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ACC 5010 - Case Studies in Financial Management 3 cr
This course will use the case study method to examine the major decision-making areas of managerial finance and selected topics in financial theory. Topics will include the economic impact of capital budgeting decisions, decision making under uncertainty, the cost of capital, derivatives, arbitrage, the pricing of selected financial instruments, working capital management, and dividend policy.
Prerequisite: BUS 3230, ACC 3010.
Fall
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ACC 5020 - Taxation of Business Entities 4 cr
This course examines the tax issues involving partnerships and corporations including but not limited to formation, annual reporting requirements, distribution, redemptions, and liquidations. Tax research and tax return preparation will be required.
Prerequisite: ACC 4041.
Fall
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ACC 5030 - Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting 3 cr
This course will focus on generally accepted accounting principles specific to state and local governments as well as non-governmental not-for-profit organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the sources of governmental accounting standards, fund and government-wide reporting, fund accounting and budgetary concepts, sources of not-for-profit accounting standards, and types of not-for-profit organizations. Students will be required to perform accounting research, utilize Excel as a problem-solving tool, and Word as a communication tool.
Prerequisite: ACC 4213
Fall.
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ACC 5050 - Advanced Auditing and Professional Ethics 3 c
This course expands on the technical knowledge and skills developed in ACC 4050 – Auditing and Assurance Services. The course also examines auditing theory and research, and their relevance to audit practice. Developments in issues of vital concern to the audit profession will be discussed. These include the audit expectation gap, the auditor’s legal liability, professional standards, ethics and corporate governance. Case studies are used for research and instructional purposes.
Prerequisite: ACC 4050.
Fall
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ACC 5210 - Strategic Cost Management 3 cr
This course focuses on the use of the firm’s internal accounting information systems in decision-making, planning and control, and performance evaluation. The course goals are to develop an understanding of the application of strategic cost management principles for business and not-for-profit organizations, and to provide an opportunity to develop skills in applying these principles through problems and cases. Students learn to apply a variety of decision models to areas of cost estimation, pricing and product mix decisions, activity-based costing, measuring opportunity costs for decision-making and transfer pricing. The course emphasizes a cross functional perspective, integrating the links between internal accounting systems and problems confronting managers in the areas of finance, accounting, marketing, operations management, and human resources.
Prerequisite: ACC 3010
Spring
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ACC 5220 - Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions 3 cr
This course examines a variety of advanced accounting problems related to consolidations, mergers, acquisitions, branch operations, segment reporting, and interim reporting. Students will become familiar with the financial procedures and information flows that accompany complex investment activities.
Prerequisite: ACC 4213
Spring
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ACC 5230 - Fraud and Forensic Accounting 4 cr
This course covers fraud examinations, including a discussion of specific procedures used in forensic accounting examinations and the reasoning behind these procedures. Topics examined include investigating theft and concealment, inquiry methods, and fraud reports. Case studies are used to develop a greater understanding of litigation support services, forensic accounting and fraud examination.
Prerequisite: ACC 4050.
Spring
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ACC 5610 - Topics in Advanced Accounting 3 cr
The course includes study of selected advanced topics in financial and tax accounting, including partnerships, accounting for foreign currency transactions, corporate bankruptcy, and accounting for estates and trusts.
Prerequisite: ACC 4213
Fall.
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ACC 5620 - Accounting Research Seminar 4 cr
This capstone course deals with applying research for solving complex accounting and reporting issues. Both financial and tax accounting cases are utilized. Presentations and papers showing results of research are required.
Prerequisite: ACC 5020 , ACC 5030 , ACC 5610 , and Instructor consent
Spring.
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AAD 5010 - Arts Administration and Community in the 21st Century 3 cr
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of leadership in fine and performing arts organizations, and the challenges involved in the development of meaningful community engagement for civic well being and organizational sustainability.
Summer, January: includes on-campus residency component.
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AAD 5020 - Writing and Research for Arts Administrators 3 cr
Research and data analysis are highly important functions of effective administrators. The primary focus of this course is to encourage students to use these two tools to foster organizational development and incisive communications with diverse groups of stakeholders.
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 5030 - Leadership and Strategic Planning 3 cr
This course is a broad study of effective principles of leadership and the importance of comprehensive strategic and tactical planning for arts organizations from both short- and long-term perspectives. Particular emphasis will be placed upon developing and communicating a shared vision across a wide range of constituencies.
Course offered online.
