Education Teacher Education applications will be considered by the Admissions Committee. Formal admission is contingent upon the candidate's meeting the following minimum standards: 1. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.25. 2. A composite score of 19 or above on the ACT College Admissions test or successful completion of the Education Admissions Test. Students will be required to do remedial work if they demonstrate weakness in any particular area. (Math, Social Studies, Science, Composition and Spelling) 3. Successful completion of Communication 102 or an approved equivalent. 4. Good physical and mental health. 5. High moral and ethical conduct. 6. Math 108 (for elementary majors only). A student may not proceed beyond Education 300 until he is admitted to the teacher education program unless granted special permission by the Director of the Teacher Education Admissions Committee. Graduate students who desire to earn teacher certificates will need to meet the following requirements: clearance by the chairman of the Elementary or Secondary Education Department; completion of the regular teacher education admission procedures; and, for secondary education candidates, clearance with the department chairman responsible for their major and minor teaching subjects. STUDENT TEACHING One quarter of teaching shall be completed in the junior or senior year in selected public schools under the direction of cooperating teachers and college supervisors. Assignments are made in cooperation with the district, the professional association, and the college. Consideration is also given to the qualifications of the personnel in the cooperating school as well as the needs of the student teachers. All arrangements for student teaching are to be made in the office of the Director of Professional Field Experiences. 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 encouraged to have at least one of the field experiences 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, 363 , 462, 364 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 Teacher Education Office. Persons interested in the dual certification should plan either with the chairman of elementary education or the chairman of secondary education. 112 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 Studies for 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 during the first week in January 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, 113