Saint Michael's College

   

Education - Summer 2009

To determine the required courses for your particular area of study, or to contact the academic advisor for the licensure or concentration area listed, consult the Education Program pages.

Click on the Course Code to see the full course description. If you have questions, please contact the Program Assistant in the Graduate Education Office, Karen Abbott, kabbott@smcvt.edu, 802.654.2649.

NOTE: No classes are held on Monday, May 25 and Friday, July 3.

Course Code	Course Name and Credits	Instructor	Days	Times	Dates	Place
GED 502	Media Literacy: Remote Control or Self Control (3)	DeBrosse, Williams	M-F	8:30am-4:30pm 8:30am-12:30pm	July 6-July 10 follow-up July 17	JEM 375
GED 520	Child and Adolescent Development (3)	Guarino- Bjerke	W,Th, F	1:00pm-5:15pm	July 29-Aug 14	JEM 393
GED 522	Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Classroom (3)	Brouillette	M-F	8:00am - 12:15pm	June 22-July 2	JEM 281
GED 526A	Stress Management and Self-Calming Practices for Elementary School Teachers and Their Students (3)	Cassani	M-F	8:00am-12:00pm	July 20-July 31	TBD
GED 526B	Educating Mind, Body & Spirit: Renewing Self & Teaching in a Changing World (3)	Johnson, Crowell, Cassani	M-Th	8:30am-5:00pm	June 29-July 2 with evening event & follow-up in fall term	STE 315
GED 526D	Managing Conflict in Organizations (3) (Cross listed with GSA 529)	Mable	M-F	8:30am-4:30pm	Aug 3-Aug 7	JEM 168
GED 530	Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools (3)	Wigglesworth	M, W	9:00am-12:15pm	June 22-July 29 Held on campus and CVU	STE 332
GED 533	Creating the Picture Book (3)	Christensen	M-F	8:30am-1:00pm	July 27-Aug 7	SAC 126
GED 535	Author and Illustrator Studies (3)	Silvey	F	8:30am-4:30pm	June 26; July 10, 17, 31; Th, July 2	JEM 391
GED 542	Differentiated Curriculum in the K-12 Classroom (3)	Peterson	W	4:00pm-8:00pm	July 1	JEM 290
			M-F	9:00am-4:00pm	July 6-July 10
GED 558	Introduction to Educational Research (3) First meeting 5/30/09 from 9:00-11:30 am in the computer lab on the first floor of Durick Library.	Anne Judson	M, Th	9:00am-12:00pm	June 29-Aug 6	STE 205
GED 588	Emerging Technology for the 21st Century Classroom (3)	Davidson/Fogg	M-Th M-F	8:00am-12:15pm	June 29-July 2 July 6-July 10	JEM 288
GED 597	Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum (3)	O'Neill	M-F	12:30pm-4:45pm Time Change	July 13-July 24	BER 105
GED 604	Teachers Writing, Writing Teachers: A Writing Workshop for K-16 Teachers (3)	Wagner	M,W,F	9:00am-2:00pm	July 6-July 24	STE 321
GED 612	Math and Diversity (3)	MacDonald, Stearns	M-F	12:30pm-4:45pm	June 22-July 2	STE 309
GED 615	Affective Education in the Classroom (3)	Shapiro	M-F	9:00am-5:00pm	Aug 3-Aug 7	STE 207
GED 618	From Assessment to Action: Using Data to Improve Schools (3)	Bourne	M-F	8:00am-4:00pm	Aug 3-Aug 7	JEM 281
GED 631	Development, Learning, Behavior & Individual Differences (3)	Christensen	M, W	5:00pm-8:30pm	May 18-June 24 (off 5/25)	JEM 393
GED 635	Middle Grades Summer Institute (Register through MGC- held at VTC) (3)	Staff	S-Th	8:00am-4:00pm	June 28-July 2 follow-up Nov 13	VTC
GED 638	Woodcock-Johnson III (3)	Reid	M-F	8:30am-3:30pm	Aug 10-Aug 14 follow-up in fall term	STE 106
GED 640	Language and Learning (3)	Peterson	W M-F W	4-6:30pm 9am-4pm 4-6:30pm	June 24 July 13-17 July 22	JEM 290
GED 643	Instruction of Students with Learning Challenges in the Area of Language Arts: Elementary Level (3)	Hunter/ Larson	M-F	8:30-11:30am	July 20-Aug 7	St. Francis School
GED 651	Hands on! Learning in and through the Visual Arts (3)	Joppe-Mercure	M	8:00am-4:30pm	June 22	SAC 126
			T-Fr	8:30am-12:30pm	June 23 -June 26
			T-Th	8:30am-12:30pm	June 30 - July 2
GED 663	Classroom Assessment (1) Closed	Cole	T, Th	5:00pm-7:30pm	July 7, 9, 14, 21, 28	JEM 290
GED 673A	Art History for the Classroom (3)	Werbel	M-F	8:30am-12:30pm	July 6-July 17	JEM 364
GED 673B	Sculpture, Creating 3 Dimensional Shapes and Forms for Educators (3)	Raber Bray	M-F	9:00am-1:00pm	July 20-July 31	SAC BASEMENT
GED 673D	Cultural Narratives: Drawing Visual Diaries (3)	Hird	M-F	8:30am-1:00pm	June 22-July 2	JEM 290
GED 678	Aesthetic Perspective on Education: Imagination, Culture and Art (3)	Silverman	W	4:00pm-8:00pm	May 20-July 29	JEM 380
GED 684	School and Community (3)	Gardner	M-F	8:00am-12:15pm	June 22-July 2	BER 105
GED 695	Teaching K-8 Science and Design Technology (3)	Clarke	M-F	1:00pm-4:45pm	July 6-July 17	SCI 123
GED 699	Capstone Seminar (3) (First class meets Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 - 5:00pm)	Silverman, Peterson	Th	4:00-8:00pm	May 21-July 30	JEM 380

