Multiple Subject Credential Courses

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TEC 600. Teaching, Learning and Technology (2 units)
Introduction to the California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE) as the basis for organizing credential candidate portfolios. Explores state subject matter standards and the use of technology as a tool to support student learning and expression, lesson planning and teacher productivity tools. Students must have basic skill in using word processor, email and internet search tools.

TEC 601. Teacher Portfolio Development (1 unit)
Review of evidence collected by students as mastery of the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE) and construction of students' final summative portfolio. Completed portfolios will be used to support assessment of students' teaching achievement.

TEC 605. Multiple Subject Student Teaching II - Fieldwork (4 units)
Full-time classroom teaching and other related school activities carried out under the supervision of a master teacher and a university supervisor. Done at a different school and grade level than Student Teaching I. Includes a weekly on-campus seminar. Students must be cleared/authorized before registering for this course.

TEC 606. Multiple Subject Student Teaching III (4 units)
Continuation of Student Teaching II. Includes a weekly on-campus seminar. Student must be cleared/authorized before registering for this course.

TEC 607. Multiple Subject Student Teaching III-BCLAD - Fieldwork (4 units)
Continuation of Student Teaching II for BCLAD candidates, which must be done in an approved BCLAD classroom. Instruction must be delivered in the language of emphasis. Prerequisites include completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, language of emphasis courses, as well as demonstrating proficiency in the language of emphasis.

TEC 610. Learning and Teaching (3 units)
Application of theories and principles of learning, motivation, social behavior, human development, individual differences, and educational measurement to the analysis of instructional problems in school settings. May require fieldwork outside of class time at an approved school site, arranged with course instructor.

TEC 611. Education of Bilingual Children: Theory and Practice (3 units)
Examination of key aspects of bilingual cross-cultural education: theories of first and second language development; legal basis and evaluation; school programs for second language learners; effective instructional strategies; empowerment and deficit issues. May require fieldwork outside of class time at an approved school site, arranged with course instructor.

TEC 612. Multiple Subject Curriculum and Instruction and Instruction: Reading and Language Arts in the Intermediate Grades (3 units)
Study of research and practice related to subject matter content, instructional methods, materials, media and technology appropriate for teaching language arts, art, and music within the elementary school curriculum.

TEC 613. Multiple Subject Curriculum and Instruction: Math and Science (3 units)
Study of research and practice related to subject-matter content, instructional methods, materials, and media appropriate for teaching mathematics and science within the elementary school curriculum.

TEC 616. Multiple Subject Student Teaching I (2 units)
Methodological principles and teaching practices from Curriculum and Instruction courses applied in classroom observation, unit preparation and instruction. Observation and participation two half-days per week (8 hours total) for 12 weeks in elementary classrooms (K-2 or 3-5 grade level) culminating in the development and teaching of at least one unit of instruction. Includes a weekly on-campus seminar. Students must be cleared/authorized before registering for this course.

TEC 618. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3 units)
Examination of schooling in contemporary U.S. society through a comparative analysis across diverse cultures. Cross-cultural contact and interactions within the classroom, school site, and society. Exploration of how trends in migration and immigration influence schooling.

TEC 621. Multiple Subject Curriculum and Instruction: Early Literacy (3 units)
Exploration of knowledge base and effective instructional practices defining a balanced approach to primary reading instruction. Investigation of relationship between reading, writing and spelling; phonemic awareness and phonics instruction; reading comprehension; planning and delivery of appropriate reading instruction based on assessment and evaluation. Fifteen (15) hours of tutoring required in K-2 public school classrooms, arranged with course instructor.

TEC 630. Multiple Subject Curriculum and Instruction: Social Studies (2 units)
In this course credential candidates will discuss the mission of social studies education, consider the diversity of children in today's social studies classrooms, address the social studies curriculum, and explore effective social studies instruction, including using technology as a means to social studies learning, and expanding social studies across the curriculum. Emphases on the California and NCSS standards and their classroom applications. Participants will apply educational concepts with specific classroom examples and field-tested lesson plans.

TEC 635. Language and Culture: Emphasis: Spanish (2 units)
Study of the language and culture of Latino populations in the U.S. Focuses on Spanish language characteristics and Latino culture, both origin and contemporary: origins and characteristics, migration and immigration in U.S. and California, contributions, relationship between Latino culture and the dominant culture, relationships among different Latino groups. Instruction is conducted bilingually in English and Spanish.

TEC 636. Methods and Materials in the Language of Emphasis: Spanish (2 units)
Study of methodology and materials in primary language instruction. Focuses on the teaching of Spanish as a subject and using it as a medium of instruction. Instruction is conducted solely or primarily in Spanish.

TEC 642. Health Education (1 unit)
Study of the subject-matter content and instructional methods, materials, media, and technology used in teaching personal, family, and community health, including hygiene, nutrition, and the psychological and social effects of the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and dangerous drugs. CPR Certificate Not Included.

TEC 643. Education of Exceptional Children (2 units)
Introduction to special education that recognizes the differences and the similarities of the needs of exceptional and non-exceptional pupils, utilizes nondiscriminatory assessment of such needs, and applies diagnostic information toward modification of school curricula and instructional methods and materials.

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