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Middle School Strategies, T&L 900
Instructor: Sara Johnson
Topics:
Instructional Strategies &
Classroom Management
Audience:
Middle School
Gain a greater understanding of the middle school curriculum and instructional strategies as well as the needs of early adolescent students. The focus will be on the roles teachers play in incorporating a guided, interdisciplinary, collaborative team approach that assists students during these fundamentally transformative years.
You will review the necessary components of organization (teaming, advisor/advisee, exploratory, learning communities) and instruction (cooperative learning, student grouping, teacher strategies, and student learning styles) that create a unique middle school environment.
Through this online course, you will:
- develop an interdisciplinary unit that integrates content across curricular areas.
- identify and plan a lesson regarding the characteristics of middle school children.
- identify curriculum areas and philosophical concepts that meet the physical, social, intellectual, and effective needs of the early adolescent.
- create a plan to utilize a variety of instructional strategies and assessments that meet the needs of the early adolescent.
NOTE: This course applies to the Middle School Endorsement Requirements as stated by the North Dakota Education Standards & Practices Board.
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| Online Course - 3 credits S/U grading
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Professional Development Credits: 3 - S/U grading UND Fee: $375 |
| Online Course - 3 credits Letter grading
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Professional Development Credits: 3 - Letter grading UND Fee: $375 |
About Your Instructor
Sara Johnson
Sara Johnson received her Master of Education in Education Leadership with a Middle School Education Cognate from the University of North Dakota in 2005. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Middle Endorsement from Valley City State University in 1995. Sara has taught at the middle school level for more than six years in North Dakota and Minnesota along with serving as a Teaching Specialist and Program Assistant for Students with Disabilities. Sara currently is a Technology Integration Specialist with the West Fargo Public Schools and works closely with the STEM Middle School program in West Fargo.
