Graduate Education Courses
Please register as early as possible. New students should create an account at least one week in advance of the course start date to allow ample time to receive credentials and register for the course. Interested in applying to one of our programs? Please see additional program information below and visit our Graduate Admissions page.
All Graduate Education classes will meet in-person unless otherwise noted. Please see the Graduate Education (GED) schedule below. Click here to see the TESOL (GSL) schedule. The Spring 2023 schedule will be posted in mid-October.
Spring 2023 registration for matriculated students will open on November 7 and for non-matriculated students (students not currently enrolled in a GED program) on November 28. Please be sure to register early to ensure a spot in the course(s) you plan to take. Matriculated students, new students who have paid their enrollment deposit, and non-matriculated students who have taken a graduate course at SMC in the past year may register through KnightVision Self Service. Students not enrolled in a program who have not taken a graduate course at SMC before and those who have not taken a course in the past year must submit the Non-Matriculated Student Application form to be approved for access to KnightVision Self Service through which they will then register. It can take up to a week after the Non-Matriculated Student Application form is completed to complete the application process and have access to the online learning management system (Canvas), so please register early! Course confirmations come from the Registrar’s Office.
Fall 2022 Course Offerings
| Course # | Course Name & Credits | Instructor | Day | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GED 503 | Restorative Responses to Harm – in Schools and in Society (3 cr.) | Elijah Hawkes | Monday | ONLINE |
| GED 521 | Early Childhood Education: Foundations (3 cr.) | Stacy Simonyi | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 526-A | Special Topics: African American History for Teachers (3 cr.) | Tiffany Mitchell Patterson | Monday | ONLINE |
| GED 526-C | Indigenous Perspectives: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Curriculum, and the Arts (3 cr.) | Vera Sheehan | Wednesday | ONLINE |
| GED 572 | School Leadership (3 cr.) | Greg Marino | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 581 | Soc/Emo Dev and Individual Differences (3 cr.) | Katherine Lee | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 641 | Teaching in an Inclusive Classroom PK-12 (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 688-A | School Leadership Practicum - Part II (2 cr.) | Val Gardner | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 606 | Literacy Development and Instruction for K-12 (3 cr.) | Soojoung Kim | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 613 | Mathematics in the Pre-K-6 Classroom (3 cr.) | Katy Farber | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 632 | Assessment of Students (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 674 | Multicultural Arts (3 cr.) $50 materials course fee due at registration | Sarah Ahrens | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 511 | Fundamentals of Curriculum (3 cr.) | Jackie Tolman | Wednesday | 5:15-7:45PM HYBRID |
| GED 528 | Pre-K-6 Curriculum, Assessment, & Management (4 cr.) | Anne Tewksbury-Frye | Wednesday | 4:30-7:45PM |
| GED 547 | Middle & Secondary Curriculum Assessment (4 cr.) | Hilary Carter | Wednesday | 5:15-8:00PM |
| GED 509 | Integrative Curriculum (3 cr.) | Claudine Bedell | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 516 | Educational Foundations: Understanding the Past and Creating the Future (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 558 | Educator as Researcher (3 cr.) Instructor approval needed | Katherine Lee | Wednesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 580 | Approaches to Teaching and Learning (3 cr.) | Kevin Hunt & Amy Skapof | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 643 | Multisensory Language-Based Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities (3 cr.) | Amy Knight | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 688-D | Reading Specialist Practicum (3 cr.) Instructor approval needed | Soojoung Kim | M-F | n/a |
MATESOL Summer Course Offerings
| Course # | Course Name | Instructor | Dates and Times ALL VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSL 500/ AL 101 | Foundations of Linguistics (3cr) | April Shandor | 7/5–8/12 asynchronous with weekly meetings TTh: 6:00-7:00pm |
| GSL 655 | Language Learning and Assessment for Children (3cr) | Lauren Hoyt | 6/27-7/15 asynchronous with weekly meetings W: 6/29, 7/6, 7/13 12-1:00pm |
GED Term Offerings
Education Course Offerings
This is a tentative schedule for planning purposes. Fall and Spring 3-credit courses are offered from 5:15 pm – 7:45 pm, with a few exceptions beginning earlier or later. Click here to access the Graduate Course catalog for course descriptions. The new 2021-2022 Graduate Course catalog is now available.
