- EDU 100 - Introduction to Education
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Provides an overview of teaching as a career with orientation to theories, practices, responsibilities, guidelines, current trends and issues in education.
Lecture 1 hour per week.
1 credits
- EDU 160 - Observation and Assessment in Early Care
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Introduces formal and informal methods of gathering data on children. Emphasis on understanding developmental patterns and implications for diagnostic teaching.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- EDU 200 - Introduction to Teaching As a Profession
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Provides an orientation to the teaching profession in Virginia, including historical perspectives, current issues, and future trends in education on the national and state levels. Emphasizes information about teacher licensure examinations, steps to certification, teacher preparation and induction programs, and attention to critical shortage areas in Virginia. Includes supervised field placement (recommended: 40 clock hours) in a K-12 school. Prerequisite: Successful completion of 24 credits of transfer courses.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- EDU 245 - Teach. and Trng. of Language Skills for Disabled
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Covers the normal development of language, the identification of deficiencies in language development, and strategies for teaching language skills to individuals with a variety of developmental disabilities.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- EDU 247 - Adult Indep. Living and Voca. Skills for Disabled
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Emphasizes skills required to develop competencies in teaching developmentally disabled individuals ages 16 and older in vocational training settings. Develops competencies related to teaching independent living and mobility skills, occupational behavior skills, and job task performance skills.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
4 credits
- EDU 250 - Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
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Presents an overview, history, and current philosophy of the developmental disabilities program. Provides descriptions and examines causes of developmental disabilities, identifies intervention strategies, promotes social and legal advocacy, explores employment and career opportunities. Laboratory experiences include a minimum of ten hours of observation of work settings.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
4 credits
- EDU 254 - Teaching Basic Academic Skills to Exceptional Children
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Develops competencies required to teach readiness and basic skills to children with special needs in private or public school settings. Includes the preparation of lesson plans, instructional units, and individualized Education Programs (IEP's). Includes child abuse recognition and intervention training. Emphasizes exceptionalities for students ages 2-21 under Public Law 94-142. Familiarizes students with the indicators of effective teaching.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- EDU 255 - Behavior Technology for Use with Developmental Disabili
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Presents basic principles of behavior modification and behavioral learning theory. Promotes skills in prinpointing, observing, and recording human behavior. Learning objectives include addressing attitude, knowledge, and mental and physical skill competencies needed for implementing behavior programs.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
4 credits
- EDU 290 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- EDU 297 - Cooperative Education
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Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-6 credits
