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Show Education Teacher Education EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The Departments of Child and Family Studies 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. See Department of Child and Family Studiesfor requirements or the Department of Elementary Education. INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA MINOR The School of Education offers a minor in Instructional Media. 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. Program: Instructional Media Minor I. General Requirements: A. An overall G. P. A. of 2.00 or C is required. II. Specific Requirements: A. Twenty-four credit hours are required. B. Education courses required: See education advisers. 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 faced by the first year teacher, and to make for deeper insight into the attitude 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. THE TEACHING OF READING MINOR 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 an academic minor for students in Secondary Education. This program was 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. Program: Secondary Reading Minor I. General Requirements: A. 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 an academic minor for students in Secondary Education. This program was developed in response to the growing demand for teachers with specialized training in reading. The preparation covers instructional methods, materials selection, 110 Education Teacher Education diagnostic procedures, and curriculum design for teaching reading at both the remedial and developmental levels. B. Students planning to pursue this reading program should contact the reading instructor in the School of Education. C. An overall G. P. A. of 2.25 is required. II. Specific Requirements: A. Minimum of 26 credit hours for Secondary Reading minors. B. Education courses required: Education 321 (3), 459 (3), 460 (3), 465* (3), 466* (3), 486* (3-6), 486A (2-4). C. Support courses required: 1. Communication 211 (2) or English 381 (3) or English 383 (3). 2. At least two of the following: English 104 (2) or 107 (2); English 330 (3) or 331 (3); Communication 107 (3) or 207 (3); Education 340 (3), 468 (3). D. Students are encouraged to seek the Learning Disabilities Endorsement along with this minor. *The instructor's written permission is required for registration in these courses. Enrollment is limited and these classes often fill up several quarters in advance. Therefore, contact the reading instructor early in your program to assure reserving a place in these courses. Program: Learning Disabilities Endorsement I. General Requirements: A. Students in the Teaching of Reading program can earn the Learning Disabilities Endorsement from the State Board of Education by completing additional course work in consultation with his adviser. Other Elementary and Secondary Education majors must complete all of the courses outlined below. 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. II. Specific Requirements: A. Minimum of 34 credit hours in Education courses is required. B. Education courses required: Education 300 (3); 321 (3) and 340 (3), or 325 (6); 459 (3), 460 (3), 465 (3), 466 (3), 468 (3), 486 (6), 486A (4). C. Additional courses may be added to the requirements for the Learning Disabilities Endorsement as the program is expanded to meet the needs of the employing districts and state certification requirements. TEACHER CORPS Luan Ferrin, Director J. Burdett Johnson, Associate Director (WSC) Arthur Jackson, Associate Director (USU) Malcolm Allred, Program Development Specialist (USU) Carol Fahncke, Community Coordinator The Utah Collaborative Teacher Corps Project is a cooperative effort involving Weber State College, Utah State University, Ogden City School District, and the Ogden Community. The major thrust of the project is to train and retrain teachers to better meet the needs of children from low-income areas. Teacher Corps is a program financed by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education through the National Teacher Corps. The program enables four students who have a baccalaureate degree to get a second baccalaureate degree in Elementary Education, a teaching certificate and a Master's degree. These student interns work in the site school and the community while completing their academic requirements. 111 |
