Courses to address No Child Left Behind
Chadron State College in February will launch the first in a series of courses to address the federal No Child Left Behind legislation. Eight courses at CSC have been designed to help teachers meet No Child Left Behind’s requirements.
Dr. Lois Veath, Chadron State Dean of Arts and Sciences, said the courses will allow teachers to earn the credits toward the endorsements necessary to meet the requirement of a “highly qualified” teacher in every classroom.
“These courses can be taken by K-12 teachers and will help them complete the endorsement requirements in science, social studies and language arts,” Veath said.
The courses were designed by a team of Chadron State College professors and area 7-12th grade teachers. They will be team-taught by the people who designed them. The courses are based on K-12 content standards and the Nebraska Department of Education competencies for teachers.
Veath said the courses also are designed to accommodate the busy schedules of teachers. The courses will either be taught entirely online via the Internet, or by a combination of online instruction and 3-5-day summer workshops.
The first course of the series will be “Adolescent Literature,” beginning Feb. 23. Other courses are “The Literature Project,” “Speak Right, Listen Well,” “Earth System Science,” “Physics of Electricity and Magnetism,” “Cultural Encounters on the Plains,” and “Persevering the Plains.” A summer laboratory workshop also will be offered for the “Earth System Science" and “Physics of Electricity and Magnetism” courses.
The courses are being partially funded by grants from the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education totaling more than $120,000. Veath said CSC was recently approved for a continuation grant, which will allow 12 more courses to be added for summer 2005.
Signed into law on Jan. 8, 2002, No Child Left Behind is a federal law which represents President George Bush’s education reform plan. While controversial, the plan has been touted for containing the most sweeping changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act since it was enacted in 1965.
More information about the courses may be obtained by contacting Julie Johnson, administrative coordinator for the School of Arts and Sciences, at 1(800)-CHADRON or jjohnson@csc.edu.
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Listen to audio file of Dr. Veath speaking about the new courses.
Find information about these and other summer courses.
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