Summer Sessions offers courses specifically designed for educators. Varied topics and presentation formats provide teachers with new tools for the classroom and credits for certificate renewal or pay scale move.

ART/ED 595P FSAF: Applied Art
ED F595 Arts and Education: Developing Minds
ED 595 Intro to the Popular Music and Dances of Cuba for K-12 Teachers
ED 595 Intro to Applied Philosophy and Logic for Teachers
ED 595 Cognitive Learning Styles Workshop
ED 595 - FSAF: Shakespeare for Teachers and Drama Coaches
ED 595 FSAF: Intro to Shakespeare
ED 595 FSAF: Shakespeare from the Director's Chair
MUS/ED 595 FSAF: Applied Music

This summer three courses are being offered to provide educators with graduate level training in special education.

EDSE F605 Early Childhood Special Education
EDSE F610 Assessment of Students with Disabilities
EDSE F612 Curriculum and Strategies I: Low Incidence

These courses will provide specific training in the areas of disabilities, assessment, intervention strategies, current law, implementation of programs and development of legally defensible federal IDEA documentation. Field experience opportunities will be available with a range of ages, levels and abilities. Students will become familiar with the content standards of the Council for Exceptional Children. See complete descriptions in the course listings under Education – Special Education.

Professionals with nine credit hours in Special Education are eligible, with a school district’s request, to apply for a waiver to teach special education. They then have two years from the issue of the waiver to complete the requirements for a special education endorsement.

For additional information about this new opportunity, contact Joanne Healy in the UAF School of Education at 907-474-1557.

The following UAF courses have been approved by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to meet requirements for Professional Teacher Certification. For additional information visit http://www.eed.state.ak.us.

Alaska Studies

ANS F242/ANTH F242 Native Cultures of Alaska
HIST F461/NORS F661 History of Alaska

Multicultural/Cross-Cultural Communications

ANS F461/ED F461 Native Ways of Knowing

Educators will find even more special topics courses available this summer at UAF. Take an interesting course to complete those needed credits for certificate renewal or pay scale move. The following courses, offered in a variety of disciplines, provide a refreshing array of summer study options.

ART 195/395 Cartooning and Comic Art
BIOL 195 Intro to Alaska's Birds
BIOL 195 Intro to Alaska's Flora
BIOL 195 Intro to Field Entomology
BIOL/NRM 195 Intro to Macro and Micro Mushrooms
ECON 395 Applied Sports Economics
ED/PSY 495 Psychology and Developmental Disabilities
ENGL 195/495/695 FSAF: Creative Writing
MUS 195 Intro to Sound Reinforcement
NRM F595: Agricultural Literacy for K-12 Educators
PSY/COUN 495/695 Sexual Health and Wellness

You've seen it's impact in your classroom. This summer learn more about addiction, why is happens, who is susceptible, how to identify a drug problem, how to intervene and much more. HUMS 125 Intro to Addictive Processes