Notre Dame of Maryland University offers more programs in teacher-shortage fields (STEM, TESOL, Gifted and Talented, Special Education) than any other Maryland university.
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Required Courses
EDU 557 – Leadership Seminar I (3)
EDU 560 – Legal Issues for Teachers and Administrators (3)
EDU 569 – Supervision: Empowering Teachers (3)
EDU 563 – Curriculum Development (3)
EDU 688 – Practicum: School Administration and Supervision Part I* (3)
Note: Open only to students seeking the Administration and Supervision Certification:
EDU 690 – Practicum: School Administration and Supervision Part II (3)
Total Credits: 18
Prerequisite
An assessment course
*Course needed for School Administration and Supervision Certification
Required Courses
EDGT 500 – Foundations of Gifted and Talented Education (3)
EDGT 501 – Affective Characteristics of Diverse Gifted and Talented Learners (3)
EDGT 502 – Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented (3)
EDGT 505 – Strategies for Gifted and Talented Education (3)
EDGT 503 – Research Seminar in Gifted and Talented Education (3)
EDGT 504 – Practicum in Gifted and Talented Education (3)
Total Credits: 18
Required Courses
EDU 556 – Technology for Instruction and Management (3)
EDU 575 – Information Literacy Resources (3)
EDU 514 – Organization of Information (3)
EDU 577 – Internet in Teaching and Learning (3)
EDU 524 – Adolescent Literature (3)
EDU 512 – School Library Administration I (3)
EDU 610 – School Library Administration II (3)
Grades PreK-6 Required Courses
MAT 541 – Number and Operations for Elementary School Educators
MAT 542 – Number and Relationships for Elementary School Educators
MAT 543 – Geometry and Measurement for Elementary School Educators
MAT 544 – Data Analysis and Probability for Elementary School Educators
MAT 545 – Patterns and Algebraic Thinking for Elementary School Educators
MAT 546 – Algebra for Elementary School Educators
EDU 616 – Practicum: Leadership in Mathematics Education
EDU 583 – Special Topics in Mathematics Education
Grades 4-9 Required Courses
MAT 501 – Number and Operations
MAT 503 – Fundamentals of Algebra
MAT 507 – Algebraic Functions
MAT 521 – Measurement and Geometry
MAT 531 – Data Analysis and Statistics
MAT 532 – Probability and Simulations
MAT 533 – Pre Calculus
EDU 583 – Special Topics in Mathematics Education
EDU 616 – Practicum: Leadership in Mathematics Education
Required Courses
EDU 586 – Techniques of Teaching Reading and Writing to Students with Limited English Proficiency (3)
EDU 612 – Remedial Reading Instruction for Classroom and Clinical Settings (3)
EDU 551 – Reading and Writing in the Content Areas II (for elementary teachers) (3) OR
EDU 542 – Instruction of Reading (for secondary teachers) (3)
EDU 629 – The Roles of the Literacy Coach (3)
EDU 618 – Resource Role of the Reading Specialist (3)
EDU 691 – Practicum: Application of Remediation (3)
Total Credits: 18
Prerequisites
Elementary
- EDU 509 – Processes and Acquisition of Reading
- EDU 510 – Elementary Reading Materials
- EDU 511 – Assessment of Reading
- EDU 542 – Instruction in Reading
Secondary
- EDU 580 – Teaching Reading and Writing in Content Areas I
- EDU 551 – Teaching Reading and Writing in Content Areas II
Required Courses
SPE 526 – Special Education for the Classroom Teacher (3)
SPE 543 – Assessment of Special Needs Populations (Secondary) (3) OR
SPE 544 – Assessment of Special Needs Populations (Elementary) (3)
SPE 546 – Methods of Teaching Students with Special Needs (3)
SPE 570 – Individualizing the Curriculum: Strategies for Holistic Intervention (Elementary) (3) OR
SPE 571 – Vocational Skills in Special Education Methods (Secondary) (3)
SPE 576 – Communication Skills for the School-Based Professional (3)
Total Credits: 15
Required Courses
PHY562 – Physical Science for teachers
EDU 583 – Special Topics in Mathematics Education
PHY 561 – Earth and Space Science for teachers
EDST 506 – Introduction and Exploration of Design, Technology, and Engineering: Content and Instruction Strategies
ENV 560 – Sustainability for Teachers
EDST 502 – Application of design, Technology and Engineering: Content and Instruction
EDST 508 – Technology for STEM educators
EDST 504 – STEM Curriculum Development
EDST 503 – Practicum: STEM for Teachers
(Elective Choose 1)*
*ENV 561 Methods of Teaching Interdisciplinary Environmental science
*ENV 562 Exploring the Local Environment Field Study
*EDST 505 Methods for Teaching STEM in the Early Childhood Classroom (PreK-2)
Required Courses
EDU 508 – Issues in TESOL
EDU 545 – Principles of Linguistics
*EDU 546 – Methods and Materials for TESOL
*EDU 547 – Assessing Second Language Acquisition
*EDU 548 – Language Learning
*EDU 586 – Techniques of Teaching Reading and Writing to English Language Learners
*EDU 596 – English Grammar for ESL Teachers
*Prerequisite: Six credits in a second language are required by completion of program. Courses may be taken at the undergraduate level.