Philosophy and Organization of the Middle Level School. Focuses on characteristics of young adolescents and how middle level schools can be organized to meet those characteristics through interdisciplinary teaming, advisory programs, and exploratory mini-courses. Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment for the Middle Grades. Integrates current approaches to curriculum design with instructional models and assessment of learning appropriate for grades 5-9. All honors students are required to submit a senior project for graduation from the Honors Program.
Students work with a departmental adviser on a topic of their choice.
An in-depth paper or project culminating in a formal presentation. Required of all students for graduation from the Honors Program in Elementary Education. Constitutes 6 semester credit hours of student teaching in a kindergarten classroom. Student teachers need to demonstrate competency and professionalism in teaching. An understanding of developmentally appropriate curriculum is necessary.