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Show Education Teacher Education Student teaching is to be completed prior to the student's final quarter. Advanced students, who have completed the prerequisites, will be permitted to do student teaching the last quarter of the junior year. Students are required to have at least one of the field experience^ in the teacher education program in a school classified as an "inner-city" school. Elementary Education 488. Teaching Practicum in Elementary Educationa full day of school experiences and related professional course work for a quarter in an elementary school. Prerequisites: Education 195, 300, 324, 325, 326 and 360. Secondary Education 495. Teaching Practicum in Secondary Educationa full day of school experiences and related professional course work. The secondary student teacher may elect to have experience at both a junior and senior high school level in both his major and minor subjects. Prerequisites: 195, 300, 350, 355 and at least 25 credit hours in the teaching major and 15 credit hours in the teaching minor or 40 hours in the composite major. DUAL CERTIFICATION Dual Certification is a possibility for a student who desires to earn both the elementary and secondary teacher certificates. Ordinarily this requires two or more quarters of work in addition to that required for the single certificate. An outline of the requirements for dual certification may be obtained from the School of Education Office. Persons interested in the dual certification should plan either with the chairman of elementary education or the chairman of secondary education. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The Departments of Family Life and Elementary Education offer a major in early Childhood Education with certification for teaching programs which serve children from age three through eight years of age. The following courses make up the major: Family Life 150, 251, 252, 351, 352, 355, 356, 451 and Education 195, 300, 324, 325, 326, 360, 488. The student will complete a single approved area of concentration (30 hours) or dual areas of concentration (15 hours each). Students interested in the early childhood education major should consult with the chairman of the Elementary Education Department or the chairman of the Family Life Department. In conference with an assigned adviser, the student will plan for the general education requirements, concentrations, and for admission to teacher education. INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA MINOR The School of Education offers a minor in Instructional Media. To complete the minor the following education courses are required: 280, 381, 382, 383, 480 and 496. The Instructional Media Minor is a modularized program designed for the preparation of specialists in media center operations. Completion of the minor is approved for the granting of the Instructional Media endorsement on the Basic Professional Teaching Certificate and is recognized as the first level of professional preparation for work in media centers in industry and government or for public library employment. For additional information contact the Chairman of the Secondary Education Department. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Internship Program exists for the student in elementary or secondary education. The basic philosophy of the Elementary-Teaching Intern Program (E-TIP) and Secondary-Teacher Intern Program (S-TIP) is to provide interns with sound and effective supervisory assistance throughout their first year of teaching, to further increase the depth and breadth of their experience with pupils and the school curriculum, to offer more support in coping with the problems 92 Education Teacher Education faced by the first year teacher, and to make for deeper insight into the attitudes and activities required of a professional teacher. Students interested in becoming candidates for the intern program must obtain application forms from the student teaching office and submit them by January 6 preceding the year of internship. Interns will be contractual employees of a local school district and will be compensated by the district. Further details of the program are available through the department chairmen or the student teaching office. PROGRAMS IN THE TEACHING OF READING The School of Education offers course work in the area of reading and study skills improvement. Courses in this area may be used to satisfy requirements for either an academic concentration for Elementary Education majors or an academic minor for students in Secondary Education. These programs were developed in response to the growing demand for teachers with specialized training in reading. The preparation covers instructional methods, materials selection, diagnostic procedures, and curriculum design for teaching reading at both the remedial and developmental levels. Requirements for the Elementary Concentration Course Credits Education 465 3 Education 466 3 Education 486 3-6 Plus at least 12 hours selected from among the following: Education 460 8 Education 467 3 Education 318 3 Education 342 8 Education 343 3 English 383 3 English 381 8 Requirements for the Secondary Minor Course Credits Communications 211 2 or English 383 or English 381 3 English 321 3 Education 459 3 Education 460 3 Education 465 3 Education 466 3 Education 486 3-6 Plus at least two courses from among the following : English 104 or 107 2 English 330 or 331 3 Communications 107 3 or Communications 207 3 Education 340 3 Education 468 3 Students planning to pursue either of these reading programs should contact the reading instructor in the School of Education. Learning Disabilities EndorsementStudents in the above programs can earn the Learning Disabilities. Endorsement from the State Board of Education by completing additional course work. This endorsement establishes the holder as a specialist in the field, and qualifies him to be employed in this field at any level from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The following courses (which may also be used, where appropriate, to satisfy requirements for the concentration or the minor) are required for the Learning Disabilities Endorsement: Education 300, 321, or 325, 460, 465, 466, 467, 486 (six hours minimum), 340 (secondary only). 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. Offics of Education. This program enables student interns to participate in actual training experiences through specialized techniques and 93 |
