-certified will demonstrate and document progress toward
mastery of all National Educational Technology Standards for
Teachers (NETS*T) beginning during the 2007 Academy and continuing
through the fall 2007 semester with self-initiated classroom- and
school-based activities. Participants who are
NETS*T-certified will develop and implement a project addressing
21st Century Skills in their classrooms beginning during
the 2007 Academy and continuing through the fall 2007
semester. The course is suitable for both regular classroom
teachers and Virginia Instructional Technology Resource Teachers
(ITRTs). Participants must participate in web-based follow-up
sessions that extend through the fall semester.
Instructor:
Rich Ingram
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison Un iversity and Online
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EDUC 501 OP07 -
2007 Content Teaching
Academy in Elementary Mathematics &
Science
Course Description: This
course is designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers,
supervisors, and administrators who will participate: increased
knowledge of the content defined by the Virginia Standards of
Learning and improved instructional delivery of that content.
The course will be delivered in a conference format.
Participants in the Elementary Math/Science Academy will be exposed
to content and strategies in mathematics and science.
Participants will increase their content knowledge related to
specific math and science SOLs at their grade level. Science
content will be selected from the areas of earth, physical and life
science. Math content will include understanding of number,
computation, and geometric and algebraic concepts.
Participants will be able to design instruction using effective
strategies, models, materials and technology applications.
Participants will increase their understanding of effective
instructional approaches in mathematics for learners with a variety
of learning needs. Applicants will participate in an on-campus
academy experience June 25-29, 2007. Participation in web-based
follow-up sessions is required. All lessons must be posted by
July 20, 2006 and all feedback must be posted by August 3,
2007.
Instructor: Holly
Pence
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC 501 OP08 - 2007
Content Teaching Academy
in Earth Science
Course Description: For the
2007 session, the 6-12 Science Content Academy will tailor efforts
to meet the broad range of experience and background levels among
participants. We are organizing the Science Academy into two Earth
Science strands: 1) Introduction to the Earth
Sciences: The basic concepts of Earth Science, as
expressed in the SOLs, include Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology,
and Space Science/Astronomy. Participants in this strand will
be engaged in hands-on activities related to and discussions of the
basic concepts, definitions, and interconnections of each of these
four domains. Expected products of participants will include
plans for selecting and evaluating instructional materials inquiry
instruction in Earth science and practices appropriate to their
student audience; 2) Inquiry in the Earth Sciences:
Contemporary issues, recent advances and discoveries are part of
the learning experiences in this strand. Participants will
have the opportunity to enhance their experiences by engaging in
investigations of Earth science problems, application of field and
laboratory techniques in the Earth sciences, and articulating
inquiry-oriented instruction for Earth sciences classes.
Problems relevant to the interactions of Geology, Oceanography,
Meteorology, and Space sciences will be presented.
Participants will exit the Academy with a capacity to design and
evaluate inquiry instruction from an Earth Systems approach.
Applicants will participate in an on-campus academy experience June
25-29, 2007. Participation in web-based follow-up sessions is
required. All requirements for the course must be completed
by August 3, 2007.
Instructor: Eric
Pyle
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC
501 OP09 - 2007 Content Teaching Academy in Art: Visual
Journals
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for teachers who will
participate: increase knowledge of the content defined by the
Virginia Standards of Learning and improved instructional delivery
of that content. The course will be delivered in a conference
format. Participants in the Art Academy may focus on Standards of
Learning in the following grades: K-12. Participants will
experience a variety of multi-media processes to generate their
personal images and words. They will observe how others have
utilized the visual journal for teaching, learning, and creating
art; will develop habits needed for the continued creation of their
visual journal; will develop strategies for integrating visual
journals in general education; will collaborate to create visual
journal projects for K-12 students; will integrate the art
standards of learning into the visual journal process; will
correlate the visual journal process to other contents standards,
will collaborate to evaluate visual journal projects, and will
participate in small group presentation s of visual journal
projects.
Instructor:
Katherine Schwartz
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EDUC 501 OP10 - Literacy
Development for English Language Learners
Course Description: This course
will provide PK-12 practicing teachers with specific reading and
writing strategies for all levels of English Language Learners
(ELLs) and how these strategies can help these learners in content
literacy development. This course portion will focus on
reading and writing processes for first and second language
acquisition.
Instructor:
Solange Lopes-Murphy
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
June 18-22, 2007
Location:
George Washington Middle School Library, Alexandria
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EDUC
501 OP11 - Science, Math & Technology Workshop
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish two major goals for the teachers who will
participate: increased knowledge of the content defined by
the Virginia Standards of Learning and improved instructional
delivery of that content using technology. The course will be
delivered in a workshop format. Participants will engage in
learning content and strategies in mathematics and science through
the use of technology. Collaborating with JMU teacher
candidates, they will take this knowledge into their classrooms and
use the technology as they teach science and mathematics.
Throughout the course, teachers will be supported by instructional
staff from JMU and school division administrators as the teachers
implement new strategies using technology.