GED 502 Media Literacy: Remote Control or Self-Control: Media Literacy for Healthy Minds and Bodies (3cr.)
Instructors: Suzanne Debrosse
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm (July 6 - July 10; Follow-up on July 17, 8:30am-12:30pm)
Jeanmarie Hall 375
To become successful students, responsible citizens, productive workers and competent, conscientious consumers, we need to develop a critical perspective on the increasingly sophisticated and pervasive information and entertainment media that directly affects the way we think, feel and behave. Media literacy refers to the critical thinking, viewing and production skills required of citizens living in the visual, multimedia culture of advertising, information overload and spin. This course takes an in-depth look at how media impacts individuals, our culture, and important issues such as public health, politics, democracy and the environment. K-12 teachers will discover a wealth of motivating, fun and provocative knowledge and activities to bring back to their classrooms.

GED 520 Child and Adolescent Development (3cr.)
Instructor: Diane Guarino-Bjerke
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00am-5:15pm (July 29-31; August 5-7; August 12-14)
Jeanmarie Hall 393
This course provides an analysis of developmental theories for school-age children and adolescents. Students will examine specifics of cognitive, social, emotional, moral and physical development. Stages and theories will be reviewed from an interdisciplinary perspective and related to implications for learning.

GED 522 Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Classroom (3cr.)
Instructor: Paula Brouillette
Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 12:15pm (June 22 – July 2)
Jeanmarie Hall 281
This course is designed to provide pre-licensure students, novice teachers, and those returning to the field with an overview of literacy development and instruction. The five elements of reading and instructional approaches will be introduced, including: reading and writing workshop, word study, read aloud, guided reading, mini-lessons, language experience approach, literature circles, and response journals. Class sessions will combine whole and small group instruction, reading response groups, presentations, video snippets, role-playing, and may include classroom visitations. This course is designed to be hands-on and interactive and is a requirement in the Elementary Education Licensure program. Practicing teachers are encouraged to take GED 606 - Literacy Development and Instruction in the Elementary Classroom.

