Effective organizational leadership occurs when groups collaborate across boundaries to achieve outcomes that are above and beyond what those groups could achieve on their own. No longer do leaders work only within an intact group in which leaders and followers share a culture, values, and interests. Global leaders must also be able to lead across groups, where a diversity of experience, expertise, and culture intermingle. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to lead successfully across intra-and inter-organizational group boundaries in the global, multi-cultural environment. Students explore leadership styles, principles, and theories; cultural competence required to lead successfully in the global environment; characteristics and challenges of the six boundaries that leaders encounter (vertical, horizontal, stakeholder, demographic, and geographic); and specific strategies for spanning these boundaries in the global context.

This course is an overview of essential principles and current issues in leadership and management theory and practice. Students explore the evolutionary progress of leadership and management theories and practices from early in the industrial age to the present. Students learn to distinguish effective management and leadership practices for different organizations and operating environments. This class will examine systematic approaches to leadership in the context of organizational culture and interpersonal factors such as leadership ethics, organizational mission, individual motivation, leadership power, organizational strategy, and team performance.

This course provides a sufficiently broad yet detailed exposure to the realities of teaching English language learners. The course is designed to prepare students to deliver content area instruction to English language learners with diverse abilities using the sheltered instruction approach. This course is only available for students enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate.

This course focuses on the development of teaching competencies, basic principles and new trends of instruction and curriculum development in secondary school Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM). The course content is designed to help students develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to implement inquiry-based, developmentally appropriate STEM lessons. Unit planning, laboratory activities, evaluation strategies and math and science learning centers are emphasized. This course is only available for students enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate.

This course is designed to prepare future secondary educators to effectively teach history and social sciences. Through a combination of theory, practical application, and reflection, students will explore key methods for developing engaging and meaningful history-social science lessons that meet national and state standards. Topics covered include curriculum development, primary source analysis, inquiry-based learning, technology integration, assessment strategies, and culturally responsive teaching practices.
Throughout the course, participants will progressively build a comprehensive unit plan, incorporating strategies for diverse learners, digital literacy, and controversial issue discussions. The course emphasizes critical thinking, civic engagement, and the development of historical inquiry skills. By the end of the course, students will have a complete, standards-aligned unit plan that demonstrates their ability to create inclusive, rigorous, and relevant history-social science instruction.

This course is designed to enhance knowledge of and exposure to instructional methods in secondary English Language Arts (ELA). Participants will explore and evaluate a range of teaching strategies aimed at developing students' reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills in alignment with secondary ELA standards. Emphasis will be placed on creating lesson plans and units that integrate diverse texts and materials to meet the cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic needs of all students. Throughout the course, participants will analyze formative and summative assessments to effectively measure student proficiency and provide targeted feedback to improve instruction. Additionally, educators will learn to incorporate technology tools to increase student engagement and facilitate learning. The course will also focus on evaluating strategies to foster critical thinking and analytical skills, particularly when engaging with literature, informational texts, and media literacy. By the end of the course, educators will be equipped with the tools and knowledge to create inclusive, engaging, and effective learning environments that support the development of essential ELA skills in secondary students. This course is only available for students enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate.

This is the second course of a three part practice teaching and seminar series designed to prepare students to teach in secondary schools. At a qualified school site under the supervision of a mentor teacher and university supervisor, students will develop an understanding of instructional planning and delivery to make content comprehensible, assess learning, support the needs of diverse learners, maintain a safe learning environment and incorporate reflective practices for their own professional development. This course contains a synchronous component each week. This course is only available for students enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate.

This is the first course of a three part practice teaching and seminar series designed to prepare students to teach in secondary schools. At a qualified school site under the supervision of a mentor teacher and university supervisor, students will develop an understanding of instructional planning and delivery to make content comprehensible, assess learning, support the needs of diverse learners, maintain a safe learning environment and incorporate reflective practices for their own professional development. This course contains a synchronous component each week. This course is only available for students enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate.