Bachelor of Arts
教育研究 – Educational Paraprofessional
Team teaching has become a priority across the nation. By pursuing a career as an educational paraprofessional, you can offer invaluable support to teachers when they need it the most. Join this rewarding profession and make a difference in the lives of students.
项目的亮点
Tiffin University’s Bachelor of Arts in educational studies offers non-licensure pathways for students to pursue employment in education-related fields including a specialized track for those interested in becoming an educational paraprofessional.
The educational paraprofessional track prepares students for paraprofessional responsibilities, that includes providing staff support in an educational or childcare environment. Paraprofessional students will learn how to best work with children individually or in small groups by providing basic instruction on reading, writing, math and other education related activities as assigned by teachers’ directions.
The educational studies curriculum is transfer-friendly and features a 12-course core that features sociology, psychology, multicultural communications and introductory education studies.
为现实世界做好准备
Students pursuing the paraprofessional track in the educational studies program will develop a comprehensive grasp of multicultural, 教育中的社会和包容性观点. They will also acquire the ability to proficiently articulate the practical application of psychological theories and principles across diverse careers in the field of education.
根据美国.S. 劳工统计局(2022), the need for non-licensed educational support staff (such as teacher assistants) is growing at a faster-than-average rate of 9% nationally, and there is an acute need for aides and special education teachers within K-12 schools in Ohio.
The educational studies program also provides streamlined, dual-enrollment pathways into our Master of Education instructional design concentration. 在攻读本科学位期间, students may take up to six hours of graduate coursework that qualify as open electives toward the degree.
As part of the Expanding Special Education Licensure (ExSEL) grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, the 教育研究 program also provides a potential 3+2 pathway to a master’s degree in special education through a partnership with Lourdes University. Students who take this path will both earn a master’s degree and become licensed to teach K-12 mild to moderate special education.
主动、体验式学习
Students will engage in classroom observations within local schools, plan lessons and gain experience teaching various groups of students.
Courses & Format
CURRICULUM
教育研究核心
- SOC101 社会学原理
- 社区社会学
- 社会中的多元文化问题
- 心理学入门
- 动机心理学
- PSY363认知心理学
- COM310 Human, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
- COM324跨文化交流
- 专业通讯
- EDS100教学理论
- 设计有效的教学
- 用文化智商领导
总计- 36小时
教育辅助专业集中
- 教育概论
- EDU216 Multicultural and Social Issues in Education
- EDU230特殊需要的临床调查
- EDA / M235临床 & 综合课程 & Instruction
- EDU319 课堂管理
- EDU329差异化教学 & Assessment
Total – 18 hours
课程描述
EDU216 Multicultural and Social Issues in Education
Examines historical and legal multicultural issues in society. The course assists teacher candidates in the development of cultural consciousness toward and reverence for the diversity of individuals and groups within society. Teacher candidates are expected to develop an awareness of the implications and application of instruction and curriculum, 哪一个证明了尊重的义务, accept, adapt and work in communion for all students’ learning. EDU216 also examines social issues within the P-12 classrooms
EDU230特殊需要的临床调查
Focuses on the foundations of special education with emphasis on historical background, legal issues, 积极的学习环境, disabilities and health disorders in a regular/inclusive classroom, as well as developing teaching skills for use in an inclusive classroom
EDA / M235临床 & 综合课程 & Instruction
This course begins to bridge the gap between content and practice. The course examines middle childhood curriculum and provides an in-depth review of the Ohio Academic Content Standards. The course introduces instructional models and elements of assessment theory in support of curriculum development and effective teaching. 学生有机会做计划, teach, assess and reflect on lessons for young adolescents that are developmentally appropriate and inclusive.
职业发展机会
- 资源辅助
- Special Education Paraprofessional (K-12 Mild to Moderate)
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