GED 526A Stress Management and Self-Calming Practices for Elementary School Teachers and their Students (3cr.)
Instructor: Sonia Cassani
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-12:00pm (July 20 – July 31)
Location TBA
Challenging times can find us caught up in our troubled thoughts and feeling helpless, anxious, out of control and exhausted. By using regular stress management practices, teachers and students can, among other things, soothe the nervous system, quiet the agitated mind, enjoy a sense of well-being, improve self-esteem, and enhance learning potential. In this course students will learn about stress symptoms and their effects, the power of thoughts, the body/mind/breath/spirit connection, support for sleeplessness, foods as stressors, and stress reduction approaches, including: mindfulness and breathing practices, gentle yoga, positive self talk, assertiveness, massage, guided imagery, art work, journaling, music/sounds, and environmental and room arrangement considerations. Participants will be encouraged to develop a regular personal practice as well as a regular classroom practice.

GED 526B – Educating Mind, Body and Spirit: Renewing Self & Teaching
in a Changing World (3cr.)
Instructors: Dr. Sam Crowell, Dr. Aostre Johnson, Sonny Cassani, Jackie Kaufman, others
Monday-Thursday, 8:30am -5:00pm (June 29 - July 2) Plus evening event and a follow-up date in the fall term for project presentations
Saint Edmunds Hall 315
The focus of this Institute is teacher renewal, combining the theme of calming/centering/presence with four other themes of critical significance in the contemporary world: creativity; ecology; reflection; and caring. Participants will explore ways in which these five themes are rooted in research on optimal brain functioning and encourage teaching and learning methods in all subject areas and grade levels that promote greater attentiveness, engagement, awareness, and achievement. Through lectures, activities, workshops and discussions, teachers will experience these themes personally and make connections to their own curriculum and teaching. After the Institute, participants will work on a project that they can implement in their own practice. The final day of the institute in the fall (dated to be determined at Institute) will allow for a reunion and sharing of ideas. Course reading and academic work will start before the class begins and project work related to the course will be completed afterward.
To register for Saint Michael's College graduate credit, print out the Registration Form, and return to Saint Michael's Registrar's Office (address at the top of the form). The course tuition of $1,200 includes a $225 scholarship.
To register for the Institute only ($375), contact Karen Abbott for an application at 802.654.2649 or kabbott@smcvt.edu. The reading materials, coffee/tea breaks and lunch are provided for no extra charge for all credit or non-credit Institute participants. On campus housing is available for an additional $53 a night. This event is sponsored in part by Talk About Wellness.

GED 526D Managing Conflict in Organizations (3cr.)
Instructor: Ted Mable
Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm (August 3-7)
Jeanmarie Hall 168
Through lectures, role-plays, simulations and class discussions, students will learn the basic causes of conflict in the workplace. In addition, students will have an opportunity to develop mediation and negotiation skills to address conflict with colleagues in organizations. Cross listed with GSA 529.

GED 530 Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools (3cr.)
Instructor: Becky Wigglesworth
Monday and Wednesday, 9:00am-12:15pm (June 22 – July 29)
Saint Edmunds Hall 332 and at Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU)
In this course students examine applications and implications of literacy development in the content area. We will examine theory, different approaches to resource analysis, problem solving, and curriculum planning. During this summer session, GED students will also work closely with students in an alternative summer school program. Vermont’s State Standards and Grade Expectations are integrated throughout the course as students explore and design specific strategies for developing literacy skills within their content area.

