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2009-2010 Schedule
Summer 2010
Course Descriptions
Please Note: The degree requirements for the Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning will change effective Fall 2010!
The required number of credit hours for the MTL has been changed from 46 to 45 credit hours. Beginning in the Fall of 2010, the yearlong EDU 627-628-629 course sequence will no longer be offered. Instead, EDU 627 (Classroom Assessment) and EDU 628 (Inquiry in Education) will be stand alone course and each will be offered in the fall and spring semesters. Each remains 3 credit hours each. EDU 600 is a prerequisite for EDU 628. EDU 629, the 1-credit professional development capstone course, has been eliminated from the degree requirements effective August 30, 2010 – the first day of the Fall 2010 semester. The last EDU 629 course is a summer 2010 course for our current EDU 627-628-629 students. It will also no longer be a requirement that a student in EDU 627 or EDU 628 be employed in a teaching role when taking these courses.
Instructions on how to Register
Link to MaineStreet
Registration Schedule
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EDU 627/628/629 Classroom Assessment and Portfolio-Exhibition Development
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The course dates for the 2009-2010 school year are: September 12, October 3, October 31, and November 21, December 12, and for Spring 2010 EDU 628 January 16, February 6, March 6, April 3, and April 24. May 8 Summer 2010 EDU 629 is for MTL Exhibition Day.
To register for the assessment series, EDU 627/628/629, students need to contact Catherine Madore at (207) 780-5302 or cmadore@usm.maine.edu. Students need to be teaching to be eligible to register for the assessment series of courses.
(7 credits: EDU 627 (3 Credits) - Fall, EDU 628 (3 Credits) - Spring, EDU 629 (1 Credit) - Summer)
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MTL program.
This integrated course focuses on the formative use of classroom assessment, including developing a repertoire of valid and reliable methods, communicating clear expectations, giving meaningful feedback, and involving students in assessment. Students share experiences and practices with each other, discuss and reflect upon relevant readings, apply learnings in classroom settings, and conduct action research projects to investigate the effects of their own research-based instructional interventions.
EDU 627/628/629 must be completed at USM. Participation in this course requires a full-time or part-time classroom position or ongoing access to a classroom with instructor’s permission. Petitions may be made to the MTL Coordinator for acceptance into the course with an alternative position/plan. Technology-based course accommodations may be made for those students living at some distance from USM. This is a full-year course meeting approximately one Saturday per month during the Fall and Spring semesters, extending into the first summer session —normally the first Saturday after graduation each year. |
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EDU 629: Professional Development Seminar (1 Credit) |
To register for EDU 629, contact Catherine Madore at (207) 780-5302 or cmadore@usm.maine.edu. Students need to be teaching to be eligible to register for the assessment series of courses.
Instructors: Ken Jones, Troy Crabtree |
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| EDU 624: Schools and Classrooms ( 3 credits) class # 3692 |
EDU 624 will meet on Tuesdays from May 18 to July 1. The blended course will include on-line class sessions and face-to-face sessions on the following dates in 403 Bailey Hall from 4:00 to 6:45: May 18, May 25, June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29.
Instructor: Ken Jones |
| EDU 600: Research Methods ( 3 credits) |
class# 3526
The course dates for EDU 600 are on Mondays and Wednesdays from May 17 to June 14 from 4:10-6:40 in 206 Payson Smith Hall plus June 21-23 from 8:30 to 12:00 in 211 Payson Smith Hall. 30 student maximum class size.
Instructors: Jeff Beaudry, Lynne Miller |
class # 3527
The course dates for EDU 600 are on Mondays and Wednesdays from May 17 to June 14 from 8:00 to 9:30 in 207 Payson Smith Hall plus June 21-23 from 1:00 to 4:00 in 207 Payson Smith Hall. 30 student maximum class size.
Instructors: Jeff Beaudry, Lynne Miller |
Online section
The course dates for this on-line section will be from July 6 to August 20. To register, please contact Catherine Madore by email at cmadore@usm.maine.edu or by phone at 780-5302 .
Instructor: Libby Cohen |
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| This course studies the concepts, principles, and techniques of educational research with an emphasis on scientific inquiry and problem solving, designed for both the producer and consumer of educational research. Individual research proposals and reports are completed. Prerequisite: open to matriculated students only. |
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| EDU 624 Schools and the Classroom (3 credits) |
This course interrelates historical, philosophical, sociological, and curricular foundations of education. Students complete a personal platform or statement of professional purpose about schools as organizational culture and classrooms as learning environments and an analysis of one's own personal teaching context.
This course is offered twice yearly, in the Spring and Summer sessions.
When necessary, a similar content course from USM, such as EDU 603 Analysis of Teaching or EDU 610 Critical Issues, or another university may be substituted with permission. |
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