1997-1998 Academic Catalog

96 EarlyChildhoodEducation Certification Early childhood education certification prepares stu– dents to teach at the K-3 level. Students may obtain this certification by meeting the elementary education require– ments and the following additions to or exceptions to those requirements: 1. Earn a minimum GPA of 2.3. 2. Earn a grade of "C" or above in the professional education area, the concentration area, and the communi– cations courses. 3. Complete the following courses: EDUC-250 Early Childhood Education .......................... 4 EDUC-251 Kindergarten Curriculum and Methods ....... 5 EDUC-450 Supervised Teaching and Seminar (K-3 level) ............................................................. 15-16 4. Acceptable scores on NTE Core Battery and Specialty Exams. 5. The certification level in which a student enters the teacher education program is the level in which the student will graduate. Endorsements Students may prepare to teach reading and keyboarding by taldng additional courses beyond the standard elemen– tary or secondary education certification requirements. Course requirements for the reading endorsement involve 18 quarter hours including: EDUC-350 Reading in the Content Area ........................ 3 EDUC-352Developmenta1Reading ............................... 5 EDUC-380 Reading: Diagonal and Remediation Tech .. 5 EDUC-391 Reading Methods (Elementary) ................ 5-7 EDUC-394 Clinical Experience in Elementary Reading Methods (included in Elementary School Methods I) Course requirements for the keyboarding endorse– ment involve 11 quarter hours including: BCT-100 Word Processing Concepts/Applications ........ 4 OTEC-100 Keyboarding ................................................. 2 OTEC-101 Formatting/Speedbuilding ............................. 2 Education graduates often claim the extensive interaction they enjoyed with professors as the key to their professional development as teachers. TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) The TESL program equips students to teach English to individuals whose native language is not English. Students who complete these course requirements along with those of another teaching field will qualify for State of Ohio certification. Course requirements include 31 quarter hours including: COM-314 Intercultural Communications ....................... 4 ENG-305 History of the English Language .................... 5 ENG-307 Advanced English Grammar ........................... 5 LING-308 Linguistics for Language Learning ............... 5 LING-309 Sociolinguistics ............................................. 4 LING-360 Clinical Experience ....................................... 2 LING-361 Practicum ...................................................... 3 SPAN/LING-370 Teaching Foreign Language ............... 3 Secondary Education The secondary education certification program prepares students to teach specific subjects in grades 7-12 in public and Christian schools. Seventeen teaching fields are available. This program provides certification; it does not necessarily qualify as a major or lead to a degree. The requirements for a specific major must also be completed. The teacher education program admission requirements are also required for the secondary educa– tion student. All secondary education students must receive credit for one mathematics course as a general education elective. Secondary education course requirements involve 47 quarter hours including: EDSP-102 Education of Exceptional Children ............... 2 EDUC-100 Introduction to Education ............................ 2 EDUC-101 Field Experience .......................................... 2 EDUC-201 Preliminary Student Involvement ................. 0 EDUC-270 Audio Visual Methods (secondary) ............. 1 EDUC-300 Learner and the Learning Process .............. 4 *EDUC-301 Tut01ing for Secondary Education ............. 1 EDUC-302 Teaching Thinking Skills (secondary) .......... 2 EDUC-316 Principles of Teaching ................................. 4 EDUC-317 Field Experience .......................................... 4 EDUC-321 Philosophy of Education .............................. 3 **EDUC-350 Reading in the Content Areas ................. 3 EDUC-450 Supervised Teaching and Seminar ....... 15-16 Content Methods .......................................................... 2-3 Clinical Experiences ........................................................ 2 * Tutoring must be taken before Principles of Teaching. **English majors must take ENG-352 Developmental Reading.