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Show Education Elementary Education 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. In addition to the training program for interns, the project is concerned with developing models of retraining for teachers who are in the schools. These teachers will work with the Teacher Corps staff in a training complex, where such programs as mainstreaming the teaching of children with learning and behavioral disabilities into the classroom, individualization of instruction, and multi-cultural education, are strong thrusts. 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 minor or composite major in subjects taught on the junior high school level. An adviser from the Department of Elementary Education is available to each prospective teacher. It is to the student's advantage that he begin planning his program early in the freshman year. 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 as well as an overall G.P.A. of 2.25. E. 183 total hours are required for this degree. F. Sixty of the 183 total hours must be upper divison (courses numbered 300 and above). G. 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: Communication and Theatre Arts English Foreign Language Botany Art Music Psychology Sociology 116 Education Elementary Education Zoology Chemistry Mathematics Physics History Political Science Social Studies 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). 6. Successful completion of Communication 102 or 307 or an approved equivalent. *Only 20 credit-hour concentrations. DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Keith R. Burnett, Chairman The student preparing to teach in either junior or senior high schools will spend considerable time in both professional courses and academic specialization. Program: Secondary Education Certification Program I. General Requirements: A. Admission and Retention Standards for the School of Education. B. The academic teaching major and teaching minor (referred to previously under Subject Specialization) must consist of not less than 45 and 24 quarter hours respectively, or a composite major of at least 69 hours. C. The teaching major and minor should be in subjects taught in Utah Public secondary schools. Either the major or minor must be a subject which Utah secondary schools are required to teach (those marked with an asterisk do not satisfy this second requirement see below). TEACHING MAJORS AND MINORS Art BotanyZoology Teaching minor is required Chemistry Communication English French Geography German History Mathematics Music Physical Education Physics Political Science *Psychology Sociology Spanish ZoologyBotany Teaching minor is required MINORS ONLY Business Education Teaching Economics Health Education *Instructional Media *Photography Reading Theatre Arts These major and minor requirements are described in the catalog under the departments offering them. D. The student's adviser will be a faculty member in the department of the student's academic (teaching) major. Advisement help should be sought as needed from a staff member in the student's academic 117 |