GED 533 – Creating the Picture Book (3cr.)
Instructor: Bonnie Christensen
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm (July 27 – August 7)
Sloane Art Center 126
In this hands-on course, students will create their own picture book. By exploring the relationship between text and visual images and considering specific classroom needs, participants will come away with both knowledge useful in classroom exploration of books as well as their own personal picture book which may be focused for classroom use. We also take a look at concepts and forms of artists’ books and their connection with the picture book. Each participant is an author/illustrator and working groups serve as editor/designers. No previous art experience is required. Historically 75% of students in this course have no previous art training yet are very successful and surprise even themselves! Extensive class time is devoted to explaining various illustration techniques, page layout etc. Students will be expected to purchase materials according to specific need. Required text: Writing with Pictures by Uri Shulevitz.

You will be expected to leave a photocopy of your finished bound black and white dummy as well as a full size color photocopy of your finished page art work as reference for future classes.

Grades: Completing the bound dummy (in black and white) and one finished sample art will earn a “B” if work is to a high standard. Higher grades are based on complexity of technique, number of illustrations completed, preparation, organization, and in class participation.
Required text: Writing with Pictures by Uri Shulevitz

GED 535 Children’s Literature: Author and Illustrator Study (3cr.)
Instructor: Anita Silvey
Friday, 8:30am-4:00pm (June 26, July 10, 17, 31; no class 7/24)
Thursday, 8:30am-4:00pm (July 2)
Jeanmarie Hall 391
After first exploring picture information books, six authors will be traced from their first book to their final work – Lois Lowry, Karen Cushman, Jim Murphy, David Macaulay, M.T. Anderson, and Rick Riordan. Class members will read and evaluate the works of these authors and in the final class present an author study. Drawing on thirty-five year of experience in publishing and reviewing books, Anita Silvey models different approaches to author units and helps each student execute a final project that can be used in the classroom or library.

GED 542 Differentiated Curriculum in the K-12 Classroom (3cr.)
Instructor: Beth Peterson
Wednesday, 4:00pm - 8:00pm, (July 1)
Monday- Friday, 9:00am - 4:00pm (July 6 – July 10)
Jeanmarie Hall 290
Students will explore the principles and elements of differentiated instruction, a term identified and defined by the work of Carol Tomlinson. Students will also learn basic elements of Understanding by Design and the connections between the two approaches. We will study instructional and management strategies that help teachers respond to students according to their readiness, interests, and learning profiles. We will focus on ways to differentiate the content, the learning process and products for all students. We will use the Vermont Framework of Standards and the Vermont Grade Expectations. This course is specifically designed for practicing classroom teachers.

GED 558 Introduction to Educational Research (3cr.)
Instructor: Anne Judson
Monday and Thursday, 9:00am-12:00pm (June 29 - August 6)
(First class is Saturday, May 30th from 9:00 am – 11:30 am in the computer lab on the first floor of Durick Library.)
Saint Edmunds Hall 205
This course introduces students to the broad range of educational research, develops critical skills needed for analyzing research studies, and provides intensive assignments directed toward writing a literature review. Among the skills students develop are the abilities to access and synthesize information from multiple sources; choreograph a research project; and write a literature review. Students should come prepared with a question to research. Required writing assessment for Candidacy included in course.

GED 565 Computer Assisted Language Learning (4cr.)
Instructor: Christine Bauer-Ramazari
May 18 – June 19
Online
Participants learn how to incorporate computer technology into lessons that enhance the skills of English language learners (K-12, adult) through project-based activities, including newsletters, animated slide shows, Internet resources, interactive Web spaces, software, concordancing, and WebQuests. Participants review current research and discuss the effectiveness of technological media through peer reviews and critical evaluation of web sites and software. Prerequisite: Familiarity with the Windows operating system (Win 98, or higher) basic file management, Internet navigation, e-mail, and word-processing. Course meets requirements for ESL licensure. A $100 e-College lab fee will be charged. Cross-listed with GSL 520.

