UAA PACE, 500-Level Upper Division Course

Graded

COURSE OVERVIEW

In this course you will learn an approach to planning for targeted differentiation in order to support your special needs students in your classroom. You will learn a method for developing differentiated lessons that supports the appropriate levels for your students, will learn how modifications and accommodations play a role in providing the differentiated support required in your classroom, and will analyze research in how differentiated instructions supports students with disabilities. You will analyze, develop, and apply methods to designing effective differentiated activities and strategies for your students that can be applied to your current or future classroom. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure that you plan for differentiation will be effective.

Grade Level: K-12

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Analyze grade level expectations during the lesson planning process.
• Use Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s DOK to plan for differentiation.
• Select appropriate differentiation methods based on student needs.
• Apply assessment and documentation methods to understand how to support students with special needs.
• Compose a targeted supplemental resource to ensure implementation of differentiated instruction for students with special needs.
• Analyze and defend an article on differentiation reflect on and apply the research’s impact to the classroom.
• Plan, reflect, and report on implementation progress using a Classroom Implementation Plan.

Methods of Instruction:  tests, personal goal-setting, reflections on  articles/videos, class collaboration, a cumulative project, and a final practicum.  This course is delivered entirely online.

Rubric breakdown

Course Syllabus  This is a preview syllabus only.  The official syllabus will be provided to you with your login information

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• This self-paced Model Teaching course can be completed at a pace that fits your schedule.
• You can register and start work anytime. 
• All work is due one year from the date of registration, with a 30 day minimum to complete.
• Extensions and re-enrollments are not permitted.
• You may cancel within one week of registration.  A $125.00 cancellation fee will be applied.

TUITION

$325 Subscriber

$375 Non-Subscriber

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PROVIDER DETAILS

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