Enrollment Options
Programs: Alternative Certification Courses
Participants must take all the courses listed below, in addition to meeting other district-specific requirements. We recommend taking courses in the order listed. Participants must also complete one 60-hour ESOL course. Check with your district to select the course from our ESOL page at http://www.beaconeducator.com/ESOLforContentAreaTeachersCourses.asp.

  Alternative Certification Quick Fact Sheet

Classroom Management Quick Look       Preview

Explore the need for a proactive management system and design management tools for the classroom. Learn management strategies, explore a maintenance program, and develop routines for the beginning and ending of class. (20 credit hours)

Professional Practices for Educators Quick Look       Preview

Practice decision making skills on issues such as school safety and security procedures, educational liability, professional responsibilities, and ethics in this video-based course. (5 credit hours)

Student Advocacy and Legal Issues Quick Look       Preview

Explore the teacher's role as student advocate. Examine the ethical expectations and obligations. Investigate the legal issues of district policies, state statutes, and federal guidelines. (20 credit hours)

Foundations of Assessment Quick Look       Preview

Learn to use classroom assessments to shape teaching and learning. Explore assessments that address the intent of a targeted standard. (10 credit hours)

Standards-Based Lesson Planning Quick Look       Preview

Use a standards-based lesson planning process to guide your instructional planning. Examine the Curriculum-Assessment-Instruction (CAI) Model and design a lesson that aligns assessment and instruction to selected standards. (20 credit hours)

Implementing Reading, Writing, & Math Strategies Quick Look       Preview

Investigate and implement a variety of teaching strategies that make the processes of reading, writing, and math computations visible to the learner. (30 credit hours)

Enhancing the Classroom with Technology Quick Look       Preview

Investigate teacher tools, resources, and ideas for managing the classroom technology environment. Enrich the classroom experience as you learn to use the suggested activities and helpful hints that are aligned to the National Education Technology Standards (NETS). (30 credit hours)

Learning Theory and Practice Quick Look       Preview

Investigate how we learn, remember, and recall information. Examine characteristics of learners at different stages of development. Evaluate instructional practices that support learners' various needs. (30 credit hours)

Reading 2: Research-Based Practices, Part A Quick Look       Preview

Identify principles of scientifically-based reading research as the foundation of comprehensive instruction that synchronizes and scaffolds each of the major components of the reading process toward student mastery. Demonstrate the ability to identify explicit, systematic instructional plans for scaffolding reading development in the areas of comprehension and vocabulary. See course prerequisites. Check with your district staff development office for credit eligibility toward Florida's Reading Endorsement or CAR-PD Program (Competency 2: Foundations of Research-Based Practices) . (30 credit hours)

Reading 2: Research-Based Practices, Part B Quick Look       Preview

Identify principles of scientifically-based reading research as the foundation of comprehensive instruction that synchronizes and scaffolds each of the major components of the reading process toward student mastery. Demonstrate the ability to identify explicit, systematic instructional plans for scaffolding reading development in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency. Explore research-based practices and guidelines for creating a language-rich and print-rich environment and for selecting appropriate literature. See course prerequisites. Check with your district staff development office for credit eligibility toward Florida's Reading Endorsement or CAR-PD Program (Competency 2: Foundations of Research-Based Practices). (30 credit hours)

 
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