APPEL and APPEL SPED (Alternative Route to Licensure)

This course explores the wide range of exceptionalities found in schools. This includes special needs, gifted, at-risk, and disabled students, and programs designed for their care and support. This class is essential for anyone who works in education and will provide foundational knowledge to meet STER Competency Requirements in preparation for those seeking Professional Educator Licensure.

This course is designed to give student’s knowledge and skills designed to meet the needs of diverse student populations in the general education classroom, including: allowing students multiple ways to demonstrate learning that are sensitive to student diversity; creating an environment using a teaching model that is sensitive to multiple experiences and diversity; designing, adapting, and delivering instruction to address each student’s diverse learning strengths and needs; and incorporating tools of language development and language acquisition into planning, instruction, and intervention for students learning English (ELL/ESL) and supporting the development of English proficiency. Includes school practicum.

This course helps students understand how to create effective learning environments by establishing and implementing routines and procedures with consistent expectations. Students will learn how to implement personalized learning practices that consider the whole child, including function-based thinking, implementing least restrictive behavioral interventions, trauma-informed instructional practices, and restorative instructional practices. Includes school practicum.

The focus of this course includes: Planning instruction and assessment in content-specific teams and in cross-curricular teams. Designing, administering, and reviewing educational assessments in a meaningful and ethical manner; formative and summative assessments results to inform and modify instruction; assessing students for competency for the purpose of personalized learning. Integrating technology to support and meaningfully supplement the learning of students, including the effective use of software for personalized learning. Knowledge of the Utah Educator Professional Standards (UETS); knowledge and skills in collaborating with parents and guardians; skills in providing tier one and tier two instruction and intervention on the Utah Core Standards and positive behavior supports to each student within a multi-tiered system of supports. Includes school practicum.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) This course is designed to teach prospective teachers to help elementary school pupils with oral and written language including reading, writing, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, listening, and speaking. Integration of language arts across the curriculum is stressed.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) Explores the significance and importance of mathematics in the elementary school. Course deals with the NCTM standards for elementary and provides methodologies to successfully teach the standards.

Designed to analyze social understandings and responsibilities inherent in life and to plan and teach desirable experiences in social studies for elementary school children. The ability to live in a changing democratic society and in a world marked by increasing interdependence among societies requires the manifestation of the highest possible levels of civic and social competence. Students will learn how the following pedagogies complement the social studies curriculum and instruction: Culturally Responsive Teaching, Experiential Learning, Place-Based Education, Community Based Education, Inquiry Based Learning, Social Justice in Education, and Community Engaged Learning-Service Learning. They will also work with the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Themes.

This course is designed to explore the significance and importance of science, physical education, and health education in the elementary school. It provides the philosophies and methodologies to help successfully teach a hands-on dynamic science program and how to effectively teach the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Literacy and quantitative learning objectives in content specific classes in alignment with the Utah Core Standards. This course examines processes and strategies to assist candidates in improving content vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills of their students in order to facilitate students’ ability to work with discipline-specific materials. Literacy strategies will be emphasized and students will contextualize content for their individual academic disciplines and address density of language in each content area. Includes school practicum.

This course provides an overview of the service patterns, management needs, organizational variables, and instructional models necessary for success with students with mild/moderate disabilities.

This course examines the history of American education and law over the last 500 years. The roles of the federal, state, and local governments in education will also be a focus of the course. Particular emphasis will be placed on how IDEA and other federal laws impact education.

This course helps students understand how to create effective learning environments by establishing and implementing routines and procedures with consistent expectations. Students will learn how to implement personalized learning practices that consider the whole child, including function-based thinking, implementing least restrictive behavioral interventions, trauma-informed instructional practices, and restorative instructional practices. Includes school practicum.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) The purpose of this course is to emphasize and highlight specific high leverage practices to use in teaching students with learning difficulties both in pull-out special educational settings and in more inclusive general education settings. This course is designed for curriculum development and identification of appropriate materials and practices in curriculum instruction. It features reading, writing, spelling, and math and aligning with the core curriculum and IEPs to meet the needs of students with mild/moderate disabilities.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) This course reviews collaboration and communication skills necessary for special educators to conduct transition planning for a continuum of students with mild/moderate disabilities. Students will also gain the requisite knowledge in providing assistive technology supports.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) This course will emphasize how teachers use assessment as they create learning outcomes and make data-driven decisions for all learners. The course will also emphasize how to evaluate student academic progress with formal and informal tests, attend or conduct IEP meetings, and interpret, analyze, and synthesize data.

(Only available Fall 2026 - 2nd Session) This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the curricular and instructional needs of students with mild/moderate disabilities in the area of mathematics from elementary grades through middle school.