Elementary Education - Current Requirements
Every Semester |
- Meet with your advisor
prior to class registration
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Every Academic Year |
- Secure Background
Clearances
- The Pennsylvania State Police Request for Criminal
Records Check (Act 34)
- The Federal Criminal History Record (Act 114)
- The
Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)
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Freshman Year |
- Take the 3 PRAXIS I Exams
listed below (All students must have passing scores on PRAXIS I
in order to register for EDUC 202 (Children's Literature)
- 10710 PPST Reading
- 20720 PPST Writing
- 10730 PPST Math
- Complete Diversity Profile
- Complete Disposition Self-Evaluation and Action
Plan in LiveText
- Complete Technology Self-Evaluations in LiveText
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Sophomore Year |
- Apply for Candidacy
- Candidacy is formal admission as a candidate for an Elementary
Education Teacher Certificate. Candidacy is required of all students
taking 300 level classes or higher (in your major). A student may
apply for candidacy at the completion of 45 credits (including
6 credits in English and 6 credits in Math); successful completion
of PRAXIS I; and a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Application deadlines are October 1 (for Spring registration)
and February 14 (for Fall registration)
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Junior Year |
- Present Developing
Portfolio (All observation hours must be completed prior to presenting
your developing portfolio in the Junior Year of the program.) Hours
include:
- 20 Diversity Hours - 10 Hours in each Diversity
Area identified in the Diversity Profile Plan. A Diversity
Essay will be written using the Directions, Guidelines, and Rubric
in your Developing Portfolio.
- 60 Field Experience Hours - The 60 hours
must meet all of the following specifications:
- 16 hours in regular education from Intro
to Elementary Ed - EDUC 105
- 10 hours in regular education from the Elementary
School - EDUC 204
- 4 hours in regular education from Children's Literature
- EDUC 202
- 10 hours from Intro to Exceptionalities - SPEC 105
- 10 hours in K-2
- 10 hours in 3-4
- 10 hours in 5-6
- 10 hours in Special Ed
- 20 hours in a learning environment
- Apply for Professional Semester (BLOCK)
- Pass PRAXIS II Exam - 20511 Fundamentals of Subjects:
Content Knowledge
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Senior Year |
- Apply for Student
Teaching
- Pass PRAXIS II Exam - 10011 Elementary Curriculum,
Instruction, Assessment (prior to student teaching)
- Present Senior Portfolio
- Apply for Certification (Requires successful
completion of all program requirements, PRAXIS Exams, and a Physical
Examination.)
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