Designing Curricular Materials for English Learners - EDC-X795Y

Course Description

Credit Validation for WestEd Participants Only

This course is designed to develop expertise in creating units and lessons that provide English Learners with authentic, high-quality learning experiences, fostering both disciplinary practices and language development simultaneously. You will learn to critically evaluate the curricular materials used in your teaching context and enhance them to craft lessons and units that actively invite, support, and challenge students. The course emphasizes supporting students in making meaning and understanding central disciplinary ideas while offering opportunities to deepen their knowledge of content-specific practices, analytic skills, and the language necessary to engage effectively in these practices.

Learner Outcomes

• Evaluate the curricular materials you are provided in your teaching context and amplify them to
• Craft lessons and units of study that invite, support, and challenge students
• Support students to make meaning and understand the central ideas of the disciplines
• Offer students opportunities to deepen their knowledge of content-specific practices, analytic practices, and the language they need to engage in these practices

Course Details

Number of Units: 1 - 2.5 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours. Please choose unit selection upon checkout.

Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for WestEd Participants.

University of San Diego – Graduate-Level Extension Credit Information

The University of San Diego partners with this program to offer graduate-level extension credit(s) in semester hours through the Credit Validation Program. To earn units, participants must register for and successfully complete coursework through the external program provider.

Credits earned through USD’s Credit Validation Program are widely accepted by many school districts and universities across the United States for purposes such as license renewal, required professional development hours, short-term skill building, salary advancement, credentialing, and potential advanced degree pathways. These units do not apply toward a master’s or higher degree program at the University of San Diego; however, they may be transferable to advanced degree programs (e.g., MA, EdD, PhD) at other institutions that accept external graduate-level credits.

Participants are responsible for confirming acceptance, transcript requirements, deadlines, and applicability of units with their employing district or intended institution prior to enrollment.