Elementary Teacher Certification Course Sequence
FIRST FALL
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| REQUIRED COURSES (A&H: 11 credits; SEE: 11 credits; EC: 12 credits) |
| Human Development: Focus on Childhood | 3 |
| Integrated Learning: Theory Into Practice | 3 |
| Math Methods or Reading/Literacy | 3 |
| Professional Seminar | 0 |
| * Place-Based Education | 2 |
| ** Movement & Storytelling (Pre-K) | 1 |
| *** Integrated Arts I | 2
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| ELECTIVES |
| Building Learning Communities | 1 |
| Music Every Day | 1 |
| Social Inclusion | 1 |
| New England Mammals: Lessons for Teachers | 1 |
| Living Arts I | 1 |
| Integrating Math and Science Through Maps | 1 |
| Critical Skills for Critical Times | 1
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FIRST SPRING
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REQUIRED COURSES
(10 Credits--or 12 credits if Teaching Exceptional Children is taken in spring 2011 instead of summer 2011. EC students should take Teaching Exceptional Children in summer 2011 so they have 12 credits in spring 2011.) |
| Conceptual Development | 3 |
| Reading/Literacy or Math Methods | 3 |
| School Law | 1 |
| Internship & Professional Seminar | 3 |
| Teaching Exceptional Children (take in spring or summer) | 2 |
| ** Early Childhood Ed (Pre-K - 3rd) | 2
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| ELECTIVES |
| Creative Bookbinding | 1 |
| Mystery Classrooms/Journey North | 1 |
| Mindfulness Practices for Educators | 1 |
| Discipline as Learning | 1 |
| Real World Learning | 1 |
| Thinking Outside the Box | 1 |
| Assessment: Focus on Learning | 1 |
| Behind the Label | 1
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FIRST SUMMER
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REQUIRED COURSES
2 credits for A&H concentration; 3 credits for SEE concentration; (or 4 credits (A&H), 5 credits (SEE) if Teaching Exceptional Children is taken in summer) |
| Teaching Exceptional Children | 2 |
| * Ecology of the Imagination in Childhood | 1 |
| Social Studies | 2
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| ELECTIVES |
| Social Studies: Cemetery Quest | 1 |
| Social Studies: From Sheep to Shaw | 1 |
| Social Studies: Place-Based Social Studies | 1 |
| Social Studies: Storytelling | 1 |
| Folk Arts of Early America | 1 |
| First Six Weeks of School | 1 |
| Picture Books in the Classroom | 1 |
| Problem-Based Learning | 1 |
| Circus Dreams | 1 |
| Critical Skills Institute- Level 1 | 2
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SECOND FALL
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| REQUIRED COURSES (8 credits) |
| Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| Problem Solving Science | 2 |
| Internship & Professional Seminar | 3 |
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Required Course Credits Total
33 for Arts and Humanities Concentration
34 for Science And Environmental Concentration
36 for Early Childhood Certification students
Elective Credits Total (minimum)
7 for Arts and Humanities Concentration
6 for Science And Environmental Concentration
4 for Early Childhood Certification students
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 40
* Additional requirements for Science and Environmental Education Concentration students
** Additional requirements for Early Childhood Certification students
*** Additional requirements for Arts and Humanities Concentration students