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AAD 5040 - Financial and Budget Management for Arts Administrators 3 cr
Designed to build upon basic accounting practices, this course introduces students to financial administration within arts organizations. Financial analysis is essential for effective planning and governance, and communicating monetary information to boards of directors is a crucial function of arts administrators; the course seeks to prepare students for success in this area.
Prerequisite: Students must have completed one university-level accounting course to enroll.
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 5050 - Marketing and Media for Arts Organizations 3 cr
This course introduces students to basic marketing principles and how they apply to the arts and culture environments, demonstrates techniques for locating and developing earned income resources, and discusses the differences between "inbound" and "outbound" marketing relative to the utilization of diverse media.
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6010 - Fundraising and Development in the Arts 3 cr
As sustainability of arts organizations relies heavily upon the location and procurement of external funding sources, this course requires students to build mastery in modes of effective fundraising in the 21st century and demonstrate how to utilize multifaceted approaches to financial development.
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6020 - Law, Public Policy and Ethics in the Arts 3 cr
This course develops students' knowledge of current legal practices involved in arts organizations, as well of particular ethical challenges faced by leaders in a rapidly changing multicultural landscape.
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6030 - Visual Arts Organizational Administration 3 cr
The focus of this course will be on specific challenges involved in visual arts organization management.
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6040 - Performing Arts Organizational Administration 3 cr
The focus of this course will be on specific challenges involved in performing arts organization management.
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 6810 - Internship in Arts Administration 3-6 cr
This course involves the student securing an internship with a professional arts organization for the purpose of utilizing his/her developing knowledge and skill set to assist that organization in its endeavors for approximately a 15-week period. Students are evaluated in tandem by their immediate supervisor within the organization, as well as the supervising instructor for the course. Upon completion, students present their experiences in the form of a case study to their peers and faculty during their second on-campus residency at Castleton. Students will have the option to complete this six-hour requirement in either one or two semesters.
Summer, Fall, Spring, includes on-campus residency component.
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Athletic Leadership |
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ATL 5010 - Leadership and Management of Athletic Programs 3 cr
This course introduces students to the physical and philosophical infrastructure within the landscape of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. This course covers such topics as leadership theory as it relates to athletics, intercollegiate and interscholastic staffing structure and organization, and management of athletic programs.
Course includes both an on-campus and on-line component.
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ATL 5020 - Financial Administration of Athletics 3 cr
Students use a financial lens to explore solutions to a wide variety of issues related to athletic organizations. This course covers such issues as organizational finance structure, taxation, financial analysis and forecasting, budgetary and accounting controls, economic impact studies, insurance, and forms of ownership.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5030 - Athletics Advancement 3 cr
This course explores various methods and structures for revenue production within athletic organizations, departments and teams. Specific topics to be covered include general fundraising, advancement through alumni giving, alumni relations, and corporate sponsorship development. Connections will be made to field of athletic marketing.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5040 - Legal Topics in Athletics 3 cr
This course allows students to delve deeply into the law as it pertains to intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. The depth of this course equips students with the skills and strategies needed to effectively work with business professionals and lawyers to resolve legal issues. Some topics of importance include tort law, risk management, and contract law.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5050 - Compliance and Governance in Athletics 3 cr
This course investigates the governing bodies in intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics and their role in developing standards that their constituents must follow to maintain their membership. Regulations related to recruiting, eligibility, practice scheduling, and alumni/booster relations are examined. There is a focus on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) compliance as it relates to both intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics as well as NCAA structure.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6210 - Facility Design and Management 3 cr
In this course students learn the necessary steps for first designing, and then managing, an athletic facility. Some topics include feasibility, planning, designing, staffing, facility marketing, developing revenue streams, and facility scheduling and operating.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6220 - Current Trends and Topics in Athletic Leadership 3 cr
Due to the ever-evolving nature of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics, the content of this course is intended to increase the students' awareness of current trends and topics within the field of athletic administration and the implications thereof. Relevant topics of interest will generally be selected by the instructor, but ethics will also be covered.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6230 - Advanced Communications in Athletics 3 cr
Students learn how to apply principles and theories of communications to intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics through the use of case studies and the production of a strategic marketing and communications plan. This course also provides students with an understanding of the role of emerging technology, media and social networking outlets, and public relations in intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. Connections to Marketing will be made.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6410 - Psychology of Coaching 3 cr
This course examines psychological issues such as motivation, anxiety, development of social and communication skills, and development of team and group cooperation as they pertain to coaching at the intercollegiate and interscholastic levels.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6420 - Current Trends and Topics in Coaching Leadership 3 cr
Due to the ever-evolving nature of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics, the content of this course is intended to increase the students' awareness of current trends and topics within the field of coaching and the implications thereof. Relevant topics of interest will generally be selected by the instructor, but ethics will also be covered.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6430 - Performance and Conditioning for Coaches 3 cr
This course is designed to emphasize the importance of proper fitness, sport conditioning, and nutrition in determining both success and safety in an athlete's performance. The specific topics covered in this course include strength, cardiovascular training, flexibility, body composition and injury prevention.