| Code | Course Title | Cr | Summer | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GED 501 | Transforming Teaching & Learning Through Mindfulness and Restorative | 3 | X | ||
| GED 502 | Creating an Equity-Focused, Healing Centered Classroom and School | 3 | X | ||
| GED 503 | Prevention and Response to Harm in Schools Through Restorative Practices | 3 | X | ||
| GED 504 | Holistic Restorative program practicum | 3 | X | ||
| GED 508 | Fostering Achievement: Research-Based Strategies that Promote Equity, Engagement and Collaborative Problem-Solving | 3 | Inquire | ||
| GED 509 | Equity Pedagogies and Integrated Curriculum | 3 | X | ||
| GED 510 | Becoming A Literacy Leader: Tools & Strategies for Success | 3 | X - even years only | ||
| GED 511 | Fundamentals of Curriculum | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 516 | Educational Foundations: Understanding the Past and Creating the Future | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 517 | Teaching Nonfiction in the Elementary Grades | 3 | X | ||
| GED 520 | Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 521 | Early Childhood Education: Foundations | 3 | X | ||
| GED 522 | Teaching Literacy in the Pre-K-6 Classroom | 3 | X | ||
| GED 524 | Early Childhood Education: Methods and Practice | 3 | X | ||
| GED 526 | Special Topics | 3 | X | X | X |
| GED 528 | Pre-K-6 Curriculum, Assessment and Management | 4 | X | ||
| GED 529 | Personalized Learning | 3 | X | ||
| GED 530 | Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools | 3 | X | ||
| GED 534 | Literacy Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention in Reading | 3 | X | ||
| GED 535 | Fostering Equity through Children’s Literature: Author and Illustrator Studies | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 542 | Pre-K-13 Curriculum Assessment | 4 | X | ||
| GED 547 | Middle and Secondary Curriculum and Assessment | 4 | X | ||
| GED 550 | Student Teaching Internship | 6 | X | X | |
| GED 555 | Student Teaching Seminar | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 558 | Educator as Researcher | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 562 | Thesis Research | 3 | X | X | X |
| GED 567 | Legal and Financial Management of Schools | 4 | X | ||
| GED 571 | Antiracism: Critical Theory and Praxis | 3 | X | ||
| GED 572 | School Leadership | 3 | X | ||
| GED 580 | Approaches to Teaching | 3 | X | ||
| GED 581 | Social/Emotional Development and Individual Differences | 3 | X | ||
| GED 595 | Launching and Developing the Writing Workshop in the Elementary Grades | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 596 | Digital Media, Animation, and Motion Graphics | 3 | X | ||
| GED 606 | Literacy Development and Instruction K-12 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 607 | Literacy Instruction for Adolescents with Reading Difficulties: Intervention & Instruction | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 612 | Math and Diversity | 3 | X | ||
| GED 613 | Mathematics in the Pre-K-6 Classroom | 3 | X | ||
| GED 618 | From Assessment to Action: Using Data to Improve Schools | 3 | X | ||
| GED 621 | Supervision, Evaluation & Teacher Development | 3 | x | ||
| GED 624 | The Art of the Book | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 631 | Learning, Development, and Individual Differences | 3 | X | ||
| GED 632 | Assessment of Students within General and Special Education | 3 | X | ||
| GED 633 | Legal and Professional Issues in Special Education | 3 | X | ||
| GED 635 | Middle Grades: Organizational Strand | 3 | X | ||
| GED 635A | Middle Grades Summer Institute | 3 | X | ||
| GED 640 | Language and Learning | 3 | X | ||
| GED 641 | Teaching in an Inclusive Classroom Pre-K-12 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 643 | Multisensory Language-Based Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Pre-K-6 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 649 | Arts: The Creative Process | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 651 | Hands On! Learning in and through the Arts | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 661 | Special Education Practicum | 6 | X | ||
| GED 662 | Special Education Seminar | 3 | X | ||
| GED 668 | Administration & Interpretation of Woodcock-Johnson IV | 3 | X | ||
| GED 673 | Special Topics in Art Education | 1-3 | X | X | X |
