Syllabus

Syllabus for SPED 460: Family Systems and Professional Collaboration  **Dr. Tim Fiegen** ** On-Line course from DSU ** A **. ** **COURSE**: SPED 460: Family Systems and Professional Collaboration ( **2 Credits**)

B. ** INSTITUTION **** : ** Dakota State University
C. **TERM**: Fall 2017

D. **COURSE TIME & PLACE:** Internet Course!

E. **INSTRUCTOR:** Dr. Tim Fiegen

F. **APPROVED COURSE DESCRIPTION:** This covers the collaboration and communication skills necessary to work within family systems and the use of resources and services supporting birth through lifespan services, multidisciplinary team functioning, and the placement committee processes.

G**. PREREQUISITES:** Admission to Teacher Education.

H**. TEXTBOOK:** Berger, E. H., **"** Parents as Partners in Education ** (8th Ed.)" ** Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2012 (There is an online version for half the money @ [])

I. **COURSE DELIVERY METHOD**:Students proceed through a course of study as directed and assisted by computer technology. Mastery is based on achieving competencies and benchmarks.

J. **CLASSROOM POLICIES**: **Attendance**: Turn in things on time....Half credit if turned in within one week, not accepted after one week past due date. ** Email & Communications ** - It is my intent to return student communications with-in 24 hours if possible. I have a smart phone and get campus emails immediately but not always possible (while driving). But I will do my best to communicate with you. Please use campus email or txt me, tim.fiegen@dsu.edu, 605-941-0156, I would invite you to skype, fiegent, or google hangout or text me. **Correcting** - It is my intent to correct assignments and post grades back to the D2L between three and five days. Not always possible, but that is my intent. **Academic Honesty**: Cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty run contrary to the purpose of higher education and will not be tolerated in this course. All forms of academic dishonesty will result in failure of the course and immediate referral to the DSU academic integrity board. Please be advised that, when the instructor suspects plagiarism, the Internet and other standard means of plagiarism detection will be used to resolve the instructor’s concerns. DSU’s policy on academic integrity (DSU Policy 04-05-00) is available online at []

I have had some difficulty with this in the past! If you borrow something from some one else's web page that have had the course in the past, you had better credit them and have a good reason why you need their information!


 * Freedom in Learning: ** Students are responsible for learning the content of any course of study in which they are enrolled. Under Board of Regents and University policy, student academic performance shall be evaluated solely on an academic basis and students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study. It has always been the policy of Dakota State University to allow students to appeal the decisions of faculty, administrative, and staff members and the decisions of institutional committees. Students who believe that an academic evaluation is unrelated to academic standards but is related instead to judgment of their personal opinion or conduct should contact the dean of the college which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation.


 * ADA Statement: ** If you have a documented disability and/or anticipate needing accommodations (e.g., non-standard note taking, extended time on exams or a quiet space for taking exams) in this course, please contact the instructor. Also, please contact Dakota State University’s Disabilities Office by calling 605-256-5121 or emailing Success.Center@dsu.edu as soon as possible. The DSU website contains additional information and the form to request accommodations found at []. (Students must log into the DSU portal to access this page.) You will need to provide documentation of your disability. The Disabilities Office must confirm the need for accommodations before officially authorizing them.

As your professor, I am personally committed to supporting your academic success in this course. For that reason, if you demonstrate any academic performance or behavioral problems which may impede your success, I will personally discuss those issues with you and attempt to help you resolve the issue. I may also refer your case to the Student Success Center using Starfish, which is an online student success program that allows me to “flag” various performance updates, concerns, and referrals. If you receive a flag from me in Starfish, please conatact me or seek assistance and support from your advisor or the Student Success Center.

K ** . LEARNING OBJECTIVES: **

The teacher reserves the right to modify and adjust the course as necessary to make the course more meaningful.

L. **EVALUATION PROCEDURES:** The following number of points will be assigned to each activity. **Each assignment will be due on the date listed and will be evaluated as soon as possible using the posted rubric. Late work will be accepted for one (1) week at half credit, but will not be accepted after that.** Grades
 * || Intro project || 10 points ||
 * 1 || 12 course lectures outlines - 10 points each || 120 points ||
 * 2 || 12 course web projects - 10 points each || 120 points ||
 * 3 || 12 chapter tests & 1 final- 20 points each || 260 points ||
 * || Total || 510 points ||
 * A= 94% AND ABOVE || B= 86-93% || C= 78-85% || D= 70-78% || F= 69% AND BELOW ||
 * Additional objectives ** : **Diversity** – Students will demonstrate their ability to distinguish the different approaches to different culture groups by completing objective #3.

M. **LEVEL TWO FIELD EXPERIENCE:** This is a level two course and you are expected to make the appropriate contacts on your own in order to fulfill the required assessments and projects. Specifically, contact the parent of child that has a disability and that child attends school and a teacher!

O. **COURSE OUTLINE:** Assignments are due as per the due dates listed with the course assignments in D2L. See left toolbar on course wiki.

P. **Relation to the Mission**: ** “Teaching: A Journey Worth Taking” ** The Conceptual Framework consists of the following focus areas: 1. Knowledge, 2. Planning and Preparation, 3. Instruction and Assessment, 4. Managing the Environment, 5. Technology, 6. Professionalism! This course relates to all six of the areas. In addition: Disposition Statement: Students are responsible for demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become an effective K-12 educator prior to graduating from the teacher education program at DSU. Dispositions are often defined as the “personal qualities or characteristics that are possessed by individuals, including attitudes, beliefs, interests, appreciations, values, and modes of adjustment. Not surprisingly, there is a significant body of research indicating that teachers’ attitudes, values, and beliefs about students, about teaching, and about themselves, strongly influence the impact they will have on student learning and development” (Collinson, et. al., 1999 and Combs, 1974, Taylor & Wasicko, 2000). DSU education majors will be evaluated within the university and K-12 classroom on the demonstration of the following dispositions: __ Dispositions for Interacting with Students __ : Caring, Patient, Empathetic, Open-Minded, Compassionate, Accepting of Others, Flexible, Creative __ Dispositions for Interacting with Peers, Staff and Parents __ : Adaptable to Change, Enthusiastic, Effective Communicator, Responsible, Flexible, Competent, Reliable, Cooperative, Creative, Disciplined, Organized __ Intrapersonal Dispositions __ : Integrity, Hardworking, Life-Long Learner