Course offered online.
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ATL 6810 - Internship in Athletic Leadership 3-6 cr
This is an approved, supervised work experience in an organization and position that is related to the student's area of specialization and interest.
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ATL 6890 - Special Project in Athletic Leadership 3-6 cr
This is meant to serve as an alternative to an internship or thesis in athletic leadership. It will involve completing a special project in which the student applies the knowledge they have acquired in a way that is to be approved by the program coordinator.
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EDU 5050 - Developing Literacy K–6: Multiple Perspectives 3 cr
Students will engage in a thoughtful study of theorists and principles associated with three models of reading and Vermont’s Writing Assessment and Writing Portfolio Guidelines. In the process, students will understand how to design a balanced literacy program that incorporates interdisciplinary themes, authentic on-going assessment tools, and meaningful materials and experiences that foster both skill and strategies development.
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EDU 5055 - Language Based Learning Difficulties in Adolescence: A Conceptual Model 3 cr
This first course lays the foundation for the study of language based learning difficulties, a 25 credit structured sequence. Course emphasis will be an introduction to a Language Based Learning Model that integrates psycholinguistics, the field of language arts, information processing, and is grounded in contextual factors, both personal and environmental. This will be a one-week, intensive, campus based course with all students and faculty present.
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EDU 5060 - Diagnosis and Analysis of Reading 3 cr
Students will be expected to study current theories and principles associated with literacy development, to learn how to analyze reading difficulties with appropriate forms of for-mal and informal diagnostic measures, and to develop a variety of remediation strategies and techniques. In a field component for this course, each student will be required to work weekly out in a public school to complete an actual written case study.
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Lab Fee $20.
Recommended: EDU 6860 /EDU 7810 Field Experience in the spring to complete remediation for this case study.
Fall only course.
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EDU 5065 - Adolescence: Language, Cognition and Emotional Development 4 cr
The second course integrates classroom and field based study of typical language, cognitive, and social-emotional development in eleven to eighteen year old students. Course emphasis will use the Language Based Learning Model to explore the relation-ship between adolescent development and school demands. This course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 5075 - Literacy: Interaction of Language and Learning in the Middle and Upper Grades 4 cr
The third course, again a field and classroom integration, emphasizes instruction in reading and writing skills of students with language based learning difficulties. Participants will learn to translate research into best instructional practice and apply these principles and techniques in a range of school settings. This course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 5080 - Child and Adolescent Development: Exceptionality and Learning 4 cr
This course is an overview of the learning, cognition and development of children and adolescents from an educational perspective. It also includes characteristics and recommended educational practices for students with physical and/or learning challenges.
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EDU 5090 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment 3 cr
This course combines knowledge and skills in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Prospective teachers will become adept at creating, adapting, differentiating, implementing and revising curriculum based on an understanding of students' need and interests, educational standards and subject matter. Candidates will learn to choose and create instructional methods best suited for specific educational goals. Candidates will learn to use multiple assessment strategies to evaluate student growth and to modify instruction to ensure intellectual, social, physical and emotional development of every student. The course will culminate in creating a unit plan for a diverse group of students. This unit plan will synthesize the candidate's understanding of curriculum, instructional practices and assessment.
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EDU 5145 - Issues in Science Education 3 cr
This course is a critical analysis of current research in science education. Topics will include: history of science education, learning theories, reform movements, assessment, equity, school-based issues, and other topics as they relate to current practices. This course is open only to VSI students.
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EDU 5150 - Survey of Exceptional Children and Young Adults 3 cr
This course is a study of the history, philosophy, and current practices relating to education of children and young adults with special needs: the culturally different, visually handicapped, deaf and hearing impaired, learning impaired, emotionally challenged, intellectually gifted, physically handicapped and learning disabled. The course also includes an overview of Public Law 101-476 and its implications for the inclusion of youngsters into regular classroom environments. Required at the beginning of the program if course has not been taken within the last five years.