| GED 674 | Multicultural Arts | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 678 | Heroes, Art & Social Justice: Aesthetic Perspectives | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 684 | School and Community | 3 | X | ||
| GED 686 | Independent Study | 1-6 | X | X | X |
| GED 687 | Directed Readings | 1-6 | X | X | X |
| GED 688A | School Leadership Internship, Part I (summer), Part II (fall), Part III (spring) | 6 | X | X | X |
| GED 688D | Reading Specialist Practicum | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 688C | 688C English Language Learner Endorsement Practicum | 4 | X | ||
| GED 688E | Special Education Endorsement Practicum | 4 | X | ||
| GED 691 | Personalized Inquiry: Finding Your Why | 2 | X | ||
| GED 693 | Integrating Art, Social Studies & Language Arts: Pre-K-6 | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 695 | Teaching Pre-K-6 Science and Engineering | 3 | X | ||
| GED 699 | Capstone Seminar | 3 | X | X |
Fall 2022 Course Offerings
| Course # | Course Name & Credits | Instructor | Day | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GED 503 | Restorative Responses to Harm – in Schools and in Society (3 cr.) | Elijah Hawkes | Monday | ONLINE |
| GED 521 | Early Childhood Education: Foundations (3 cr.) | Stacy Simonyi | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 526-A | Special Topics: African American History for Teachers (3 cr.) | Tiffany Mitchell Patterson | Monday | ONLINE |
| GED 526-C | Indigenous Perspectives: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Curriculum, and the Arts (3 cr.) | Vera Sheehan | Wednesday | ONLINE |
| GED 572 | School Leadership (3 cr.) | Greg Marino | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 581 | Soc/Emo Dev and Individual Differences (3 cr.) | Katherine Lee | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 641 | Teaching in an Inclusive Classroom PK-12 (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Monday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 688-A | School Leadership Practicum - Part II (2 cr.) | Val Gardner | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 606 | Literacy Development and Instruction for K-12 (3 cr.) | Soojoung Kim | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 613 | Mathematics in the Pre-K-6 Classroom (3 cr.) | Katy Farber | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 632 | Assessment of Students (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 674 | Multicultural Arts (3 cr.) $50 materials course fee due at registration | Sarah Ahrens | Tuesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 511 | Fundamentals of Curriculum (3 cr.) | Jackie Tolman | Wednesday | 5:15-7:45PM HYBRID |
| GED 528 | Pre-K-6 Curriculum, Assessment, & Management (4 cr.) | Anne Tewksbury-Frye | Wednesday | 4:30-7:45PM |
| GED 547 | Middle & Secondary Curriculum Assessment (4 cr.) | Hilary Carter | Wednesday | 5:15-8:00PM |
| GED 509 | Integrative Curriculum (3 cr.) | Claudine Bedell | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 516 | Educational Foundations: Understanding the Past and Creating the Future (3 cr.) | Cathy Quinn | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 558 | Educator as Researcher (3 cr.) Instructor approval needed | Katherine Lee | Wednesday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 580 | Approaches to Teaching and Learning (3 cr.) | Kevin Hunt & Amy Skapof | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 643 | Multisensory Language-Based Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities (3 cr.) | Amy Knight | Thursday | 5:15-7:45PM |
| GED 688-D | Reading Specialist Practicum (3 cr.) Instructor approval needed | Soojoung Kim | M-F | n/a |
MATESOL Summer Course Offerings
| Course # | Course Name | Instructor | Dates and Times ALL VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSL 500/ AL 101 | Foundations of Linguistics (3cr) | April Shandor | 7/5–8/12 asynchronous with weekly meetings TTh: 6:00-7:00pm |
| GSL 655 | Language Learning and Assessment for Children (3cr) | Lauren Hoyt | 6/27-7/15 asynchronous with weekly meetings W: 6/29, 7/6, 7/13 12-1:00pm |
GED Term Offerings
Education Course Offerings
This is a tentative schedule for planning purposes. Fall and Spring 3-credit courses are offered from 5:15 pm – 7:45 pm, with a few exceptions beginning earlier or later. Click here to access the Graduate Course catalog for course descriptions. The new 2021-2022 Graduate Course catalog is now available.
