Department of Educator and Leadership Preparation

OUR MISSION

The Educator and Leadership Preparation Department exemplifies equity and empathy while promoting academic inquiry and rigor to positively impact community and schools by preparing professionals in education who represent our shared values.

VISION

The Educator and Leadership Preparation Department cultivates professionals in education who promote a culture of equity and community thus maximizing teaching and learning for all.

VALUES

Diversity, Equity, Empathy, Care, Professionalism, Integrity, and Community.

Contact Information

Dr. Esther Garza
Department Chair
Senator Frank L. Madla Building 221

Bilingual Education

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
EDBL 3307	Acad Spanish DL Immrsion Pgms	3
EDBL 3311	Foundations of Bilingual Education	3
EDBL 3315	Second Language Acquisition and Literacy for English Learners	3
EDBL 3320	Advocacy and Equity in Assessment	3
EDBL 3321	Methods for Teaching ESL	3
EDBL 3327	Multilingual & Multicult Educ	3
EDBL 4318	Biliteracy Theory and Practice	3
EDBL 4323	Bilingual/Dual Language Social Studies Methods: Elementary Classroom	3
EDBL 4325	Bilingual and Dual Language Math Methodology: Elementary Classroom	3
EDBL 4355	Biliteracy and Dual Language Methodologies	3
EDBL 4324	Bilingual and Dual Language Science Methodologies: Elementary Classroom	3

Early Childhood

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
EDEC 3307	Child Development	3
EDEC 3328	Fndtns of Early Childhood Dev	3
EDEC 3329	Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum for the Young Child	3
EDEC 3331	Infant and Toddler Development	3
EDEC 3332	Professionalism, Leadership and Ethics	3
EDEC 3349	Academics, Creativity & Play	3
EDEC 4301	Working with Diverse Families and Young Children	3
EDEC 4302	Action Research	3
EDEC 4303	Practicum in Growth and Development	3
EDEC 4314	Cognitive Development	3
EDEC 4315	Social & Emotional Development	3
EDEC 4316	Assessment of Young Children	3
EDEC 4320	Assessment in Early Childhd Ed	3
EDEC 4329	Lang Devel in Early Childhood	3
EDEC 4337	Phys Devel Early Childhood	3
EDEC 4361	Curr and Materials for EC Ed	3

Special Education

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
EDSE 3345	Survey of Exceptional Individuals	3
EDSE 3346	Low Incidence Populations	3
EDSE 3347	Behavior Management for Exceptional Individuals	3
EDSE 3348	Intervention/Tech in Spec Educ	3
EDSE 4340	Collaboration and Transition Services in Inclusive Settings	3
EDSE 4346	Assessment of Exceptional Stds	3
EDSE 4347	Federal and State Regulations Concerning Exceptional Individuals	3
EDSE 3343	Child Development of the Exceptional Learner	3
EDSE 3349	Communication and Language Development of Exceptional Learners	3
EDSE 3342	Intervention and Assessment in Math for the Exceptional Learner	3
EDSE 3341	Intervention and Assessment in ELA for the Exceptional Learner	3
EDSE 4341	The Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Individual	3
EDSE 4349	Technology in Special Education	3

Bilingual Education

Course Rotations per Semester

Course	Fall Even Year	Spring Even Year	Fall Odd Year	Spring Odd Year
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EDBL 3307		X		X
EDBL 3311 Foundations of Bilingual Education	X		X
EDBL 3315 Second Language Acquisition & Literacy for English Language Learners		X		X
EDBL 3320 Advocacy and Equity in Assessment		X		X
EDBL 3321 Methods for Teaching ESL	X	X	X	X
EDBL 3327 Multilingual & Multicultural Education	X	X	X	X
EDBL 4318 Biliteracy Theory and Practice	X	X	X	X
EDBL 4323 Bilingual/Dual Language Social Studies Methods EC	X		X
EDBL 4324 Bilingual/Dual Language Science Methods EC		X		X
EDBL 4325 Bilingual/Dual Language Math Methods EC		X		X
EDBL 4355 Biliteracy and Dual Language Methodologies	X	X	X	X

Early Childhood

Course Rotations per Semester

Course	Fall Even Year	Spring Even Year	Fall Odd Year	Spring Odd Year
EDEC 3307 Child Development	X	X	X	X
EDEC 3329 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum for the Young Child
EDEC 3331 Infant and Toddler Development	X	X	X	X
EDEC 3332 Professionalism, Leadership and Ethics
EDEC 3349 Academics, Creativity & Play	X	X	X	X
EDEC 4301 Working with Diverse Families and Young Children	X	X	X	X
EDEC 4302 Action Research		X		X
EDEC 4303 Practicum in Growth and Development (Action Research is a co-requisite)		x		X
EDEC 4314 Cognitive Development	X	X	X	X
EDEC 4315 Social & Emotional Development	X	X	X	X
EDEC 4316 Assessment of Young Children	X	X	X	X

Special Education

Course Rotations per Semester

Course	Fall Even Year	Spring Even Year	Fall Odd Year	Spring Odd Year
EDSE 3345 Survey of Exceptional Children	X	X	X	X
EDSE 3346 Low Incidence Populations	X	X	X	X
EDSE 3347 Behavior Management for Exceptional Individuals	X	X	X	X
EDSE 3348 Differentiation in Special Education	X	X	X	X
EDSE 4340 Transition and Collaboration	X	X	X	X
EDSE 4347 Federal and State Regulations Concerning Exceptional Individuals	X	X	X	X
EDSE 4346 Assessment of Exceptional Stds
EDSE 4349 Technology in Special Education
EDSE 3349 Communication & Language Development of the Exceptional Learner
EDSE 3343 Childhood Development of the Exceptional Learner
EDSE 4341 The Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learner
EDSE 4343 Life Skills Curriculum
EDSE 3341 Intervention & Strategies in ELA
EDSE 3342 Intervention & Strategies in Mathematics

The course rotation for new EDSE courses is currently in development and will be updated when possible.