EDSE 4560 - Introduction to Instructional Design

1. Select curricula and use evidence-based instructional strategies that meet the diverse learning characteristics of students with mild/moderate disabilities across an array of environments and activities;
2. Demonstrate competence in establishing and maintaining an educational environment that is free from coercion and punishment and where interventions are positive, proactive, and respectful of students;
3. Demonstrate ethical standards, teaching, and evidence based educational practices in relation to theories, research and regulations necessary to the provision of services to individuals with disabilities and their families;
4. Understand and accept differences in culture, cultural heritage, ethnicity, language, age, religion, social economic status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, and abilities and disabilities of individuals served.);
5. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities to become proficient in implementing evidence based and multifaceted methodologies and strategies necessary in teaching and engaging students with disabilities from diverse populations;
6. Acquire the ability to use computer-based technology to facilitate the teaching and learning process;
7. Demonstrate knowledge of assistive technology including low and high equipment and materials to facilitate communication, curriculum access, and skill development of students with disabilities;
8. Teach students appropriate self-determination and expression skills;
9. Understand the importance of students’ family and cultural backgrounds, and experiences in planning instruction and supporting student learning. Candidates communicate effectively with parents and families;
10. Demonstrate skills required to ensure that the intervention and/or instructional environment are appropriate to the student’s chronological age, developmental differences, and disability-specific needs;
11. Understand how to implement systems that assess, plan, and provide academic and social skill instruction to support positive behavior in all students, including students who present complex social communication, behavioral and emotional needs;
12. Develop, implement, adapt, modify, and evaluate a variety of pedagogical approaches to instruction, including instructional sequences, unit and lesson plans;
13. Demonstrate understanding and application of strategies and best practices to develop differentiated lessons and instructional sequences that are appropriate for individuals with diverse strengths and needs in a variety of educational environments;
14. Know how personal, family, school, community and environmental factors are related to students’ academic, physical, emotional, cultural and social well-being;
15. Understand the effects of student health and safety on learning and study the legal responsibilities of teachers related to student health and safety;
16. Acquire knowledge of diverse family structures, community cultures, and child rearing practices in order to develop respectful and productive relationships with families and communities; and,
17. Understand the effects of family involvement on teaching, learning, and academic achievement, including an understanding of cultural differences in home-school relationships.

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