Instructor:
Robert Kolvoord & Dominic Swayne
Credit Hours: 3
Schedule:
August 6-10, 2007 (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Location:
Taylor Hall
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EXED 401 OP01 - Communication, Language & Sensory
Issues of Autism
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. We will discuss only briefly learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis and positive behavioral
supports to set the stage. The bulk of our time will be spent
exploring social skills development; sensory processing, motor
planning and sensory integration; and communication and language
development. We will consider a range of instructional
methodologies and techniques for providing instruction, support and
generalization of skills in these areas. Pre-requisite is the first
course in the autism certificate program. (This is the second
required course for the Certificate in Autism Spectrum
Studies)
Instructor:
Brenda Fogus
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 16, 2007 - July 20, 2007 ( M-S, 8 a.m.-5 a.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall- Room 3140
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EXED 401 OP02 - Overview &
Assessment of Autism Disorders
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. Areas addressed will include learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis. We will discuss only
briefly positive behavioral supports; social skills development;
sensory processing, motor planning and sensory integration; and
communication and language development as these will be covered in
much greater depth in other courses. A range of instructional
methodologies and techniques will be emphasized throughout the
course. (This is the first required course for the Certificate
in Autism Spectrum Studies)
Instructor: Brenda
Fogus
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
May 16, 2007 - June 27, 2007
Location: Online
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EXED 501 OP01 - Overview &
Assessment of Autism Disorders
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having a
disability on the autism spectrum. Areas addressed will
include learning characteristics, current research and factors
involved with causation, assessment and diagnosis. We will
briefly discuss positive behavioral supports; social skills
development; sensory processing, motor planning and sensory
integration; and communication and language development as these
will be covered in-depth in subsequent courses. A range of
instructional methodologies and techniques will be emphasized
throughout the course. (This is the first required course for
the Certificate in Autism Spectrum Studies)
Instructor: Brenda Fogus
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule: May 16, 2007 - June
27, 2007
Location: Online
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EXED 501 OP02 - Communication,
Language & Sensory Issues of Autism
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. We will discuss only briefly learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis and positive behavioral
supports to set the stage. The bulk of our time will be spent
exploring social skills development; sensory processing, motor
planning and sensory integration; and communication and language
development. We will consider a range of instructional
methodologies and techniques for providing instruction, support and
generalization of skills in these areas. Pre-requisite is the first
course in the autism certificate program. (This is the second
required course for the Certificate in Autism Spectrum
Studies)
Instructor:
Brenda Fogus
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 16, 2007 - July 20, 2007 ( M-S, 8 a.m.-5 a.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall- Room 3140
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EXED 501 OP03 - 2007
Content Teaching Academy
in Early Childhood Special Education
Course Description: This course is
designed to accomplish three major goals for the teachers who will
participate: 1) increase knowledge of current legislative and
regulatory policy in Early childhood Special Education, 2) improved
advocacy for young children with disabilities, their families, and
the ECSE profession, and 3) improved intervention planning and
delivery of pre-literacy, pre-numeracy, and social skills for young
children with disabilities and their families. The course
will be delivered in a conference format. Participants in the
Early Childhood Special Education Academy will focus on a
collaborative and integrated approach to teaching knowledge and
skills to young children and their families. Students will
participate in an on-campus academy experience June 25-29, 2007.
Participation in web-based follow-up sessions is required.
All lessons must be posted by July 20, 2006 and all feedback must
be posted by August 3, 2007.
Instructor:
Cheryl Beverly and Cheryl Henderson
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EXED 660 OP01 - 2007 Content Teaching
Academy in Gifted Ed: Curriculum and Design in Gifted
Ed
Course Description: The content of
this course will focus on the design and development of
differentiated curriculum and instruction for gifted
learners. Students will learn how to adapt and modify
existing curricula for gifted learners, as well as how to design
new curricular materials for gifted learners through a
predetermined process. Lesson and unit development will be
highlighted. Students will participate in an on-campus
academy experience June 25-29, 2007. Participants must participate
in web-based follow-up sessions; all requirements for the course
must be posted on Black Board no later than July 20, 2007.
Instructor: Mary
Slade
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
James Madison University and Online
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EXED 660 OP02 -
Curriculum Design in Gifted Education
Course Description: The
course content includes the design and development of
differentiated curriculum for gifted learners. The emphasis
of the course is the adaptation and modification of existing
curricula, as well as how to design new curricular material for
gifted learners. Content includes making decisions about the
suitability of curricular materials for gifted learners.
Instructor: Mary
Slade
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
May 14, 2007 - June 22, 2007
Location:
Online
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EXED 665 OP01 - Current Trends and
Issues in Gifted Education
Course Description: The course
content focuses on the seminal and current issues related to the
recognition and education of giftedness in individual from birth
through the life span. Participants will examine the critical
issues facing the field of gifted education as well as future
directions. Specific topics include: (a) Collaboration
Between Gifted and General Education; (b) The Psycho-Social
Adjustment and Guidance of Gifted Learners: (c) The Plight of
Underserved Populations of Gifted Learners: (d) Educational
Programming Models for Gifted Education; and (e) The approaches
used to measure and assess giftedness.