GED 588 Emerging Technology for the 21st Century Classroom (3cr.)
Instructors: Dave Davidson and Carrie Fogg
Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-12:15pm (June 29- July 2)
Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-12:15pm (July 6 – July 10)
Jeanmarie Hall 288
The 21st Century classroom communicates globally, works collaboratively and promotes creativity. Explore emerging technologies including social bookmarking, Skype, podcasting and Web 2.0 collaborative tools such as wikis, blogs and Google Docs. Gain familiarity with visual literacy programs such as Photostory and VoiceThread. After practicing with these tools you will integrate one or more of them into a personalized educational activity with special attention given to the 2007 National Educational Technology Standards for Students.

GED 595 Writing in the Upper Elementary Grades (3cr.)
Instructor: Beth Albarelli Lane
Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (July 6-17)
Jeanmarie Hall 281
This course will explore the components of a writing workshop for the upper elementary grades. Focus will be primarily, but not restricted to, the Vermont Writing Standards. Students will examine the scaffolding a teacher sets up before writing begins. This will include: content knowledge, organization, essential questions, graphic organizers and various mini lessons. The course will strive to link the classroom reading and writing programs. Using the Vermont Writing Collaborative’s text Writing for Understanding the course will step past the writing process and explore the models and methods used in a backward design approach to the teaching of writing. Additionally one class will be spent looking at new technologies used in the creating and publishing of student work. Text: Writing for Understanding: Using Backward Design to Help All Students Write Effectively, The Vermont Writing Collaborative; Published by Authentic Education; ISBN: 978-1-934685-05-1.

GED 597 Integrating Technology into the Curriculum (3cr.)
Instructor: Katri O’Neill
Monday-Friday, 12:30pm - 4:45pm (July 13 - July 24) Time Change
Bergeron Center 105
This hands-on course provides an introduction to technology in the integrated classroom. Workshops, presentations, discussions, and hands-on experiences will provide the framework within which students consider the digital issues regarding technology’s role in education. Using an individualized approach to learning, students are responsible for setting personal technology goals, creating integrated projects, and work in cooperative groups. Students will use a variety of software programs to develop integrated student projects. Requirements: Familiarity with Microsoft Office products, access to the internet and a computer for after class work.

GED 604 Teachers Writing, Writing Teachers: A Writing Workshop for K-16 Teachers (3cr.)
Instructor: Joan Wagner
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00am-2:00pm (July 6 - 24)
Saint Edmunds Hall 321
One of the best ways to learn new methods for teaching and using writing across the curriculum is to experience those methods first-hand: by writing. In this course, students develop their own writing while experiencing various approaches to process, form, and style, as well as ways of responding to and assessing writing. Self-designed post-course projects allows students to apply concepts and strategies in both a pragmatic and creative way.

GED 612 Math and Diversity (3cr.)
Instructors: Rita MacDonald and Penny Stearns
Monday-Friday, 12:30pm – 4:45pm (June 22 – June 26)
Monday-Thursday, 12:30pm – 4:45pm (June 29 – July 2)
Saint Edmunds Hall 309
This course will explore theories, ideas and practices for teaching math to students with diverse characteristics at the PK-8 levels. Students will investigate current literature on cultural, pedagogical and developmental issues related to how children learn mathematics in the four selected areas of diversity: math and students with special needs, math and students with math disabilities, math and students in poverty, and math and students who are speakers of other languages (ESL).

GED 615 Affective Education in the Classroom (3cr.)
Instructor: Naomi Shapiro
Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm (August 3 - August 7)
Saint Edmunds Hall 207
This course explores ways to understand and enhance emotional well-being. The philosophy presented will be applicable to students of all ages. Experiential learning will take place all week. (Students participate in this class.) An introspective approach to children, adolescents, and adults will prevail. Educational renewal will evolve from individual and group interaction “Affective Education” as a general category is also explored with guidelines to make this more usable in our schools. This intensive one week includes an individualized project which will reflect class material as well as your own professional needs. Hopefully, you will have some new ideas for this upcoming school year.

