Teacher Certification
Certification Course List
The courses listed below are offered by the College of Education for initial certification, the addition of a subject area to an existing teaching certificate, or renewal of a valid teaching certificate.
Please note, you will need to check with your district and/or the Florida Department of Education to determine if the courses you select will meet certification requirements.
The Florida Department of Education website lists various types of recertification options on their Florida Educator Certification Renewal Requirements webpage.
Teaching Students with Disabilities
EBD 6246 Educating Students with Autism
This course is designed to aid participants in developing the knowledge and skills
necessary to support the learning of children with autism spectrum disorders including
instructional strategies, classroom organization, and teaming with families and professionals.
EEX 6248 Instructional Approaches for Exceptional Populations
In-depth study of instructional strategies that are effective when teaching students
with emotional disturbance, mental retardation, and learning disabilities. Content
includes techniques for curriculum adaptation, IEP development; direct, data-based
and metacognitive strategy instruction; and micro-computer applications
EEX 6619 Positive Behavior Support Low Incidence Intellectual Disab. & ASD
Disabilities Knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement, and evaluate the
impact of positive behavior support for students with s/pintellect. disab and/or autism
spectrum disorder. Communicative function of challenging behaviors, teaching new skills
& prevention.
EEX 6025 Trends & Issues in Special Education
Survey of all exceptionalities including current trends and issues related to the
field of special education.
EEX 4070 Integrating Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom
Designed for non-special education majors. Includes basic identification techniques
and strategies to promote academic and social integration and interaction of "mainstreamed"
exceptional students on current field experience projects are included.
Classroom management including safe learning environments
EDE 6506 Managing and Differentiating the Instructional Environment in Elementary Schools (Classroom
Management for Elementary program)
Examines the legal issues affecting classroom/school management, school safety and
professional ethics. Explores research and knowledge of best practices and a variety
of teaching and management strategies for a diverse elementary classroom setting.
Term Offered: Fall
ESE 5344 Classroom Management (Middle and High School Programs)
This course covers practical, theoretical, philosophical and ethical aspects of school
and society, the education profession, and secondary schools with particular focus
on classroom management, school violence, school safety, educational law and other
critical social issues.
Term Offered: Summer
Human development and learning
EDF 6211 Psychological Foundations of Education
Selected topics in psychology of human development and learning, related to schools
and educational settings.
Term Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Educational assessment to include the content measured by state achievement tests and the interpretation and utilization of data to improve student achievement
EDF 6432 Foundations of Measurement
Basic measurement concepts, role of measurement in education, construction of teacher-made
tests and other classroom assessments, interpretation of standardized tests, and fundamental
descriptive statistics for use in test interpretation.
Term Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Effective instructional strategies including the needs of diverse learners
EDE 6326 Instructional Planning for Diverse Learners (Elementary programs)
Introduction to the theories and practices that support children's learning. Includes
accessing resources that support teaching, developing lessons, designing appropriate
assessments, and the elements that influence instructional decision-making.
Term Offered: Summer
ESE 5342 Teaching the Adolescent Learner (Middle and HS programs)
Emphasis is placed on adolescent developmental and learning needs linking them to
practices in the classroom appropriate to the diverse secondary education population
(ESOL, special education, multicultural, at-risk, etc.) in preparation for planning
responsive standards-based instruction.
Term Offered: Summer 2021 and Spring 2022
Curriculum and special methods of teaching the subject area
FLE 5313 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and ESOL in the Elementary School
This course is designed to provide training in the theory and methods of teaching
foreign languages and ESOL in the elementary school (FLES) to both pre- and in-service
teachers. Term Offered: Fall
FLE 5331 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and ESOL in the Secondary School
This course provides for the development of knowledge and skills necessary to prepare
students to assume roles as foreign language (FL) and ESOL teachers at the secondary
school level. It represents the second part of a sequence of methods courses.
