Professional Development (EDPD) Graduate Courses

Francis Marion University offers 3-credit graduate courses that are specifically offered for professional learning purposes. While this selection of courses includes similar content to traditional Graduate Courses, they may NOT be used toward the Add-On Certification for Teachers of Children of Poverty. Courses typically taught in this format may be used for recertification credit, but rarely will be accepted as transfer credit. It is the responsibility of the student to verify that EDPD courses will meet credit, recertification, or other needs.

Graduate Level EDPD 525 – Professional Development
 This online course is designed to provide educators with a study of theories and strategies for teaching children of poverty. Educators will explore the research and practice of nationally recognized experts that serve as the annual Virtual Summer Institute Online Series featured speakers, especially as it aligns with the 25 Best Practices identified by the Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty. Representations of learning and individualized plans for applying selected practices in a range of educational settings will be required.

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Graduate Level EDPD 526 – Professional Development
Formally known as EDPD 525, this course is the first in a series that provides graduate education students with a study of theory and practice related to the education of students living in or of poverty, with poverty defined as limited access to financial, social, emotional, spiritual, cognitive, or physical resources. Content is grounded by the Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty’s six standards for teachers of children of poverty and selected pedagogy from the Center’s 25 Best Practices. A lens of cognitive neuroscience is used to consider barriers that can result from life with limited resources, and students explore ways to apply the science of learning to teaching practices in order to remove those barriers that can negatively impact school and life success.

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Graduate Level EDPD 527 – Professional Development
This course is a continuation of the study of theory and practice learned in EDPD 526 related to the education of students living in or poverty, with poverty defined as limited access to financial, social, emotional, spiritual, cognitive, or physical resources. Content is grounded by the Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty’s six standards for teachers of children of poverty and selected pedagogy from the Center’s 25 Best Practices. A lens of cognitive neuroscience is used to consider barriers that can result from life with limited resources, and students explore ways to apply the science of learning to teaching practices in order to remove those barriers that can negatively impact school and life success.

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