GED 618 From Assessment to Action: Using Data to Transform Schools (3cr.)
Instructor: Barbara Bourne
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm (August 3 - August 7)
Jeanmarie Hall 281
This course enables educators to make the connection between Vermont’s grade expectations, local curriculum, and assessments of student learning (both state and local). Participants will explore ways to use the assessment data to make decisions about instruction, professional development, and a school based action planning. Course participants will develop an understanding of curriculum in the context of standards, assessment, instruction, and student learning. The course syllabus and reading materials will be sent to participants prior to the beginning of the course.

GED 631 Development, Learning, Behavior and Individual Differences (3cr.)
Instructor: Judith Christensen
Monday and Wednesday, 5:00pm-8:30pm (May 18 - June 24; no class 5/25, Memorial Day)
Jeanmarie Hall 393
This course examines cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social development from birth through early adulthood, considering how development impacts learning at all stages. Students examine how educational learning theory relates to cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social development. In addition to a comprehensive review of developmental and learning literature, each student has the opportunity to engage in self-directed learning by selecting a relevant topic and creating a project that is either student-based or curriculum-based.

GED 635 (A-E) Middle Grades Summer Institute (3cr.)
Must register through Middle Grades Collaborative, see below.
Instructor: Staff
Sunday – Thursday, 8:00am-4:00pm (June 28-July 2), Follow up conference is November 13, 2009.
Vermont Technical College
The Middle Grades Collaborative offers an annual intensive residential institute for Vermont middle-level educators. The major goal of the intensive residential institute is to foster young adolescent development where every student becomes: an intellectually reflective person, a person en route to a lifetime of meaningful work, a good citizen, a caring and ethical individual and a healthy person. The course will begin on Sunday afternoon and includes evening activities throughout the week. Participants select either a curriculum, adolescent development, an organization, or a literacy focus, which are applicable to Vermont’s Middle Grade endorsement. Middle school teams are encouraged to attend together and to enroll in the Practitioner’s Workshop: Team Teaching in the Middle Grades (5-9). Registration is through the MGC office at Johnson State College, 802-635-1449, e-mail: VTMGPDC@pshift.com. Cost is $1,450.00 for VAMLE members and $1,550 for non-VAMLE members payable to MGC.
Individual sections are listed below:
GED 635A – Curriculum and Instruction at the Middle Level
GED 635B – Nature and Needs of the Adolescent
GED 635C – Organization of Middle Schools
GED 635D – Adolescent Literacy for Middle School Students
GED 635E – Professional Learning Communities: Team Teaching in the Middle Grades

GED 638 Woodcock-Johnson III
Instructor: Rich Reid
Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 3:30pm (August 10-14) Follow-up: One Saturday in the fall term to be determined by participants.
Saint Edmunds Hall 106
The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery - Third Edition (WJ-III-NU) is a wide-range, comprehensive set of individually administered tests for measuring cognitive abilities and academic achievement. Through participation in this course, participants will learn about the tests, factors, and scoring options that result from the administration of this test battery. Students will also learn to administer, score, and interpret the WJ-III. Classroom discussions, demonstrations, and activities will be supplemented by three complete administrations of the battery including one during class (with supervision), one to a mature subject, and one to a young subject. Results of the third administration will be reported during a final class that will meet in the Fall of 2009. Students who successfully complete this course will have met the training criteria recommended by the authors and publisher of the WJ-III. The course will also include a discussion of Vermont's special education eligibility criteria as they relate to tests and scoring options. The WJ-III will be thoroughly examined in regard to its use within Responsiveness to Intervention (RtI) model of student support.

GED 640 Language and Learning (3cr.)
Instructor:  Beth Peterson
Wednesday, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm (June 24)
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (July 13-17)
Wednesday, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm (July 22)
Jeanmarie Hall 290
This course considers how difficulties in language acquisition and usage affect a student’s ability to succeed in the classroom. Problems with vocabulary, sentences, and discourse are viewed from a framework that examines the structure of language, the ability to process verbal (oral and written) instruction, and the abilities necessary to use language for communication and for learning.  Students learn a wide variety of language learning techniques for individual, small group, and whole class instruction.