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EDU 5155 - Curriculum in Special Education 3 cr
Special educators will apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and will differentiate instruction by using effective strategies to promote student learning in elementary and secondary schools. The course focus is special education students with high incidence disabilities. Emphases are collaborative decision making between special and regular educators, research based practices, and current theory in curriculum planning, modification, and evaluation. Thirty field hours are required.
Fall
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EDU 5158 - Behavior Challenges: Social and Academic Success for all 3 cr
The course focus is utilizing positive strategies to reduce problem behavior, increase academic achievement and improve social behaviors across all environments. Students will develop knowledge and skills to prevent problem behavior and to intervene appropriately in crisis situations. The goal is to establish safe, positive classroom and school climates that enhance acceptance of students with behavioral challenges and increase self-management skills and self-esteem.
Spring
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EDU 5210 - Literature for Young Adults 3 cr
This course is designed to help middle and secondary school teachers introduce literature to their students. Guest speakers will present their expertise in using young adult literature. Class discussions will center on current and classic literature for youth.
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EDU 5215 - Managing the Learning Environments 2 cr
High performing school leaders collaboratively manage their organization, facilities, and resources in ways that optimize resource allocation and promote a safe, efficient, legal, and effective learning environment. In this course the theories and principles of organizational development will be examined, and candidates will explore and apply practices consistent with collaborative leadership. Aspiring school leaders will then examine operational procedures at the school and district level, as well as principles and issues relating to school safety and security, fiscal operations, and human resources management and development. Finally, candidates will consider issues relating to school facilities and use of space, legal issues impacting school operations, and current technologies that support management functions.
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EDU 5220 - Learning Disabilities 3 cr
This course will provide an overview of current theoretical and practical issues in the field of learning disabilities. Students will review research regarding the etiology, identification, assessment and treatment of learning disabilities, as well as the challenges students with learning disabilities present to classroom teachers. Emphasis will be placed on evidence based instructional strategies including response to instruction.
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EDU 5225 - Learning and Attention Difficulties: High Incidence Challenges 3 cr
This course focuses on students with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactive disorders, and mild/moderate emotional and behavior disorders. Students address characteristics of students, collaborative practice, and strategies used in regular classrooms and in resource rooms. Emphasis is on diagnosis and remediation of literacy difficulties across academic areas, and utilizing assistive technology to accommodate these challenges. The field component of this course is 15 hours based on licensing area.
Spring
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EDU 5245 - Brain Compatible Teaching and Learning 3 c
During this in-depth study, educators will learn how to create a school environment and develop curriculum; will develop learning and enrichment strategies; establish a basic understanding of student brain development, memory and recall strategies; and learn how to assess students with the brain and human cognition in mind.
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EDU 5270 - Models of Secondary Teaching 4 cr
This course introduces the student to an array of approaches to secondary school teaching that could be used to help transform the public schools for the twenty-first century. The course will provide the teacher, curriculum engineer, and administrators with approaches to teaching that create innovative environments for learning. Students will be asked to analyze, compare and contrast these teaching models and determine what instructional purpose they serve for the redesign of schooling for the future.
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EDU 5320 - Technology in Education 3 cr
Students will study and use different applications of computers that enhance a student’s ability to learn and to express ideas. Topics will include integrated software packages, subject specific applications, multidisciplinary integration and an introduction to multimedia.
Lab Fee $25
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EDU 5345 - Communication Skills for Educators 3 cr
This course is designed for educators who are interested in improving their interpersonal skills with students as well as adults in their professional and personal lives. Training Covers communication, assertiveness, increased self-understanding, with special emphasis on problem solving and conflict resolution skills. Every effort is made to help class members improve their interpersonal effectiveness through practical and concrete skills.
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EDU 5370 - Reading and Writing in the Content Areas 3 cr
This course is designed to meet the needs of current and prospective middle school and secondary content area teachers. Students will study current theories and principles associated with promoting literacy in all content areas, examine alternative and informal types of classroom assessment, and experiment with a variety of cooperative/collaborative strategies that foster critical thinking/reading/writing skills applicable to heterogeneous grouping. Also, each student will be responsible for developing a Unit Plan around a topic/theme that incorporates interdisciplinary webbing
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EDU 5420 - Writing Workshop for Teachers 3 cr
Teachers who begin to think of themselves as writers and who engage in a study of their own writing process will learn innovative ways to promote an interest in writing and writing to learn in their classrooms. The participants will use writing to discover and probe the complexity of their thinking and discuss ways to translate what they are learning to their own students.
