Professional Education

This course examines the foundations and best practices of literacy instruction in phonemic/phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. It also includes the historical progression of reading instruction and the impact of diversity on literacy learners. This course is aligned with South Carolina literacy competencies, ILA, CAEP, InTASC, and ADEPT performance standards. This course meets the requirements of the Read to Succeed Act for the R2S Literacy Teacher Endorsement in South Carolina for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers and the R2S Literacy Requirement Endorsement in South Carolina for middle/high school teachers and PK-12 programs. Three hours.

This course is designed to meet the needs of Christian teachers who desire to improve their skills in biblical worldview formation. It distinguishes a secular approach to education from a Christian approach, presents a method for planning and writing instruction from a Christian perspective, and provides a tool for evaluating Christian educational materials. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

In this course candidates demonstrate their ability to apply learning and development theories and to utilize developmentally appropriate practices by writing lessons plans, creating assessments, and providing feedback to students in the K-12 environment. Candidates create an electronic portfolio and submit videotaped lessons to receive individualized feedback on their planning and teaching strategies. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

This course is designed to help teachers put instructional theory into practice through the study and application of teaching strategies and techniques that are applicable to the K-12 classroom. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

This EXP course is aligned with ISTE, inTASC, and NACE standards to prepare students to effectively employ a Biblical worldview while integrating technology into a variety of instructional settings. It develops future educators' leadership, scholarship, and citizenship through the skills of collaboration, design, facilitation, and analysis. Additionally, it prepares students to make connections to their faith, prior coursework, and the field of education. A technology portfolio is created by each learner to demonstrate their learning, and a portion of the class is spent in the pursuit of a third-party educational micro-credential. Learners are exposed to a wide variety of instructional tools and ideas for technology integration. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

This course offers an overview of educational psychology, delving into the understanding of human development, learning theory, and educational practice within the context of a biblical worldview. Students explore the complexities of human cognition, development, motivation, diversity, behavior, and instruction as well as their implications for educational practice. Summer only, three hours.

The course examines the physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual growth of the child from pre-natal through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on the development of the child in relation to the school. Special consideration is given to societal issues impacting development. Summer only, three hours.

This course provides an introduction to the principles of constructing standardized and teacher-made tests, test scoring and interpretation, and grading-reporting practices as well as an overview of commonly used statistical terms. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

This course is designed to meet the needs of Christian teachers who desire to improve their skills in biblical worldview formation. It distinguishes a secular approach to education from a Christian approach, presents a method for planning and writing instruction from a Christian perspective, and provides a tool for evaluating Christian educational materials. Both semesters and summer, three hours.

This course offers an overview of educational psychology, delving into the understanding of human development, learning theory, and educational practice within the context of a biblical worldview. Students explore the complexities of human cognition, development, motivation, diversity, behavior, and instruction as well as their implications for educational practice. Summer only, three hours.

This course examines the foundations and best practices of literacy instruction in phonemic/phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. It also includes the historical progression of reading instruction and the impact of diversity on literacy learners. This course is aligned with South Carolina literacy competencies, ILA, CAEP, InTASC, and ADEPT performance standards. This course meets the requirements of the Read to Succeed Act for the R2S Literacy Teacher Endorsement in South Carolina for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers and the R2S Literacy Requirement Endorsement in South Carolina for middle/high school teachers and PK-12 programs. Three hours.

This course is designed to help teachers put instructional theory into practice through the study and application of teaching strategies and techniques that are applicable to the K-12 classroom. Both semesters and summer, three hours.