Available EPI Courses
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This module prepares teacher candidates to set up a classroom, establish policies and procedures, create lesson plans integrated with Florida Standards, develop and administer various forms of assessment, establish and maintain best practices in parental and professional relationships and hone the craft of effective instruction. It will also focus on the ethical and legal obligations of the teaching profession. Teacher candidates will also build a developmental assessment and complete activities that demonstrating mastery of FEAPS, PECS and UCC.
This module prepares teacher candidates to set up a classroom, establish policies and procedures, create lesson plans integrated with the Florida State Standards, develop and administer various forms of assessment, establish and maintain best practices in parental and professional relationships. Teacher candidates will develop assessments and complete activities demonstrating mastery of FEAPS, PECS and UCC competencies.
This module introduces teachers to the technologies available for classroom instruction and activities. Technologies covered include production, multimedia, communication and reference materials. The module will also address the legal and ethical issues associated with these technologies. This module is also a continuation of the course description in Modules 1A and 1B. Lab fee required.
Identify the effects of varying backgrounds, beliefs, traditions, values and gender on development. Identify theories and themes of human growth and development as represented by the following theories: biological, psychoanalytic, psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive-developmental stage, moral developmental, cognitive information processing, societal, and contextual.
This course provides teacher candidates with the necessary skills to determine appropriate instructional methods and strategies for teaching English language learners. Teacher candidates will use their knowledge of current first and second languages acquisition to plan and deliver appropriate, effective instruction.
This course prepares participants to appropriately evaluate instructional outcomes while recognizing the effects of the English language learner's language proficiency and culture. Educators will be able to select and use formal/informal methods of assessment for the English language learner in order to make informed decisions about instruction.
This course provides educators with the skills needed to acquire a deeper understanding of the structure of English from a modern day linguistic perspective. The course enables the educator to analyze the structure of English to contrast with the language(s) of the target population in a given class. Participants learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the linguistic needs of their English language learners. Analysis of the phonological, morphophonological, and syntactic features of English as a basis for linguistic application to problems of English language acquisition by non-native speakers.
This course teaches language structure, function and phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The instruction is grounded in scientifically-based research. This course satisfies the requirements for Competency 1 of the State of Florida Reading Endorsement.
This module encompasses the reading process with a focus on developing emergent literacy skills and progressing through the phases of word reading, resulting in comprehension as the final outcome. Teacher candidates will develop substantive understanding of six components of reading as a process: oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Teacher candidates will apply the principles of explicit, systematic and sequential evidence-based reading instruction and scaffold student learning while integrating the six components of reading. Teacher candidates will engage in the systematic problem-solving process to identify students with reading difficulties, including identification of students with characteristics of dyslexia, provide appropriate interventions and conduct effective progress monitoring.
Teacher candidates will understand how to select and administer appropriate assessments and analyze data to inform reading instruction to meet the needs of all students. Teacher candidates will engage in the systematic problem-solving process to identify characteristics of conditions such as dyslexia, provide appropriate interventions and conduct effective progress monitoring. Teacher candidates will have a broad knowledge of students from differing profiles in order to understand and apply evidence-based instructional practices by differentiating process, product and context. Teacher candidates will engage in the systematic problem-solving process to identify characteristics of conditions such as dyslexia, provide appropriate interventions and conduct effective progress monitoring.
This course provides a study of the varying strategies that are successful with students from differing instructional profiles, including students with disabilities and students from diverse populations. This professional development course meets the requirements for Competency 4, Foundations in Differentiation, of the Reading Endorsement Add-On Certification Program. This course must be taken simultaneously with Application of Differentiated Instruction (EPI 0013).
This course provides a study of the application of strategies for students from differing instructional profiles, including students with disabilities and students from diverse populations. This professional development course meets the requirements for Competency 5, Application of Differentiated Instruction, of the Reading Endorsement Add-on Certification Program. This course must be taken simultaneously with Foundations of Differentiation (EPI 0012).
Teacher candidates will, through a culminating practicum, demonstrate knowledge of the components of reading, as well as assessments and data analysis, to implement a comprehensive evidence-based reading plan of instruction for all students. Teacher candidates will engage in the systematic problem solving process to identify characteristics of conditions such as dyslexia, provide appropriate interventions and conduct effective progress
monitoring.
This module provides the foundation for becoming a productive member of the teaching profession. The participant will gain an understanding of the organization and administration of the public school, the laws governing teachers, the code of ethics and the purpose of schools. This module develops a professional perspective and creates a sense of grounding in the profession of teaching.
This course enables educators to select appropriate instructional materials to support the unique needs of English language learners. Educators will be able to determine which materials are effective for the English language learner based on his or her communicative skills.
This course is designed to increase awareness and sensitivity to diverse cultures by highlighting similarities and differences as they relate to language and communication. Participants will learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the needs of students with varying cultural backgrounds.
In this course, topics of current interest are presented in group instruction. Teacher candidates will demonstrate mastery of the Professional education Competencies, Florida Educator Accomplished Practices and Uniform Core Curriculum standards and competencies.
In this course, topics of current interest are presented in group instruction.
This course provides the teacher candidate with methods of instruction, integrating theoretical knowledge with classroom experience, demonstrating effective teaching practices, reflective decision-making and competency in Educator Accomplished Practices.