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Programs to Prepare Teachers for Secondary Education

Program Highlights:

Teacher candidates should:

  1. select a major to serve as a teaching content area
  2. select a minor in secondary education that includes 24 semester hours including six hours of student teaching
  3. complete a majority of their content area courses before beginning certification course work

Certification Areas:

Certification Areas in Grades 8-12
Certification Areas in Grades 6-12
Agriculture
Family and Consumer Sciences
Business
Technology Education
Computer Science
Dance
English
Certification in Grades EC-12 (All Level)
French
Art
German
Health Education
History
Music
Journalism
Physical Education
Life Science
Special Education
Math
Physical Science
Science Composite
Spanish
Speech
Social Studies Composite
Theater Arts
Trades and Industry

Certification Coursework:

The Secondary Certification Courses include:

Foundations (6 hours) taken near end of the junior year

SED 374 Human Growth and Development

SED 383 Designing Instruction Through Technology Integration

Pedagogy Methods Block (9 hours) taken at the beginning of the senior year

RDG 392 Reading in Secondary Schools

SED 394 Classroom Management for Secondary Schools

SED 464 Methods of Teaching in Secondary Schools

Professional Field Experience (9 hours) taken near the end of the senior year

SED 480 Responsibilities of the Professional Educator

SED 496 Student Teaching in the Secondary Classroom

SED 497 Student Teaching in the Secondary Classroom