GED 643 Instruction of Students with Learning Challenges in the Area of Language Arts: Elementary Level (3cr.)
Instructors: Linda Hunter & Janet Larson
Monday - Friday, 8:30am-11:30am (July 20 - August 7)
St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski
This course provides an in-depth study of sound instructional practices and materials to use with unsuccessful learners based on an analysis of the learner’s strengths and weaknesses in the area of reading and written language. Methods used to teach reading, spelling, study and writing skills are covered. The emphasis is on working with students in elementary schools. Course times include practicum experience.

GED 651 Hands on! Learning in and through the Visual Arts
Instructor: Ann Joppe-Mercure
Monday. 8:30am – 4:30pm (June 22)
Tuesday - Friday, 8:30am – 12:30pm (June 23 – June 26)
Tuesday – Thursday, 8:30am-1:00pm (June 30-July 2)
Sloan Art Center 126
Classroom teachers and arts teachers are invited to explore and celebrate the power of the visual arts. Through hands-on activities participants will experience art making in a variety of mediums, learn how to compose and integrate standards-based lesson designs and authentic assessment, and make connections to interdisciplinary themes. With guidance and support, participants will work on technique and vision. Projects will be applicable to both the classroom and to one’s growth and enrichment as an artist. A $50 materials fee is required.

GED 663 Classroom Assessment (1cr.) Closed
Instructor: Amy Cole
Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00pm-7:30pm (July 7, 9, 14, 21, 28)
Jeanmaire Hall 290
This class focuses on understanding classroom assessments. Students will become literate in assessment terminology, exploring the purpose and design of many types of assessments, including formative, summative, criterion-referenced, norm-referenced, performance/anchor tasks, etc. We will look at how classroom assessments are situated within a local comprehensive assessment plan alongside state and local/common assessments. We will also look at the role that assessments play in the curriculum, instruction and assessment triad of learning. Course assignments will include readings, assessment tasks and class discussions/activities.

GED 673A Art History for the Classroom (3cr.)
Instructor: Amy Werbel
Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 12:30pm (July 6 – July 17)
Jeanmarie Hall 364
Classroom and Art teachers are invited to expand their knowledge of art history. Delving into such genres as Roman Architecture, Chinese painting and calligraphy, Renaissance painting, West African shrines, Impressionist painting, Harlem Renaissance paintings and sculptures, Abstract Expressionist murals and Pop Art will enrich not only a teacher’s artistic literacy but provide an invaluable source to create interdisciplinary curriculum. Viewing and discussing the historic, scientific, literary, and social contexts of art work will inspire individual lesson plans to be shared in class.

GED 673B Sculpture, Creating 3 Dimensional Shapes and Forms for Educators (3cr.)
Instructor: Susan Raber-Bray
Monday - Friday, 9:00am – 1:00pm (July 20- July 31)
Sloane Art Center
In this course, we will use a variety of traditional and non-traditional mediums to explore 3-demensional space. There will be four sculpture projects assigned (clay, wire, plaster, and found objects) prefaced with demonstrations on the use of materials and technique. With each project, students will experiment with design elements of scale, proportion, negative/positive space, balance, symmetry/asymmetry, unity/variety and repetition. Gallery visits and slide lectures will enrich our examination of different shapes and forms. Students will create lessons to connect their 3-dimensional exploration to their educational settings. This course is open to classroom and art teachers with or without prior experience.

GED 673D Cultural Narratives: Drawing Visual Diaries (3cr.)
Instructor: Valerie Hird
Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 1:00pm (June 22 – June 26)
Monday-Thursday, 8:30am – 1:00pm (June 29 – July 2)
Jeanmarie Hall 290
In this two-week intensive course we explore cultural narratives and drawing through the context of the personal diary. By exploring strategies used by graphic novelists from the Middle East and Latin America as well as elements of drawing such as line and value, students will learn how to create their own personal narrative. Students will craft diaries that reflect daily life; they will look at different visual ways to visually describe specific actions. By translating text to an image based narrative, complex routines of daily life become accessible to individuals from one culture to another. These visual journals, windows into the lives of real people, can serve as a tool for cross cultural dialogue in the classroom. This course is open to art and classroom teachers with or without drawing experience. Students will need to purchase materials specific to their needs, and have access to the Internet.

