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Urban
SEALS Curriculum
Urban SEALS
is
designed as a flexible, intense, high-quality program for doctoral
students to
develop leadership skills in urban special education. SEALS includes
components
of FIU's current special-education doctoral program that was reviewed
in a joint National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE) / Florida Department of Education site visit in 2001.
The
College was fully accredited with no weaknesses sited.
SEALS
adds to the
current special education program a newly-created urban cognate that was developed by faculty from
special
education, urban education, TESOL and cultural studies. Also, an urban
focus
was added to the leadership activities.
For information about the major curricular components select the links below:
Program
of Studies Coursework
Leadership
Activities
Urban
Special Education Teleconference
COE
Urban Center Student Associates Program
Program of Studies
Professional Studies Core (6 hrs.)
EDP 7057: Educational Psychology: Advanced Applications
EDF 7937: Advanced Topics in Social Foundations of Education
Special Education Core: (18 hrs.)
EEX 6535 Seminar in Special Education: Supervision and Leadership
EEX 7930 Professional Seminar in Special Education (repeated 6 times)
EEX 7933 Advanced Topics in Special Education (3)(Topics vary)
EED 7977 Candidacy Research and Evaluation in Educational Psychology & SPED
Research Methods and Statistics: (12 hrs.)
EDF 6472: Research Methods in Education: Introduction to Analysis
EDF 6486 Advanced Data Analysis in Quantitative Educational Research
EDP 7058 Behavioral Intervention Research and Evaluation in Education
EDF 7403 Data Analysis in Multivariate Ed. Research OR
EDF 6475 Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research
Urban Special Education Cognate (18-21 hrs.)
EEX 7xxx: Advanced Issues in the Ed. of CLD Students with Exceptionalities
EDF 6689: Urban Education: Defining the Field
EDF 6942: Multicultural Seminar and Practicum in Urban Education
EDF 6365: Cultural Identities and Conflict
EDF 6925: Special Topics in Urban Education
Urban Cognate Electives: Choose one or more of the following
EDF 6941: Prac.: Urban Elem Schools
EDF 6636: Intercultural Studies: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
EDF 6366: Conflict Resolution: Negotiation-based Perspectives
EDF 6411: Assessment, Consultation and Collaboration for CLD Populations
EDG 5707: Cultural/Cross-cultural Studies in Education
TSL 5371 Special Methods of TESOL
Comprehensive Examination and Dissertation Study (24)
EEX 7964 Comprehensive Examination
EEX 7980 Special Education Dissertation (#6)
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Leadership Activities
Doctoral-level special educators require competence in areas that enable them to assume leadership activities in settings for individuals with disabilities. To support the leadership development goals, FIU’s ESE doctoral program adopted an organizational structure requiring students to participate in scholarship and leadership activities beyond course work. The subject matter for these activities comes from sources that are interdisciplinary, activity-based, encourage advanced students to mentor beginning students, and reflect opportunities for progressive movement toward independent leadership and scholarship. Examples of activities include conducting professional presentations, submitting papers to professional journals, participate in district research projects, teach undergraduate courses.
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Urban Special Education Teleconference
Two to three times per year, students and faculty will participate in a teleconference session with experts in urban special education. The co-directors and Leadership Board members recommended experts who will be contacted and arrangements will be made for them to participate (via phone or video). Prior to the session, students will have read articles submitted by the “visiting” expert. During the teleconference guest lecture session, students will ask questions based on the readings based on the readings as part of EEX 7930.
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COE Urban Center Student Associates Program
COE Urban Center for Education and Innovation Student Associates Program. SEALS doctoral students will serve as Student Associates for the Center and thus participate actively in Center activities (e.g., Center symposiums/events, conducting Center research, community projects.
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Ms. Danielle Sanchez, Grant Coordinator
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Office Email: Danielle.Sanchez@fiu.edu