Jesica Rodriguez’s Profile

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de heren­cia que quieren prac­ticar y sen­tirse más cómodos us­ando el español como medio de ex­presión! Los es­tu­di­antes crean 4 proyec­tos dis­tin­tos en los que, entre otras ac­tivi­dades: nar­ran un evento sig­ni­fica­tivo per­sonal; dis­cuten noti­cias ac­tuales y de­scriben al­gu­nas car­ac­terísti­cas de su co­mu­nidad; in­ves­ti­gan y com­parten in­for­mación sobre los re­cur­sos co­mu­ni­tar­ios disponibles para his­panoh­ab­lantes en los cinco con­da­dos de Nueva York; anal­izan cómo las his­to­rias fa­mil­iares se rela­cio­nan con el bil­ingüismo. Course for speak­ers of Span­ish as a her­itage lan­guage who want to prac­tice and feel more con­fi­dent using Span­ish. Stu­dents cre­ate four dif­fer­ent pro­jects in which they nar­rate a sig­nif­i­cant event in their lives; dis­cuss cur­rent news; in­ves­ti­gate and share in­for­ma­tion re­gard­ing their com­mu­nity; re­flect on their fam­ily his­tory and their re­la­tion with bilin­gual­ism.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 4 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create four different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.

This course is de­signed to de­velop prac­ti­cal and ev­i­dence-based knowl­edge for teach­ing lit­er­acy and en­able stu­dents to demon­strate com­pe­ten­cies teach­ing young chil­dren. It re­quires su­per­vised par­tic­i­pa­tion in an as­signed early child­hood ed­u­ca­tion set­ting and at­ten­dance at a weekly sem­i­nar. Stu­dents will ex­plore prin­ci­ples, meth­ods, and ma­te­ri­als for teach­ing emer­gent lit­er­acy within a de­vel­op­men­tally ap­pro­pri­ate, in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary and cul­tur­ally re­spon­sive cur­ricu­lum. Cur­rent re­search re­gard­ing speak­ing, lis­ten­ing, read­ing and writ­ing ex­pe­ri­ences of young chil­dren will be crit­i­cally ex­am­ined. Prac­ti­cal class­room ex­pe­ri­ences will pro­vide op­por­tu­ni­ties for stu­dents to make con­nec­tions be­tween the­ory and prac­tice, de­velop pro­fes­sional be­hav­ior work­ing with young chil­dren and their fam­i­lies, and build a com­pre­hen­sive un­der­stand­ing of bal­anced lit­er­acy in early child­hood class­rooms. Stu­dents will de­sign, im­ple­ment and eval­u­ate ac­tiv­ity-based lit­er­acy learn­ing ex­pe­ri­ences for young chil­dren with di­verse learn­ing styles and needs, with strong em­pha­sis on child cen­tered, play-ori­ented ap­proaches to teach­ing, learn­ing and as­sess­ment, and knowl­edge of cur­ricu­lum con­tent areas.

This course is designed to develop practical and evidence-based knowledge for teaching literacy and enable students to demonstrate competencies teaching young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will explore principles, methods, and materials for teaching emergent literacy within a developmentally appropriate, interdisciplinary and culturally responsive curriculum. Current research regarding speaking, listening, reading and writing experiences of young children will be critically examined. Practical classroom experiences will provide opportunities for students to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behavior working with young children and their families, and build a comprehensive understanding of balanced literacy in early childhood classrooms. Students will design, implement and evaluate activity-based literacy learning experiences for young children with diverse learning styles and needs, with strong emphasis on child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment, and knowledge of curriculum content areas.

This In­tro­duc­tion to Gen­der and Women’s Stud­ies course is a fully on­line asyn­chro­nous course taught dur­ing the spring 2022 se­mes­ter by Dr. Bri­anne Way­choff.

This Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies course is a fully online asynchronous course taught during the spring 2022 semester by Dr. Brianne Waychoff.

This course is an in­tro­duc­tion to the the­o­ries, meth­ods and ma­te­ri­als of cur­ricu­lum plan­ning in early child­hood ed­u­ca­tion (Preschool – Grade 2), with an em­pha­sis on pro­vid­ing de­vel­op­men­tally and cul­tur­ally ap­pro­pri­ate learn­ing en­vi­ron­ments and ex­pe­ri­ences that en­cour­age cre­ativ­ity in young chil­dren. The fol­low­ing top­ics are ex­plored in depth: the in­tel­lec­tual and emo­tional im­por­tance of fos­ter­ing cre­ativ­ity, the role of play in learn­ing, the de­sign of ef­fec­tive arts-based learn­ing en­vi­ron­ments; the role of vi­sual arts, music, move­ment and lan­guage arts/emer­gent lit­er­acy in de­vel­op­ing chil­dren?s cog­ni­tive, so­cial-emo­tional, phys­i­cal, lan­guage and self-help skills. Course work in­cludes work­shops in plan­ning and im­ple­ment­ing cre­ative arts ex­pe­ri­ences for young chil­dren.

This course is an introduction to the theories, methods and materials of curriculum planning in early childhood education (Preschool – Grade 2), with an emphasis on providing developmentally and culturally appropriate learning environments and experiences that encourage creativity in young children. The following topics are explored in depth: the intellectual and emotional importance of fostering creativity, the role of play in learning, the design of effective arts-based learning environments; the role of visual arts, music, movement and language arts/emergent literacy in developing children?s cognitive, social-emotional, physical, language and self-help skills. Course work includes workshops in planning and implementing creative arts experiences for young children.