EDUC 497 - General Methods (AC)

Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lab Hour(s): 0
Credit Hour(s): 3

Candidates will explore all aspects of a teacher’s responsibilities with opportunities for curriculum and planning, lesson delivery, and reflection. The course will provide candidates with experiences with goals and objectives, instructional strategies, assessment of and for learning, formative and summative assessment, student engagement for learning, differentiated instruction, technology, content knowledge, communicating with parents and students, and collaborating/involvement with school and community and parents. Provides candidates with opportunities to integrate and reflect on knowledge, skills, and dispositions acquired during the clinical experience. Continued professional development and inquiry into current issues in the profession are explored.

Prerequisite(s): Candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education with a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA. Participants have met the basic skills and content proficiency exam coursework required to acquire a Professional Teaching Certificate as described in WVBE Policy 5202 and the West Virginia Licensure Testing Directory.