Licensure
for Secondary and Middle school subjects, (5-8, 8-12), the Visual
Arts (Pre K-8, 5-12) and Music (all levels) Program requirements
Pre K-2 Early Childhood
Education Program Requirements
Phase I: The following courses must be completed prior
to the practicum regardless of the major.
PSY230
Developmental Psychology
4 cr
PSY233
Educational Psychology (includes field experience)
4 cr
ED205
or
ED220
Whiteness, Racism, and Inequality in Schools and Society (includes field experience)
or
Foundations of Multicultural Education (includes field experience)
4 cr
4 cr
ED300
The Process of Teaching & Learning: Developing Literacy in
Early Childhood and Elementary Schools (includes field experience)
4 cr
(fall sr.yr.)
Ed325
The Process of Teaching/Learning: Integration of Math/Science Curriculum
and Instruction
4cr
(fall
sr. yr)
ED324j
or
EdSt 301
Observing & Assisting in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Programs (with a focus on special education; includes field experience)
or
Education in South Africa
(includes field experience)
2 cr
(junior or
senior yr.)
____
At least one mathematics course
4 cr
____
At least one science lab course
4 cr
Psych 331
Laboratory in Early Social and Personality Development
4 cr
NOTE: Each field
experience requires a minimum of 3-4 hours per week. Please fill out
a TB Test Form before you attend your first pre-practicum. Forms are
available in the main office, Room 303.
Students pursuing a Psychology and Education Major (Option I) must also take a 100 level psychology course,
Psych 201 (Statistics), Psych 200 (Research Methods), Psych 300-level
lab (including its prerequisites; Psych 331 can fulfill this requirement), and courses in at least three of the five areas of the psychology curriculum; at least one course must be from areas D or E. The five areas of the psychology curriculum are: A) social psychology; B) personality and abnormal psychology; C) developmental and educational psychology; D) perception, cognition, and language; and E) biological bases of behavior.
All coursework in the subject/level you want to teach must also be completed
before the practicum. A Field of Knowledge Self Assessment Form
will be started for you during your initial meeting with Ms. Sarah Frenette,
Five-College Teacher Licensure Coordinator so that you can plan your
coursework accordingly.
Phase II: Practicum Application – Application
materials are due February 15th of your junior year. If you will be abroad,
please plan ahead for this.
Phase III: The following course is taken during the
spring semester of your senior year.
ED323
Student Teaching in Early Childhood & Elementary
Settings. The practicum requirement for Early Childhood Education
must be in two settings: 100 hours at the Pre-K level and 200 hours
at the 1-2 level. At least one setting must include students with
special needs.
