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Programs: Alternative Certification Courses

  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 Strategies Quick Look       Preview

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

Enhancing the Classroom with Technology Quick Look       Preview

Investigate teacher tools, resources, and a plethora of 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)

ESOL 1: A Beginning for All Educators Quick Look       Preview

Learn to meet the educational needs of students for whom English is not their native language. This course provides an overview of the training needed to meet LEP students' needs and is one of three introductory courses applicable for all educators. Check with your district staff development office for credit eligibility toward Florida's ESOL Endorsement. (20 credit hours)

ESOL 2: Curriculum and Methods Quick Look       Preview

Identify and explore various content-area strategies for use with Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Use these strategies to critique a classroom instructional plan. This is part of Beacon's ESOL introductory series for all educators. Check with your district staff development office for credit eligibility toward Florida's ESOL Endorsement. (20 credit hours)

ESOL 3: Language and Diversity Quick Look       Preview

Explore language acquisition processes and implications for meeting the educational needs of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. This course is part of Beacon's ESOL introductory series for all educators. Check with your district staff development office for credit eligibility toward Florida's ESOL Endorsement. (20 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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