Educator Preparation Institute (EPI) - Course Topics
Course Title: Classroom Management
Topics: record keeping, classroom management, school safety, Sunshine State Standards, creating content area objective based lesson plans, conducting parent conferences, assessment techniques, implications of FCAT and other standardized tests, professional ethics, school law and the teacher
Course Title: Instructional Strategies
Topics: learning styles, Bloom’s taxonomy, lesson plan development, varied instructional presentation styles, cooperative learning, group learning, contextual learning, project-based learning, behavioral management, accommodations for exceptional students
Course Title: Technology
Topics: computer based record keeping, multimedia presentations, content area instructional strategies, internet resources, web quests, webpage development, computer aided instruction, integration of technology in the learning process, copyright and fair use guidelines
Course Title: The Teaching and Learning Process
Topics: stages of theories development, learning theories, motivation and persistence, intelligence, exceptionalities, standardized testing, critical thinking, multiple intelligence, and second language acquisition
Course Title: Foundations of Language and Cognition (Reading Fundamentals)
Topics: evidence about learning to read, introduction to phonemes, morphemes, inflections, and derivations, strategies for teaching basic decoding, building vocabulary, techniques for building fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension, reading and writing connection, reading in the content areas
Course Title: Professional Foundations
Topics: history, philosophy, school governance, school finance, school law, ethics in excellence, purpose of schools, continuing professional development
Course Title: Field Experience
Topics: Participants will complete field experience in public, charter, or private schools. These field experiences will provide the opportunity to gain insight into the instructional process.
Course Title: Diversity in the Classroom
Topics: social class, religion, language, gender differences, cultural and ethnicity, physical differences, prejudice, multicultural teaching
Course Title: Field Experience
Topics: Participants will complete a series of experiences to give prospective teachers a perspective on the varied backgrounds of students in public schools. Cohorts will meet together to discuss these experiences and to relate them to their observations of students as well as student behaviors and interactions in the schools.