Recommended:
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EDU 5465 - Assessment in Science Education 3 cr
This course will focus on building an understanding of assessment and its relationship to improved student learning. Participants will learn about several key forms of formative assessment including selected response, constructed response, performance assessment, and on-going assessment, and will become familiar with the new Vermont Science Assessment (PASS). Topics of validity and reliability, choosing appropriate assessments for a variety of purposes, creating valid classroom and district assessments, and using assessment data to inform instruction will be examined. This course is open only to VSI students.
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EDU 5510 - Transformative School Leadership 3 cr
In this course, students are introduced to the philosophy of the Castleton Institute for School Leaders and the Mediated Achievement Plan (MAP), a tool based on the notion that respected leaders engage in a constant process of self-examination and transformation. Students will also experience several Critical Friends Group (CFG) protocols designed to help leaders and faculty collectively transform practice. Finally, aspiring leaders will become familiar with the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders, which focus on promoting the success of all students.
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EDU 5520 - Teacher Leadership 3 cr
This course will focus on building understanding about what it means to be a teacher-leader and the relationship of this role to improved student learning. Participants will learn about the many forms of teacher leadership including mentoring, coaching, performing action research, using data, and observing others in the classroom. Topics related to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions one needs to serve as a teacher-leader, as well as the cultures that can help sustain and support teacher leadership in our schools will be explored. The process of building collaborative relationships with colleagues, administrators, and central office leaders will be examined. (A component for building administrators will be included.) This course is open only to VSI students.
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EDU 5530 - Reculturing the Meaning of Learning in your School 2 cr
This offering has an unconventional course structure. Castleton University, in collaboration with the Vermont Principals Association, the Vermont Institutes, and several other organizations, has designed a Summer Leadership Academy for experienced and aspiring school leaders. By combining resources, we are able to bring together experienced principals, aspiring leaders, and extraordinary national figures.
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EDU 5540 - Creating a Vision of an Inclusive School 3 cr
An educational leader promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community. This course focuses on inclusive teacher leadership: developing a personal vision, creating and supporting collaborative teams, and designing classroom and school wide support systems for all students. Particular focus is given to the barriers and strategies used to support students who are not experiencing success in school and the role of "special education" and its interface with the "regular" school program.
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EDU 5560 - Leading With Integrity 3 cr
This course considers questions of right and wrong, good and bad. Given that the life of an educational leader is unpredictable and chaotic, how can leaders consult a reliable moral compass within a wider culture of profound social change and moral uncertainty? The course views educational leaders as people who promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. The course presumes that there is a logic to ethical decision-making and that ethical logic can be learned and practiced. We will use a hybrid course model to effectively and efficiently investigate the course content.
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EDU 5740 - Student Teaching Seminar 3 cr
The seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students seeking licensure to discuss their professional experience, link their experience with educational literature and to construct their licensure portfolio. Information on licensure, job opportunities, the professional resume, interviews and professionalism are discussed. Required of all graduate students seeking licensure or additional endorsements.
Pass/Fail grade.
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EDU 5910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Hours by arrangement; by permission only.
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EDU 5925 - Application: Action Research I 3 cr
In this culminating course, teachers will have an opportunity to develop and implement action research in an area of leadership, curriculum design, or assessment.
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EDU 6010 - Supervision and Staff Development 3 cr
This course will address the objectives and functions of public school supervision. A study of the ways in which classroom instruction can be improved through the cooperative efforts and participation of various school personnel will be included. Emphasis will be given to the total teaching/learning environment and to planning and organizing the instructional program.
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EDU 6015 - Leadership Theories and Analysis 3 cr
This course explores seminal and contemporary leadership theories and the requirements of doctoral-level academic writing. Emphasis is placed on identifying appropriate scholarly sources, analyzing sources, integrating sources with one's own experience to explain and defend positions, and presenting all in an intentional, structured, manner.
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EDU 6022 - Establishing a Culture of Care and High Performance for All Students 3 cr
This course develops an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional programs conducive to student learning and professional growth. The focus is on planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programs that promote student achievement. Students will analyze standards-based curriculum efforts within and among schools utilizing models of universal design, differentiation instruction, and theories and principles of learning. We will also explore the technology, telecommunications, and information systems that enhance curriculum design, instruction, and assessment. Finally, we will develop strategies for post-school outcomes.
