Online Master of Education in
Curriculum and Instruction

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Promote an inclusive atmosphere that respects and values all students' unique diversity, backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives in face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning environments.
• Gain a deep understanding of inclusive teaching methodologies, strategies, and best practices to foster inclusive and supportive face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning environments.
• Exhibit continuous professional growth by staying updated with the latest research, trends, and innovations in inclusive education.
• Learn to adapt teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of students.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Content

• Demonstrate knowledge of the following standards: Next Generation Science Standards, PA Mathematics Standards, PA Science and Technology Standards.
• Understand STEM Education as an integrated approach across disciplines, connected to other disciplines beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
• Recognize that STEM Education is general education with the intent to prepare a citizenry who can function in a science and technology rich society.
• Utilize problem solving approaches and the design process to answer complex questions, engage in critical thinking, investigate societal issues, and develop solutions for challenges and real word problems.
• Demonstrate knowledge of inquiry-based teaching and learning methodologies as applied to STEM education.

Skills and Abilities

• Apply practices that integrate STEM disciplines through the design and implementation of multiple, integrated, developmentally appropriate learning experiences for all students.
• Represent real world phenomena through a variety of scientific, mathematical, technological, or engineering models.
• Explore basic fundamental concepts and major principles of science, technology, engineering and math through connections with other areas, especially history, language, arts, and culture, etc.
• Utilize the design process and a variety of resources (educational technology, information, materials, tools, machines) to safely and efficiently develop solutions to problems that require integration of concepts and skills from multiple disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, math, language arts, social studies, arts, and/or physical education.
• Use mathematical and scientific formulas, principles, reasoning, and precise language to predict outcomes and solve technological and engineering problems.

Instructional Practices

• Design, implement, and reflect on lessons and units that incorporate an integrative STEM learning cycle approach and developmentally appropriate methodology.
• Select, modify, and develop learning activities that support higher order thinking and creative problem solving which foster an understanding of the interconnectedness of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
• Establish and maintain a physically and emotionally safe learning environment that encourages and supports innovation, design thinking, and intellectual risk taking.
• Incorporate reading, writing, and questioning strategies through integrative and active strategies that supports the development of STEM literacy for all students.
• Engage students in the purposeful use of instructional technologies to increase access and extend their abilities to understand, transfer, and adapt STEM knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Assessment

• Create differentiated learning experiences in integrative STEM education to meet the needs of all students.
• Elicit students’ conceptions, reasoning and understanding through multiple forms of meaningful assessments including formative/summative and individual/group.
• Enable students to utilize strategies for self- assessment to build their capacity to monitor their own learning.
• Utilize diverse and authentic assessment strategies to monitor and adjust instruction across STEM disciplines and grade levels.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Analyze the complexity in strengths and challenges across the autism life span, from diagnosis through adulthood.
• Implement evidence based interoception assessments and interventions to improve sleep, eating, toileting, education, emotional regulation and social participation individually and in group settings.
• Use evidence-based lifestyle (focus on food choice) assessment and interventions to improve sleep, eating, toileting, emotional regulation and social participation individually and in group settings.
• Design and create programs and environments that support individuals with autism in their homes, schools, at work and communities.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Assess the short- and long-term impact of trauma on the developing child.
• Implement trauma-informed approaches within their field of practice.
• Establish cross-system collaborations with other practitioners serving children and families experiencing trauma.
• Advocate for trauma-sensitive school and organization change.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
• Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
• Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.
• Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.