Instuctor:
Mary Slade
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 25, 2007 - August 3, 2007
Location:
Online
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GEOL 501 OP01 - VESC Meteorology
for Teachers
Course Description: Concepts
include the Earth's heat budget and global wind patters, weather
vs. climate, radiation, convection, cloud formation, the hydrologic
cycle, vertical structure of the atmosphere, orographic effects on
weather, severe weather, the influence of life (microbial, human)
and geologic processes on atmospheric composition and temperature
through geologic times, comparison of the atmospheres of Earth,
Mars, and Venus. The majority of this course will be through
Internet, with participants meeting for several face-to-face
sessions during the course. Participants will utilize
real-time and near real-time data, engage in hands-on activities
and interact with weather professionals. The course will
feature application of experimental design to meteorology and an
examination of current understandings of climate change and how
these understandings reveal the nature of the scientific enterprise
and scientific knowledge. Concepts are related to Virginia's
SOL for Earth Science (ES 1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13).
Instructor: Eric
Pyle
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
April 16, 2007 - June 30, 2007 (M-F, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall, Room 7115
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GEOL 501 OP02 - VESC Oceanography
for Teachers
Course Description: See how the
disciplines of geology, chemistry, physics and biology are
integrated in the study of the oceans. Through a blend of
lecture, lab and field experiences learn about the tectonic
evolution of the ocean basins, physiography of the sea floor, heat
capacity of the oceans and influence on maritime climates, waves,
tides, influence of winds on surface currents, upwelling, influence
of temperature and salinity and density and deep water circulation,
coastal geology, marine ecosystems, controls on marine
sedimentation, microfossils and ancient oceans, and marine
resources. Hands-on and computer-simulated labs and an
intense 3-day sea and shore-based experience at the Virginia
Institute of Marine Sciences Field Station on the Eastern Shore
will provide you with effective strategies, self-collected samples
and datasets, and the scientific foundation to teach oceanography
concepts even in landlocked classrooms.
Instructor:
Shelley Whitmeyer
Credit Hours:
4
Schedule:
July 9, 2007 - July 20, 2007 (M-F, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall, Room 7115
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HIST 501 OP01 - We The
People: The Citizen and the Constitution
Course Description: An
instructional program on the history and principles of American
constitutional democracy for elementary, middle and high school
students. The program is based on curricular materials
developed by the Center of Civic Education and acclaimed by leading
educators. Simulated congressional hearings, excellent for
performance assessment, are built into the curriculum. At the
high school level, classes may choose to enter a competition
structured as a simulated hearing where their knowledge of the
Constitution is tested.
Instructor: J.
Christopher Arndt
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 12, 2007 - July 28, 2007
Location:
2105 Harrison Hall
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HIST 501 OP02 - The
Middle East: Part I
Course Description: To prepare
course participants to more effectively teach students about the
history, politics, and cultural and physical geography of the
region known as the Middle East and to aid them in developing
techniques and materials for teaching students about this important
area. Much emphasis will be placed on providing information
and materials that relate to Virginia Department of Education
Standards of Learning (SOLs) in World Geography, World History and
Geography to 1500 A.D., World History and Geography from 1500 A.D.
to the Present, and Virginia and U.S. History.
The course will explore the topography and varied
linguistic and ethnic populations of the region. Special
attention will be paid to the development, teachings, practices and
relationships between the three great monotheistic religions that
emerged here. Reading, films, and lectures will cover in some
detail the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the cartographic and
political legacy of decisions made after WWI at the 1919 Versailles
Conference. The course will conclude with an examination of
the major events in this region from WWI to the creation of the
state of Israel.
Instructor:
Robert Jacobs
Credit Hours: 1
Schedule:
June 19-22, 2007 (T,W,Th 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Location:
Frederick Co. School Administration Bldg., Winchester
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IS 200 OP01 - Individualized Studies
Major Program Development
Course Description: This course will help
you determine skills and interests that can assist the you in
identifying both educational and career goals; select an academic
advisor who can best assist in achieving those goals; develop a
core concentration within the Individualized Study Major that will
prepare you to meet your educational and career goals; and will
develop a comprehensive plan of study that will ensure you complete
<1> all general education and graduation requirements as
demanded by both the ADP program and JMU, <2> all classes
required for his/her core concentration. Required orientation
for students beginning the Adult Degree Program.
Instructor:
Pamela Brown
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
May 15, 2007 - July 10, 2007 (Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall- Hiner Room
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IS 202 OP01 - Orientation to
Career & Life Planning
Course Description: A short
orientation course designed to prepare students for transition into
higher learning education programs. Specific content includes
accessing career resources, career decision-making skills,
self-awareness and life planni