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EDU 6055 - Evaluation and Intervention with Adolescents with Learning Difficulties 3 cr
This laboratory experience integrates practicum for participants in the Language Based Learning Concentration with adolescent students in summer school programs at model sites. Participants will move from assessment, to instruction with recommendations for ongoing intervention in students’ school settings. This will be a two-week, intensive, campus based course with all students and faculty present.
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EDU 6065 - The Impact of Information Processing Difficulties on Language Based Learning 4 cr
Using the Language Based Learning Model, which considers personal and environmental factors, cohort members will examine how dimensions of information processing impact oral and written language skills of individuals with LLD. The course will focus on both academic and social communication. The course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 6075 - Special Topics: Language Based Learning Difficulties in Academic Content Areas 4 cr
In this series of modules, master classroom teachers and specialists will work collaboratively to develop instructional strategies that ensure students with LLD will succeed in classroom settings. The course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 6085 - Leadership: Evaluating, Developing, and Coordinating Academic and Systemic Support for Adolescents With LLD 3 cr
In this culminating course, cohort members with commitment from local administrators and classroom teachers will develop an action plan for systemic change in their local settings. The final product will be a signed agreement among stakeholders that defines the role of the LLD specialist, identifies the school based support team, and that details necessary administrative support.
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EDU 6090 - Pedagogical Content Knowledge 4 cr
This course describes the content-specific teaching strategies and assessment tools that promote learning in each discipline. By building pedagogical content knowledge, the prospective teacher acquires and demonstrates the essential knowledge and skills unique to the content area(s) in his or her endorsement as specified by Vermont Standards. As with student teaching, the student's primary contact in PCK is with his or her field mentor. The prospective teacher will practice and demonstrate essential disciplinary knowledge and skills during 100 hours of field work in a school setting appropriate to the student's licensure area. In addition, the candidate will meet at least three times per week with the field mentor. Post-baccalaureate candidates from all disciplines will meet weekly with a supervisor from the education department.
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EDU 6115 - Cultural Competencies 3 cr
This course examines cultural diversity and its impact on people and organizations. Emphasis is placed on developing cultural competency, sensitivity, and awareness of difference and diversity. Students will analyze the opportunities and strategies of promoting diversity as an asset and resource in organizations.
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EDU 6130 - Education of the Mildly Handicapped in the Regular Classroom 3 cr
This course is designed for administrators and regular and special educators, who must share in the responsibility of educating the mildly handicapped. Course content will include the identification, assessment and educational programming adaptations for the "mainstreamed" child. Legislative impact of PL 94-142 and the teacher's role in writing the I.E.P will be presented.
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EDU 6140 - School Law 3 cr
This course is a first course in law and its relationship to individuals operating within the educational context. A study of the legal principles reflected in selected cases involving decision making, power, rights and responsibilities from varied perspectives of student, teacher, administration, and public will be included.
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EDU 6215 - Leading Change 3 cr
This course examines methods of managing projects in a complex organizational environment. Emphasis is placed on critical factors for successful and sustainable projects, organizational support to enhance measurement and implementation of projects, project execution ethics, and effective project management leadership. Students will learn to organize and implement an organization's initiatives using a project management process.
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EDU 6220 - Special Education and the Law 3 cr
This dialogue will review the social and political contexts of special education law, review current practices in schools, and explore the rights of students with special needs and the corresponding responsibilities of schools and school districts. The course will emphasize how schools and school districts can avoid unnecessary litigation by serving special needs students according to legal mandates.
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EDU 6315 - Quantitative Research Methods 3 cr
This course covers quantitative methods of data collection, including various types of surveys and experimental studies. Emphasis will be placed on different methodologies, validity, reliability, and the formulation of research questions. Students will explore standard statistical tests used in quantitative methods.
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EDU 6331 - Assessment for Instructional Planning in Special Education 3 cr
Assessment is the cornerstone of instructional practice in special education, providing the necessary information to identify appropriate services for students with learning challenges. This course provides participants with an introduction to the evaluation planning process, standardized and authentic measures for assessing student strengths and needs, and the use of assessment data to inform individual education plans. Thirty hours of fieldwork are required.
Fall.
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EDU 6402 - Managing Change: School Law 3 cr
U.S. schools operate within a complex legal framework. In this dialogue, students will be introduced to the basic principles of school law and special education law. Candidates will expand their knowledge of school law and special education law as it pertains to students, teachers, and schools. Students will explore how the legal system functions within schools and school districts and how it is used to protect student and teacher rights and to improve student opportunities.
