Current Course Offerings
Our program offers flexibility when it comes to your schedule with various methods of course delivery and participation! All times listed are EDT. In-person classes are held in Harrisonburg, VA.
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Full payment for tuition, is due in the month you register, or by pre-payment through your myEMU CASHNet account. A student services fee of $14 per semester hour will be charged.
Summer semester 2024
EDRJ 601 Facilitating Circle Processes (3 SH online) Martha Brown
Explores the use of circle processes to build and sustain healthy learning environments
in schools or other educational settings. Theoretical foundations and core assumptions
will be discussed as well as different ways circles can be utilized to build community,
create safe learning spaces, promote social and emotional competency, and resolve
conflict. Participants, including educators, administrators, school counselors, or
other school-based personnel, will learn how to design and facilitate Circles in education
related contexts. In addition to learning about the guiding principles of the circle
process, participants will have the opportunity to practice facilitating Circles and
garnering feedback from the instructor and their colleagues. Online Asynchronous and Synchronous, July 1-26; Synchronous sessions (via Zoom) on July 22-26, 1:00-5:00pm
EDLA 501 Foundations of Literacy (3 SH online) Mary Roth
Examines the psychological, social, cultural and linguistic components of the developmental
processes of reading and writing. The focus of the course is to develop an understanding
of how children learn to read; to understand the spelling system of English orthography
and how that influences word knowledge in reading and writing; to acquire an ability
to select materials appropriate to the child's developmental stage and to explore
what we as teachers can do to provide appropriate instruction. Appropriate instruction
is based on the findings of the National Reading Panel and feature research and its
implications in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary.
Online Asynchronous, May 6 - June 28
EDLA 521 Integrated Literacy Instruction (3 SH online) TBA
Focuses on literacy learning throughout the curriculum and addresses integrated, interdisciplinary
approaches to learning in K-12 classrooms. The course will explore instructional strategies,
materials, and issues that impact the development and extension of literacy across
the curriculum. Students will use technology to share information and design appropriate
instruction. Research in literacy instruction and specifically in oral language, reading,
writing, and viewing will be a focus area. Online Asynchronous, July 1 - August 16
Online Educational Technology classes (asynchronous)
*Special tuition pricing on the following summer online course: $325 per semester hour
EDCT 691 "Creating" with 21st Century Tools (3 SH online) Timothy Taylor
Participants will identify, use and evaluate 21 st Century Learning Tools that can
be used to address the top level of Bloom’s Taxonomy – Creating . These tools will
be used in the context of designing and delivering instruction that is consistent
with current best practices for integrating technology. Online Asynchronous, May 14-July 9.
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The tuition rate for the Graduate Teacher Education courses is $499.00 per semester hour unless otherwise noted.* There is also a general student services fee of $14/semester hour. Institutes, cohort agreements, and special courses contracted with school divisions may vary in tuition rate.
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Questions? Contact Us!
Please contact Yvonne Martin, graduate education program assistant, at 540-432-4142. Email Yvonne at mained@emu.edu, yvonne.martin@emu.edu
Graduate Teacher Education Program
Eastern Mennonite University
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462