Mission
The mission of the School of Education is to prepare men and women to become Christian educators by fostering scholarship and a Christian ethic of care in the image and nature of Jesus so as to produce teachers who are leaders and world changers with the education profession.
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Online Education Courses
Southern Wesleyan University is now offering some of our education courses online through Performance Learning Systems.
You must register online with Performance Learning Systems. You must also submit the Southern Wesleyan University MED Online Elective Registration form (pdf). Please return the completed form, along with a copy of your current teaching certificate to the Office of Academic Records.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE - January 4, 2011
Course Dates: January 11, 2011 - March 7, 2011
EDUC 5763 Reading across the Curriculum (PLS)
Explore metacognitive reading strategies designed that will help you to plan lessons in your content areas. Apply best practices related to types of text, reading assessments, fluency, motivation, vocabulary, and note taking. Develop reading plans, plan cooperative learning, create reading lessons, explore best reading practices, and develop rubrics.
EDUC 5783 Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners (PLS)
Designed to equip educator's concepts and strategies for orchestrating classroom life to enhance learning. Addresses the following areas: the physical environment, rules and routines, flow of instruction, reinforcement for desired student behaviors, a hierarchy of consequences for student misbehaviors, parent involvement, and teacher resilience.