Curriculum Const & Assmt: Secondary English/language Arts –

mte546

(3 credits)

This course explores the application of basic instructional methods to the content area of English and language arts in middle school and high school settings. Participants identify the educational needs of middle level and secondary students by exploring current instructional theory, models, and strategies; state, local, and national standards as they relate to instruction, assessment, and accountability; and social issues that impact reading, listening, speaking, and writing in the classroom. The course also helps prospective educators develop skills in selecting and adapting delivery methods and behavior management plans for diverse individual students and student populations.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks. This course may be available to take individually or as part of a degree or certificate program. To enroll, speak with an enrollment advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Classroom Assessments and Rubrics
- Identify forms of classroom assessment and implications for planning instruction.
- Recognize the elements of effective rubric development for various instructional activities.
- Develop rubrics to evaluate and assess student performance.
History and Trends in English Education
- Explain historical perspectives and trends in the study of English and language arts.
- Identify current themes and trends in the teaching of English.
Instructional Approaches and Strategies
- Define the developmental differences between middle- and secondary-level students and how this affects lesson design and instructional strategies.
- Identify strategies for promoting positive learning environments in English and language arts classrooms.
- Propose innovative instructional strategies and materials used to teach English to adolescents.
- Analyze instructional strategies that meet the learning needs of diverse students.
- Consider how to integrate English and language arts skills with other subject areas.
- Describe instructional strategies that help students become familiar with their own and others cultures.
- Select appropriate, research-based resources that support English and language arts instruction.
- Utilize state and national standards to create lesson plans and develop units of study.
- Develop an instructional unit for English.
Integrating Literature, Technology, and Media
- Examine traditional literature studyAmerican, British and worldincluding literary criticism, theory, and terminology.
- Explore multicultural literature, young adult literature, and literature of diversity including that by women.
- Develop strategies for expanding student literacy through the study of a wide variety of genres.
- Utilize state standards to define the skills students must develop to read and respond to a variety of texts critically.
- Analyze the influence of visual and print media in society and its effect on learning.
- Apply the use of print and nonprint media and communication technology in instruction.
- Develop strategies for establishing critical reading skills for various media.
- Analyze the legal and ethical issues regarding the use of technology in the classroom.
- Incorporate the use of technology in English and language arts instruction.
- Compile a list of fiction and nonfiction literature to enhance the teaching of English.
Parent, Teacher, and Community Collaboration
- Explore strategies to utilize community resources in the English classroom.
- Explore the range of social, health, educational, and language-related service agencies, and other resources that are available at school and off-campus.
- Examine how family and personal experiences shape teaching and learning perceptions in the English classroom.
- Explain the importance of parent/teacher communication and collaboration.
- Determine strategies for increasing the level of parental involvement.
Professional Development
- Review the roles of English and language arts professional organizations.
- Analyze professional resources available to English teachers.
- Identify professional development opportunities in English available in your state.
- Analyze the importance of staying current in English education.
Reading and Writing Strategies
- Explore literacy study including major aspects of written, oral, and visual literacy.
- Examine reading processes for understanding text including critical analysis and meaning-making strategies.
- Evaluate current English texts.
- Explore the use of reading circles and other student-centered approaches to the study of literature.
- Examine strategies for building students comprehension and vocabulary skills in reading.
- Develop strategies for helping students become reflective readers.
- Define the developmental stages of writing.
- Examine the writing processes for different purposes, situations, and audiences.
- Analyze the elements of an effective writing workshop that meets students needs.
- Analyze the use of rubrics in teaching and evaluating writing.
Review of English Education Content Knowledge
- Review language development and acquisition including history of the English language.
- Review language structure and skills including grammar systems and semantics.
- Examine your states teacher licensure examinations for English and language arts education.
Standards and Curricula
- Understand the progression of P12 state standards in English and language arts.
- Review state and national English standards and assessments.
- Review the Content and Content Pedagogy Components of the National Council of Teachers of English Standards.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Curriculum Const & Assmt: Secondary English/language Arts –

mte546

Classroom Assessments and Rubrics

History and Trends in English Education

Instructional Approaches and Strategies

Integrating Literature, Technology, and Media

Parent, Teacher, and Community Collaboration

Professional Development

Reading and Writing Strategies

Review of English Education Content Knowledge

Standards and Curricula

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