Foundations for Supporting Exceptional and Bilingual Emergent Learners

Catalog description

Advancing equity-minded transformation is a moral imperative of education. When educators step into a classroom, they commit to the pursuit of well-being, growth, and improvement for each of their learners. In this course, participants learn about special populations of learners, including learners with disabilities, bilingual emergent learners, and gifted learners, to better understand and serve a diversity of populations. Each unit in the course is structured in the same way to provide 1) an overview of relevant laws and policies, 2) characteristics of identified learners, and 3) methods for inclusively supporting the flourishing of those learners. The unit assessments in this course require participants to summarize their learning for a professional audience and engage in reflection to deepen the understanding of their own learning which, in turn, advances the social justice aims of each participant's classroom.