Third-Year Certificate of Achievement in
Teacher Preparation-Elementary
Program Learning Outcomes
Students completing the Third-year Certificate of Achievement in Teacher Preparation-Elementary will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies:1. Demonstrate and use knowledge of the FSM elementary school curriculum standards.
2. Apply a variety of teaching approaches to meet learning needs of FSM elementary school
students.
3. Assess and evaluate learning of the elementary student at both the formative and summative
levels.
4. Organize and manage an elementary classroom environment for learning.
5. Demonstrate and use background knowledge in the following areas: learning theories and
principles, human development, language development, educational foundations, sociocultural
issues, technology andstrategies for teaching students with special needs.
6. Demonstrate professionalism.
Program/ Major Requirements -34 Credits
- ED/PY300 Educational Psychology (3)
- ED 301a Language Arts Methods (4)
- ED 301b Reading Methods (4)
- ED 302 Social Studies Methods (3)
- ED 303 Math Methods (4)
- ED 304 Science Methods (4)
- ED 305 Children's Literature and Drama (3)
- ED 330 Classroom Management (3)
- ED 338 Special Needs in the Classroom (3)
- ED 392 Practicum & Seminar (3)
Full Admission: Student will be admitted with full status if he/she
- Possesses an associate degree in education
- Has earned a CumGPA of 2.75 or above
- Has a score of at least 20 on the entrance essay with no individual score below a three (3)
Note: Entrance essay is scored based on the COMET Rubric.
Probationary Status: Student with the associate degree may be admitted on probation if he/she
- Has a minimum CumGPA of 2.5 and
- Has a minimum score of 15 on the entrance essay with no individual score below a three (3)
A student is required to take EN 220 Writing for Teachers if he/she has a score of 15-19 on the entrance essay or individual score of three (3) in Syntax and/or Vocabulary.
Pre-requisite Courses: Students who enter the program without having completed ED 210a, ED 215, and ED/PY 201 need to complete these courses with a grade of ‘C’ or better during the first semester in the program.
Removal from Probationary Status:
The student may be removed from Probationary Status after the first semester of the third-year program if the student
- Successfully passed the education English writing course, and
- Earned a semester GPA of 3.0 or above with a minimum of 15 credits.
The student may be removed from Probationary Status after the first semester of the third-year program if the student
- Successfully passes EN220 Writing for Teachers and
- Earns a semester GPA of at least 2.75 (with no grade lower than a C) with a minimum of 15 credit hours.
Should a student begin the program in the summer when 15 credit hours are impossible to attain, the same stipulation as above applies for the summer and fall semester combined (or the first two semesters in any combination) even if the course load in the respective semesters exceeds 15 credit hours.
A three member subcommittee will represent the Division to review third-year applications along with the representatives from Admissions Board and RAR.
Suggested Schedule
- First Semester
- Second Semester
- Summer Session
ED 301b Reading Methods..........................................4
ED 302 Social Studies Methods....................................3
ED/PY 300 Educational Psychology.............................3
ED 330 Classroom's Management................................3
Total Credits = 13 Credits
ED 304 Science Methods.....................................................4
ED 305 Child. Lir & Drama...................................................3
ED 338 Special Needs in the Classroom...............................3
ED 392 Praticum & Seminar................................................3
Total Credits = 13 Credits
ED 301 a Language Arts Methods.....................4
ED 303 Math Methods
.....................................4
Total Credits = 8 Credits
After receiving this third-year certificate of achievement in teacher preparation-elementary, students may apply for the Partnership BA in Elementary Education program to take the following UOG courses.
ED 351 Fine Arts Methods
ED 363 Physical Education and Health Methods
ED 334 Solving Disciplinary Problems
ED 451 Audio Visual Methods
ED 473 Developing Cognitive Abilities
ED 482 Working with Second Language Learners
ED 486 Building Effective Strategies for Teaching
ED 489 Evaluation
ED 492/498 Student Teaching/Internship