GED 678 Aesthetic Perspective on Education: Imagination, Culture, and Art (3cr.)
Instructor: Jonathan Silverman
Wednesday, 4:00pm-8:00pm (May 20 - July 29)
Jeanmarie Hall 380
In this course we honor how the arts develop imagination, critical voice, and community. Such cultural influences as museums, performances, literature, and visual culture, for example, will be the springboard for our examination of education and culture through an aesthetic lens. We will take on “cultural identity” as a common theme. Early exercises and discourse will help us define this theme and generate ideas for an artistic inquiry where students will work both on an individual project with a chosen medium and engage in a full class community arts-based project. Students will discover how to extend the walls of learning, challenge themselves as artists working on a specific theme, critique and collaborate with empathy, and ideally create new visions of cultural awareness.

GED 684 School and Community (3cr.)
Instructor: Valerie Gardner
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-12:15pm (June 22 – June 26)
Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-12:15pm (June 29-July 2)
Bergeron Center 105
This course introduces current and prospective educators and administrators to the ever changing, but closely coupled, relationship between school and community. Emphasis will be placed on how the community informs what happens in schools, and how the schools, in turn, influence the community. The course will also look closely at the role played by economic, political and social forces.

GED 695 Teaching K-8 Science and Design Technology (3cr.)
Instructor: Graham Clarke
Monday-Friday, 1:00pm-4:45pm (July 6 – July 17)
Cheray Science Hall 123
This course is designed to explore the many facets of teaching science and design technology at the K-8 levels. Course participants will explore Inquiry-Centered Science and Design Technology concepts and skills through a variety of hands-on, minds-on activities. Course topics will include an exploration of the National Science Standards as well as State and local science standards, instructional resource materials, selected science programs, the application of technology in science education as well as ways students construct a meaningful understanding of science concepts. A $20 materials fee is required.

GED 699 Capstone Seminar (3cr.)
Instructors: Jonathan Silverman and Beth Peterson
Thursday, 4:00pm-8:00pm (May 21 - July 30)
First meeting will be on Tuesday, April 7, from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Jeanmarie Hall 380
This course is designed to support students as they complete their studies in the M.Ed. program. Students investigate a topic in their field of interest and then complete both a paper and presentation demonstrating their in-depth understanding of this topic. Research skills, critique and reflection, and expressive presentations are included in the course. Students are encouraged to bring a topic of interest to the first class. Students are expected to have their topic and draft of methodology approved by their advisor before the first class. Prerequisite: GED 558 Introduction to Educational Research.

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For more information about Graduate Programs in Education, contact:
Dr. Anne Judson
E-mail: ajudson@smcvt.edu

or

Karen Abbott, Program Assistant
E-mail: kabbott@smcvt.edu
Phone: 802.654.2649
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GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION OFFER COURSES OF GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO:

• Initial Teacher Licensure
• Endorsements for Licensed Teachers
• Master of Education (M.Ed.)
• Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (C.A.G.S.)

In planning an M.Ed. or C.A.G.S. program, students may choose one of the concentrations listed below:

• Arts in Education
• Curriculum
• Information Technology
• Reading
• School Leadership
• Special Education

Graduate Programs in Education has Vermont Department of Education approved programs to obtain initial licensure in:

• Elementary (K-6)
• Middle (5-8)
• Secondary (7-12)
• Arts and Theatre Arts
• Educational Technology Specialist (K-12)
• Resource Room (Special Education)
• Consulting Teacher (Special Education)

...and additional endorsements in many areas. Programs are designed so that a student can complete an M.Ed. degree and a license endorsement concurrently.