| Code | Course Title | Cr | Summer | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GED 501 | Transforming Teaching & Learning Through Mindfulness and Restorative | 3 | X | ||
| GED 502 | Creating an Equity-Focused, Healing Centered Classroom and School | 3 | X | ||
| GED 503 | Prevention and Response to Harm in Schools Through Restorative Practices | 3 | X | ||
| GED 504 | Holistic Restorative program practicum | 3 | X | ||
| GED 508 | Fostering Achievement: Research-Based Strategies that Promote Equity, Engagement and Collaborative Problem-Solving | 3 | Inquire | ||
| GED 509 | Equity Pedagogies and Integrated Curriculum | 3 | X | ||
| GED 510 | Becoming A Literacy Leader: Tools & Strategies for Success | 3 | X - even years only | ||
| GED 511 | Fundamentals of Curriculum | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 516 | Educational Foundations: Understanding the Past and Creating the Future | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 517 | Teaching Nonfiction in the Elementary Grades | 3 | X | ||
| GED 520 | Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 521 | Early Childhood Education: Foundations | 3 | X | ||
| GED 522 | Teaching Literacy in the Pre-K-6 Classroom | 3 | X | ||
| GED 524 | Early Childhood Education: Methods and Practice | 3 | X | ||
| GED 526 | Special Topics | 3 | X | X | X |
| GED 528 | Pre-K-6 Curriculum, Assessment and Management | 4 | X | ||
| GED 529 | Personalized Learning | 3 | X | ||
| GED 530 | Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools | 3 | X | ||
| GED 534 | Literacy Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention in Reading | 3 | X | ||
| GED 535 | Fostering Equity through Children’s Literature: Author and Illustrator Studies | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 542 | Pre-K-13 Curriculum Assessment | 4 | X | ||
| GED 547 | Middle and Secondary Curriculum and Assessment | 4 | X | ||
| GED 550 | Student Teaching Internship | 6 | X | X | |
| GED 555 | Student Teaching Seminar | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 558 | Educator as Researcher | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 562 | Thesis Research | 3 | X | X | X |
| GED 567 | Legal and Financial Management of Schools | 4 | X | ||
| GED 571 | Antiracism: Critical Theory and Praxis | 3 | X | ||
| GED 572 | School Leadership | 3 | X | ||
| GED 580 | Approaches to Teaching | 3 | X | ||
| GED 581 | Social/Emotional Development and Individual Differences | 3 | X | ||
| GED 595 | Launching and Developing the Writing Workshop in the Elementary Grades | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 596 | Digital Media, Animation, and Motion Graphics | 3 | X | ||
| GED 606 | Literacy Development and Instruction K-12 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 607 | Literacy Instruction for Adolescents with Reading Difficulties: Intervention & Instruction | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 612 | Math and Diversity | 3 | X | ||
| GED 613 | Mathematics in the Pre-K-6 Classroom | 3 | X | ||
| GED 618 | From Assessment to Action: Using Data to Improve Schools | 3 | X | ||
| GED 621 | Supervision, Evaluation & Teacher Development | 3 | x | ||
| GED 624 | The Art of the Book | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 631 | Learning, Development, and Individual Differences | 3 | X | ||
| GED 632 | Assessment of Students within General and Special Education | 3 | X | ||
| GED 633 | Legal and Professional Issues in Special Education | 3 | X | ||
| GED 635 | Middle Grades: Organizational Strand | 3 | X | ||
| GED 635A | Middle Grades Summer Institute | 3 | X | ||
| GED 640 | Language and Learning | 3 | X | ||
| GED 641 | Teaching in an Inclusive Classroom Pre-K-12 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 643 | Multisensory Language-Based Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Pre-K-6 | 3 | X | ||
| GED 649 | Arts: The Creative Process | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 651 | Hands On! Learning in and through the Arts | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 661 | Special Education Practicum | 6 | X | ||
| GED 662 | Special Education Seminar | 3 | X | ||
| GED 668 | Administration & Interpretation of Woodcock-Johnson IV | 3 | X | ||
| GED 673 | Special Topics in Art Education | 1-3 | X | X | X |
| GED 674 | Multicultural Arts | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 678 | Heroes, Art & Social Justice: Aesthetic Perspectives | 3 | X odd years | ||
| GED 684 | School and Community | 3 | X | ||
| GED 686 | Independent Study | 1-6 | X | X | X |
| GED 687 | Directed Readings | 1-6 | X | X | X |
| GED 688A | School Leadership Internship, Part I (summer), Part II (fall), Part III (spring) | 6 | X | X | X |
| GED 688D | Reading Specialist Practicum | 3 | X | X | |
| GED 688C | 688C English Language Learner Endorsement Practicum | 4 | X | ||
| GED 688E | Special Education Endorsement Practicum | 4 | X | ||
| GED 691 | Personalized Inquiry: Finding Your Why | 2 | X | ||
| GED 693 | Integrating Art, Social Studies & Language Arts: Pre-K-6 | 3 | X even years | ||
| GED 695 | Teaching Pre-K-6 Science and Engineering | 3 | X | ||
| GED 699 | Capstone Seminar | 3 | X | X |