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Education Advisement

Here you will find information about Elementary Education requirements online. Hopefully, this web page will allow you to have access to answers concerning elementary education. If you can't find the information on this page please see your advisor.

Checklist

Freshman (First) Year

  1. Assignment to an approved Professional Education advisor.
  2. ACT or SAT scores on file with the University.
  3. Plan deadlines for completion of prerequisite courses for admission to the Professional Education Program.
  4. Work toward attaining and maintaining a minimum 2.5 GPA overall in Professional Education and in subject area courses, with no grade below a C in a Professional Education course.

Sophomore (Second) Year

  1. Complete prerequisite courses for admission to the Professional Education Program.
  2. Continue attaining and maintaining minimum 2.5 GPA.
  3. Complete College-Basic Academic Subject Examination (C-BASE). It is suggested that this test be taken early in the second semester of the sophomore year.
  4. Apply for admission to Professional Education during second semester if all prerequisties have been completed. Apply through the TESS Office, Brown Hall 212.

Junior (Third) Year

  1. Continue attaining and maintaining minimum 2.5 GPA.
  2. Complete subject area methods courses as required by program. Admission to Professional Education is a prerequisite to enrolling in some departmental courses.
  3. If student teaching during the Fall semester-Senior Year, apply for student teaching during the Spring semester-Junior Year.

Senior (Fourth) Year

  1. Take the PRAXIS II during the next to last semester of enrollment.
  2. Apply for Spring student teaching druing the Fall semester.
  3. Apply for certification during the last semester of enrollment.
  4. Maintain minimum 2.5 GPA and "C" Rule.

Teacher Education Student Referral Process

Students who are identified as making unsatisfactory progress according to any of the following criteria are to be assisted through this process:

When a student is identified by either a course instructor or advisor according to any of the above criteria, not too be making satisfactory progress, a conference will be conducted with the student. A Learning Assistance Referral Form will be completed by the instructor or advisor and the student will be directed to the appropriate office. If it is determined that additional assistance is warranted, the booklet "Walk This Way" provides general information concerning the services available at the various offices. (Learning Assistance Referral Forms are available at the TESS Office for education majors- These forms are labeled for return to TESS).

When a referral is made, a copy of the referral form will be sent to the TESS Office to be placed in the student file showing that a referral has been made. The student will take the second copy of the form to the appropriate service office to make an appointment for consultation, tutoring, etc. The staff at the office to which the student was referred will complete the referral form and return it to the TESS office for placement in the student file as a record of service assistance complete.

The TESS Office will maintain a confidential log of referrals for reporting purposes only. This log will list entries chronologically with entries showing only student ID number, service referral, and an indication as to whether the second part of the referral form had been returned.

Class Rotation Chart

Course First Second Full Third Fourth Full Summer
61-461     X     X X
61-569     X     X X
63-211 X X   X X    
63-216     X     X X
63-340     X     X X
63-407 X X   X X   X
63-410     X     X X
63-420 X X   X X   X
63-490 X X   X X    
63-491 X X   X X    
63-531           X X
63-532     X       X
63-541           X X
63-543 X X   X X   X
65-262 X X   X X    
65-362 X X   X X    
65-430     X        
65-491     X     X  
65-511     X        
65-570           X Even
66-301     X     X X
66-353 X     X      
66-356     X     X  
66-371     X     X X
66-372     X        
66-373     X       X
66-374           X  
66-375           X  
66-376           X  
66-377 X X   X X    
66-378           X  
66-379 X X   X X   X
66-380     X     X X
66-456 X X   X X   X
66-470     X     X  
66-492 X X   X X    
66-493 X X   X X    
66-494 X X   X X    
66-495 X X   X X    
66-508     X     X X
66-520     X       X
66-542             X
66-544     X     X  
66-553           Even X
66-574     X       X
66-590             X
66-591             X
66-592             X