Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Identify how state and national mathematics standards affect exceptional learners.
- Plan instruction that supports the acquisition of mathematics concepts, content curriculum, and pedagogy, and that makes mathematics accessible and meaningful for exceptional learners.
- Integrate cross-disciplinary skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving, and connect concepts using different perspectives into mathematics lessons for exceptional learners.
- Identify age-appropriate accommodations and modifications for the exceptional learner in a mathematics classroom.
- Identify a variety of research-based mathematics instructional strategies for exceptional learners.
- Evaluate a variety of assessment strategies to enhance exceptional learners’ understanding of mathematics.
- Describe how assessment data, including observation and documentation, can be used to guide instructional decisions related to exceptional learners in the mathematics classroom.
- Analyze formative and summative mathematics assessments for exceptional learners.
- Describe how the assessment process can promote exceptional learners’ acceptance of responsibility for their own learning in the mathematics classroom.
- Explore how exceptional learners use language to express mathematical thinking.
- Analyze how literature integration in the mathematics classroom affects the exceptional learner.
- Investigate effective uses of technology and media for exceptional learners in the mathematics classroom.
- Describe ways to create a safe and productive learning environment for exceptional learners in the mathematics classroom.
- Examine how family and personal experiences shape teaching and learning perceptions in the mathematics classroom for exceptional learners.
- Analyze the importance of communication and collaboration with families and the community.
- Explore strategies to utilize community resources for exceptional learners in the mathematics classroom.