ECED 360 - Planning for Instruction

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Develop the essential knowledge and skills needed to create effective and inclusive instructional plans tailored to the unique needs of every learner. Equips participants with the ability to design developmentally appropriate curriculum that aligns with learning standards. Considers individual learners’ strengths, interests, and needs. Educators will also gain insights into the art and science of teaching by understanding how learning occurs and applying effective instructional strategies.

Prerequisite: EDUC 303 and EDUC 315 with a C or higher; and ECED 101 with a C or higher or concurrent enrollment.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Create developmentally appropriate unit plan aligned with learning standards that considers individual learners’ strengths, interests, and needs.
Utilize effective instructional strategies based on an understanding of how learning occurs, including play-based learning.
Analyze a set of learning standards by describing the subskills necessary for a student to master each standard.
. Plan a diverse set of learning activities that align with a specific standard and would prepare a diverse group of learners to meet the standard.
Create a differentiated set of assessments that is aligned with a learning standard.
Utilize Universal Design for Learning principles for instructional planning.
Describe common core, Next Generation Science Standards, and other relevant learning standards and how they are used for instructional planning.

Course Contents

Developmentally appropriate unit plan aligned with learning standards that considers individual learners’ strengths, interests, and needs.
Effective instructional strategies based on an understanding of how learning occurs, including play-based learning.
Learning standards and the subskills necessary for a student to master each standard.
Learning activities that align with a specific standard and would prepare a diverse group of learners to meet the standard.
Differentiated assessments aligned with a learning standard.
Universal Design for Learning principles for instructional planning.
Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and other relevant learning standards and how they are used for instructional planning.

Instructional Units: 5.5