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EDU 6403 - Managing Change: School Finance 3 cr
In this course, aspiring principals learn how to create and manage a school budget that supports the school's priorities and students' needs. Candidates will learn how to procure and manage Federal and State grants and complete required state reporting systems including Service Plans, Expenditure Reports, and Medicaid Health Services. Using their School Assessment Profile (SAP), candidates will examine their school and supervisory budgets and make comparisons with similar school districts.
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EDU 6404 - Managing Change: Special Education Finance 3 cr
In this dialogue, facets of school, program and district budgeting will be discussed with particular emphasis on special education finance. Students will examine their school, program and district budgets as part of their Mediated Achievement Plan. School Finance will address policy issues and legal mandates. The impact of special education legal decisions on school finance policy will be explored.
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EDU 6410 - Public School Finance 3 cr
This dialogue will emphasize how schools can use their budget as a tool for school change. Students will propose a change in their school or district’s program, represent this change in their budget, and develop a plan to promote the programmatic and budgetary change. Various facets of school budgeting will be discussed with particular emphasis on program budgeting. The course will contain a strong laboratory component with participants expected to develop program budgets for a school system. Various systems of financing public education will be explored. Legal issues will also be addressed.
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EDU 6415 - Qualitative Research Methods 3 cr
This course covers qualitative methods of data collection including interviews, content analysis and case studies. Emphasis will be placed on different methodologies, observation, and the formulation of research questions. Students will learn when it is appropriate to use qualitative research methods.
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EDU 6420 - Models of Elementary Teaching 4 cr
This course introduces the student to an array of approaches to elementary teaching that could be used to help transform the public schools for the twenty-first century. The course will provide the teacher, curriculum engineer, and administrators with approaches to teaching that create innovative environments for learning. Students will be asked to analyze, compare and contrast these teaching models and determine what instructional purpose they serve for the redesign of schooling for the future.
Recommended:
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EDU 6460 - Learning Impairments 3 cr
Best practices in the education of learners with conceptual challenges will be studied. Inclusion, assessment, and instructional planning as well as federal regulations, legal and ethical considerations will be covered. This course provides guidelines for the systematic instruction for learners with moderate and multiple challenges.
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EDU 6463 - Collaboration in Special Education 3 cr
A course designed to provide students with skills in the area of collaborative teaming and collaborative assessment/teaching in order to promote best inclusionary practices for the inclusion of students with special needs in the regular classroom.
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EDU 6466 - Assessment In Special Education II 3 cr
This advanced course in assessment moves from general procedures used in identification of student needs and definition of individual program plans to broader applications of assessment. Topics include the use of curriculum based measurement to inform individual, class-wide, and school-wide progress, functional behavior assessment and developing behavior intervention plans, and portfolio assessment as authentic measures for students with mild and moderate challenges and as alternative assessment for students with significant and profound challenges. Thirty hours of field work are required.
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EDU 6468 - Cognitive and Emotional Challenges: Low Incidence Disabilities 3
This course focuses on students with severe and multiple disabilities, autism, moderate-severe learning impairments, sensory disabilities, and severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Topics are characteristics of the disabilities, and strategies for improving academic and social skills in regular classrooms, in resource rooms, and separate classrooms. Intervention and assessment in functional academics are blended with life-skills and adaptive technology. The 15-hour field placement targets the candidate's licensing area.
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EDU 6530 - The Larger Context: Community, Policy and Partnerships 2 cr
This course investigates the relationship between student success in school and collaboration with teachers, families, and community members. It examines leaders' responses to diverse community interests and needs and the mobilizing of community resources. Focus will include diversity, collaboration, and communication with stakeholders, media relationships, and links to state and federal initiatives. Students will demonstrate understanding of community involvement in schools and the role of the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context of the school.
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EDU 6550 - Foundations and Current Issues In Education 3 cr
This course focuses on the historical and philosophical foundations of education; an understanding of the teaching profession; political, economic, legal, and social concerns; and current issues in education in today’s world. Students will develop position papers on various topics from a broad, interdisciplinary viewpoint. Lectures, videotapes/films, and presentations by graduate faculty are employed. Required of all entering graduate students.
Offered fall, spring, and summer sessions.
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EDU 6560 - Curriculum Development 3 cr
In this course students will study curriculum development concerning state requirements contained in the Vermont Public School Approval Standards. New innovations in curricular design will be explored with the aid of area resource people. The findings of recent research and reports on teaching and learning will also be studied. The impact of such social issues as the back-to-basics movement, child abuse and sexual abuse, alcohol and drug use, and changes in federal government priorities will be discussed. Each student will complete a multi-grade curriculum development project in a field of his or her choice (e.g. language arts, science, math, social studies, health, vocational education, the fine arts).
