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Show Education Elementary Education TEACHER CORPS Luan H. Ferrin, Director J. Burdett Johnson, Program Development Specialist The Weber State College Teacher Corps Project is a cooperative effort involving the College, School Districts, and the communities they serve, in training teachers for areas of low-income families. Teacher Corps is a program financed by a grant through the National Teacher Corps, U.S. Office of Education. This program enables student interns to participate in actual training experiences through specialized techniques and methods while completing requirements for certification through the School of Education. The purpose of Teacher Corps is to strengthen the educational opportunities available to children in areas having concentrations of low-income families and "to encourage colleges and universities to broaden their programs of teacher preparation and to attract and train teachers who will be made available to local educational agencies." The interns are students who have committed themselves to careers in teaching children in low-income areas. DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION J. Burdett Johnson, Chairman Students preparing to teach in the elementary schools, first grade through grade six, major in elementary education and will graduate from the School of Education. Elementary school teachers' certificates are also valid in Utah junior high schools provided the individual has a major and a minor or composite major in subjects taught on the junior high school level. An adviser from the Department of Elementary Education will be assigned each prospective teacher. It is to the student's advantage that he begin planning his program early in the freshman year. 116 Education Elementary Education Program: Elementary Education MajorBachelor Degree I. General Requirements: A. Specific course requirements of the college (see index). B. Bachelor Degree General Education requirements (see index). Psychology 101 (5) in the Social Science area and Geography 101 (5) in the Physical Science area are recommended for Elementary Education majors. C. A minor is not required. D. Elementary Education majors must have a 2.25 or better in major courses. E. Elementary Education majors must achieve an overall 2.25 G. P. A. F. 183 total hours are required for this degree. G. Sixty of the 183 total hours must be upper division (courses numbered 300 and above). H. Satisfy the admission requirements for the School of Education. II. Specific Requirements: A. Minimum of 43 credit hours in professional Education courses. B. Education courses required: Education 195 (1), 300 (3), 324 (4), 325 (6), 326 (6), 360 (4), 488 (15), 498 (4). C. Each elementary education major will also be expected to select an area of subject matter concentration during his sophomore year. This requirement can be satisfied by completing 40 credit hours in one academic area, or two lesser areas of concentration of 20 hours each. A student selecting a 40 hour concentration should follow the catalog requirements for an academic major. Those selecting the 20 hours concentrations should consult their adviser in elementary education. Both lower and upper division courses may be used in completing these fields. The fields from which the elementary teaching candidate may select to complete his 40 credit hour or 20 credit hour concentrations are as follows: Speech and Theatre Arts English French German Botany Zoology Chemistry Mathematics Physics History Political Science Spanish Art Music Psychology Sociology Physical Education *Child Development *Reading *Instructional Media *Geography D. Support courses required: 1. Mathematics 108 (4) and 109 (4). 2. English 330 (3). 3. Select one course from the following: Botany 160 (4) or 341 (4) or 361 (4) or Zoology 342 (4) or Geology 101 (5) or Anthropology 310 (5) or Sociology 102 (5). 4. Select five or six credit hours from the following: Art 250 (3) or Music 213 (1) or 169 (3) or 320 (3) or Theatre Arts 420 (3) or Education 343 (3). 5. Select either Physical Education 362 (3) or 363 (3) or 364 (2). *Only 20 credit-hour concentrations. 117 |
