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2014-2015 EIU Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 EIU Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPE 5675 - Assessments, Programs and Services for Students with Exceptionalities and English Language Learners


(3-1-3) This course focuses on administrative selection and use of assessments and assessment strategies and use of data, including RtI data, to provide assistance to teachers and other school personnel in addressing the curricular and behavioral needs of learners with exceptional learning needs (ELN) and English Language Learners (ELL). Specific administrative understandings to be developed in this course include: requirements for and development of individualized education programs (IEP) and individual family service plans (IFSP); curricular needs of learners with exceptionalities and English Language Learners; use of data and methods to assist teachers in addressing the curricular needs of learners with exceptionalities and English Language Learners; and curricular modification strategies, including Universal Design for Learning, and evidence-based/research-based instructional strategies to meet the needs of each learner, including those with an IEP/IFSP and English Language Learners. Each candidate will develop a data based plan which focuses on the needs of a school to support services required to meet the needs of students with IEPs; IFSPs; and Section 504 plans; ELL; students at tier two or three in the RtI process; and learners with exceptionalities, including those identified as gifted. This plan will be developed utilizing a collaborative process.

Prerequisites & Notes

EDL 5600, Introduction to Organization and Administration, and enrollment in or completion of an approved “principal preparation program” or permission of the Special Education Department Chairperson.

Credits: 3