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EDU 6610 - Supervision, Evaluation and Professional Development 3 cr
This course focuses on developing skills for successful school-wide supervision. Three aspects of work are closely intertwined: supervision, evaluation, and professional development. This dialogue will treat these three facets as inseparable aspects of the learning community. Students will demonstrate understanding of a developmental approach to supervision and professional development. Students will examine supervision strategies for both groups and individuals from different perspectives and for different purposes. Students will distinguish between supervision of teaching and supervision for learning. Students will compile resources to create their own Supervision, Evaluation and Professional Development Toolkit.
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EDU 6615 - Advanced Research Topics 3 cr
This course provides students the opportunity to synthesize skills in critical thinking, academic writing, and professional presentation through a comprehensive review of several research articles. Emphasis will be placed on defending ideas both orally and in writing. Students will prepare and present a research article and grant proposal.
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EDU 6650 - Exhibition, Portfolio, and Program Evaluation 1 cr
This course will reexamine each of the Woodruff dialogues including internships and Mediated Achievement Plans. Candidates Will engage in a comprehensive program evaluation. The content of the course will be devoted to reflection and self-evaluation. Students will prepare a formal evaluation of their MAP using the literature they have studied throughout the Woodruff Institute as well as any specialized references pertinent to their topic(s). They will use this evaluation as part of a presentation of their MAP in a relevant professional setting. This course will build upon the work of the taking stock sessions and will focus on reconciling leadership theory and practice.
Prerequisite: enrollment in the Woodruff Institute and successful completion of previous cohort courses.
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EDU 6670 - Special Education Law II 3 cr
Special Education Law II is an advanced special education law class, addressing the implications of the current and proposed revisions of Federal laws and regulations (IDEIA, No Child Left Behind, and Section 504)) and Vermont laws and regulations, as they impact special education practices. Other topics include but are not limited to Disciplinary rules, independent schools, home schooling, homelessness, least restrictive environment decisions, and independent evaluations. The focus of this course is on the application of laws and regulations as they are applied in school policy and procedures. The development of training modules for administrators, teachers, special educators, and parents are addressed.
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EDU 6740 - Graduate Seminar 3 cr
Designed to integrate the aspects of public education represented in the various emphases in the master's program, the course will include presentations in each area. The major portion of class, however, will be the development, presentation, and analysis of relevant educational issues by the seminar participants. Students are also required to write a major paper that explores educational philosophy, theory, foundations or current issues in their fields of study. The major paper functions to demonstrate the student's competence as a consumer and/or generator of educational research and requires full setting forth of both the procedures and findings of the research and a discussion of the implications of the findings and their relationship to other knowledge in the field.
Prerequisite: Approval of Director of Education is required.
Recommended: At least 28 credit hours toward master's program.
Offered spring and summer sessions.
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EDU 6810 - Internship in Education 3-6 cr
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EDU 6815 - Mediated Achievement Plan 2-3 cr every semester
The leadership program is the laboratory in which aspiring principals develop into leaders with support from school personnel, college supervisors, theoretical readings, and their cohort. This course incorporates a total of a 100‐hour practicum each fall and spring semester.
-First, aspiring leaders will create a Mediated Achievement Plan (MAP) focusing on one aspect of creating, managing and sustaining school improvement linked to student achievement. The MAP requires 80 hours a semester and will reconcile theory and practice, requiring candidates to continually reflect and revise their implementation plans.
-Additionally, candidates will work with their school-based mentor for a minimum of 20 hours each semester focusing on role responsibilities and management.
(Candidates enroll in this course every semester. It is a 2-cr course the first three semesters, and a 3-cr course the fourth semester, for a total of 9 credits.)
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EDU 6851 - Student Teaching I 6 cr
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate education program for initial licensure and permission of director of field experiences. Students must also have passed the applicable Praxis I and II examinations. Taken concurrently with EDU 6852
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EDU 6852 - Student Teaching II 6 cr
Extension of Student Teaching.
Corequisites: EDU 6851
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EDU 6860 - Field Experience 1-5 cr
An opportunity to apply background in theory and course work to the public school setting, the Field Experience is proposed, planned and undertaken in close association with the candidate's advisor to a maximum of 5 credits per semester. By permission only.
Recommended: EDU 6920
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