Term Offered: Spring
LAE 6325 Methods of Teaching Middle School Language Arts
Balanced literacy methods for integrating reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing,
and critical thinking activities into a literature based program for middle school
students. Note: This course has a field component of 36 hours.
Term Offered: Fall
LAE 6339 Methods of Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
Balanced literacy methods for integrating reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing,
and critical thinking activities into a literature-based program for secondary school
students. Note: This course has a field component of 36 hours.
Term Offered: Spring
MAE 6356 Teaching of Pre-Secondary School Mathematics
Development of strategies and materials for teaching mathematical concepts and skills
appropriate to pre-secondary school years.
Term Offered: Fall
MAE 6362 Senior High Mathematics Methods
This course is designed to prepare teachers for a successful induction to teaching
mathematics in the high schools of today. It is designed to bridge the perceived gap
between theory and practice.
Term Offered: Spring
SCE 5325 Methods of Middle Grades Science Education
Prepares 5-9 science teachers to teach science skills, content; interrelationship,
applications of science as a human endeavor; nature of science; instructional methods;
nature scientific inquiry; development of science process skills; integration of subject
areas; & assessment.
Term Offered: Fall or Spring
SCE 5337 Methods of Secondary Science Education
Course concentrates on goals, subject matter teaching strategies for high school curricula;
assessment and using data to improve student achievement; and development pedagogical
content knowledge as it pertains to the teaching and learning of science.
Term Offered: Fall or Spring
SSE 5331 Foundations, Curriculum and Instruction of Social Science Education
Social studies curriculum, methods of instruction and social, philosophical and psychological
foundations are examined. Students are expected to plan and present instructional
plan(s) appropriate to middle and secondary school levels demonstrating command of
the course content.
Term Offered: Fall or Spring
Foundations of research-based practices in teaching reading in the content area
LAE 6738 Teaching Reading in English Curriculum
Course is to improve the quality of reading instruction in mid & sec English classes
through the study of the reading process, research, & evaluation related to sec reading,
understand how research impacts instruction, process of educational reform.
Term Offered: Fall
MAE 6643 Communication Skills in Mathematics
This course examines issues related to communicating in mathematics, including reading,
writing, speaking, and listening. It satisfies the reading in the content area mandate
for certification.
Term Offered: Summer
SCE 5564 Reading and Communication in Science Education
This course prepares secondary science teachers to teach literacy practices in science.
It includes methods for selecting appropriate reading and language approaches. Communication
in science and functional aspects of scientific literacy are examined.
Term Offered: Fall or Spring
SSE 5641 Reading and Basic Skills in the Content Area (Social Science)
Reading skills and the other basic skills as applied to the social studies are examined.
Students are expected to plan and present instructional plan(s) appropriate to the
social studies classroom demonstrating command of the course content. Fieldwork in
a middle school is required.
Term Offered: Fall or Spring
Applications of research-based instructional practices in reading
RED 6365 Disciplinary Literacies and Reading
Compares the reading, writing, thinking, and discourse across various professional
and educational learning contexts. Students research and implement their learning
into various disciplinary discourse communities.
Term offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Instructional strategies for teaching students of limited English proficiency including instruction in the English language and development of the student's mastery of the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Note: Teaching experience cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
TSL 4324 ESOL Competencies and Strategies
Designed to enable participants to meet the special limitations and cultural educational
needs of LEP students in content area classes. Designed to provide a theoretical and
practical foundation for ESOL competencies and strategies.
Term Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
TSL 5325 ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers (Middle and High School Programs)
Course designed for public school teachers working with limited English Proficient
(foreign) students in the classroom. The new ESOL requirements specify that this course
be offered to content area teachers and to ESOL teachers.
Term Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
TSL 5085 ESOL I: Theory and Practice of Teaching English Language Learners
This course is for undergraduate degree holding, preprofessional (preservice) teachers
to learn about appropriate instruction, assessment and learning opportunities for
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in the content areas.
Term Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer