{"id":131,"date":"2012-08-30T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T22:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/school-of-education\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2021-06-28T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:57:59","slug":"undergraduate-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/curriculum\/undergraduate-education-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-db0bdd11-7fff-cf86-d06e-6184196d84d4\">Stephanie Squires<\/span>, Ph.D., <em>Dean<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anna Cicirelli, Ed.D., <em>Associate Dean<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michele Cassaro, M.Ed.<em>, Assitant Dean<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Caulfield School of Education offers a major in Elementary Education and a minor in Secondary Education. It also offers various options to become certified in many academic areas. The undergraduate program in Education provides pre-professional training for teaching on the pre-school, elementary, middle school, and secondary school levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Entry and Exit Requirements<\/strong><br\/>\nStudents seeking admission to the undergraduate programs apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program normally second semester of sophomore year.<\/p>\n<p>Admission criteria include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>3.0 minimum grade point average<\/li>\n\t<li>successful completion of ED-490: Sophomore Clinical Experience and Seminar<\/li>\n\t<li>successful completion of either ED-160 or ED-170\/ED-203<\/li>\n\t<li>entrance interview and recommendation of School of Education Faculty<\/li>\n\t<li>taking and passing the Praxis I Core Exam<br\/>\n\t\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exit requirements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>3.0 minimum overall grade point average\u00a0<\/li>\n\t<li>exit interview conducted in Student Teacher Seminar<\/li>\n\t<li>Praxis Exam in the specialized area that the student wishes to be certified in<br\/>\n\t\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Jersey Certification Requirements<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Elementary School Teacher certification requires students to complete:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>core curriculum requirements (minimum of 60 credits in liberal arts)<\/li>\n\t<li>coherent sequence and major in Elementary Education<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n\t<li>required passing of Praxis I and Praxis II exams<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Middle School Teacher certification requires students to complete:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>core curriculum requirements (minimum of 60 credits in liberal arts)<\/li>\n\t<li>coherent sequence and major in Elementary Education<\/li>\n\t<li>15 credits in approved program in each subject endorsed on the middle school level; the credits may be included in the academic major, core curriculum or electives<\/li>\n\t<li>required passing of Praxis I and Praxis II exams<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Secondary School certification requires students to complete:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>core curriculum requirements\u00a0<\/li>\n\t<li>academic major (minimum of 30 credits in subject area to be taught) and minor in Secondary Education<\/li>\n\t<li>required passing of Praxis I and Praxis II exams<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><sup>1\u00a0<\/sup> Note: All students will be required to take and pass the Praxis exam before being permitted to student teach.<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0Elementary Education majors can also take required courses for Pre-School-3 Certification.<\/p>\n<h3>Areas Of Certification<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Elementary Education Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Elementary Classroom Teacher (K-6)<\/li>\n\t<li>Pre-School-3 Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Elementary Education Program with Middle School Certification<\/strong> (15 credits are required in subject area for middle school certification. Core courses can be included in the 15 credits.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Teacher of Middle School Science<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Middle School English<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Middle School Social Studies<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Middle School Mathematics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Secondary Education Program with Subject Area Endorsements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Teacher of Art<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Comprehensive Business<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Biological Science<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Mathematics<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of General Business<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Physical Science<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of English<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of French<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Italian<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Spanish<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Social Studies<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of History<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Chemistry<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Physics<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Physical Education<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Health<\/li>\n\t<li>Teacher of Physical Education and Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-02a714fb-7fff-2a56-40f4-46dc5ae5bc34\">Dr. Stephanie Squires<\/span>, <em>Dean<\/em><\/p>\n <h2><strong style=\"font-size:16px\">Requirements for Elementary Education Major (Grades K - 6 and Pre-School-3)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2> <h3><strong>Degree of Bachelor of Arts<\/strong><\/h3> <p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f1582221-7fff-8f1a-fec2-ce3674e24962\">All Elementary Education students who wish to receive a State of New Jersey Teaching Certificate (K-6) will also take the courses necessary to be certified as Pre-School-3 teachers.\u00a0 Elementary Education students must complete the following courses. Students who wish to take a course out of sequence should check with their departmental advisor.<\/span><\/p> <table class=\"sc_courselist\" width=\"100%\"><colgroup><col class=\"codecol\"\/><col class=\"titlecol\"\/><col align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"hourscol\"\/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">Sophomore Year (7 credits)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-160\">ED-160<\/span><\/td><td>Education\/Schooling\/Multicultural Soc<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-170\">ED-170<\/span><\/td><td>Child and Adolescent Psychology<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-490\">ED-490<\/span><\/td><td>Clinical Experience I<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">1<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"orclass odd\"><td class=\"codecol orclass\">or\u00a0<span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-490\">EP-490<\/span><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"> Clinical Experience I: Early Child\/Elem<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">Junior Year (17 credits)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EE-202\">EE-202<\/span><\/td><td>Elementary Curriculum<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EE-204\">EE-204<\/span><\/td><td>Using Technology in Elem Language Arts<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EE-206\">EE-206<\/span><\/td><td>Teaching Reading\/Elementary School<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EE-212\">EE-212<\/span><\/td><td>Methods Teaching Math in Elem School<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EE-214\">EE-214<\/span><\/td><td>Teach Science\/Elem Sch Using Technology<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-491\">ED-491<\/span><\/td><td>Clinical Experience II<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">2<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"orclass even\"><td class=\"codecol orclass\">or\u00a0<span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-491\">EP-491<\/span><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"> Clinical Experience Ii: Early Child\/Elem<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">Senior Year (14 credits)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-301\">ED-301<\/span><\/td><td>Assessment<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-493\">ED-493<\/span><\/td><td>Practicum in Reading<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even lastrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-495\">ED-495<\/span><\/td><td>Clinical Practice II and Seminar<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">8<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"listsum\"><td colspan=\"2\">Total Credits<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">38<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>  <h2>Courses required for P-3 Certification<\/h2> <table class=\"sc_courselist\" width=\"100%\"><colgroup><col class=\"codecol\"\/><col class=\"titlecol\"\/><col align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"hourscol\"\/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">Courses Required P-3 Certification<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-201\">ED-201<\/span><\/td><td>Fundamentals of Speech<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-201\">EP-201<\/span><\/td><td>Child Development in the Early Years<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-202\">EP-202<\/span><\/td><td>Developing Home School Family Partners<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-301\">EP-301<\/span><\/td><td>Introduction to Special Education<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd lastrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-302\">EP-302<\/span><\/td><td>Meth. Curr. Assess. in EC CL<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <\/tbody><\/table>  <h2>Requirements for Elementary Education Major (Grades Kindergarten to 6)<\/h2> <h2>with Middle School Certification (Grades 6 to 8)<\/h2> <h3>Degree of Bachelor of Arts<\/h3> <p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-727a7581-7fff-ee65-3ee0-7b70b64bd16c\">All Elementary Education students who wish to receive a middle school teaching certificate are required to follow the educational sequence outlined above for Elementary Education majors. In order to receive Middle School Certification, the student must take a sequence of courses (15 credits minimum) in the area in which they wish to teach. Students also need to successfully pass the Praxis II exam in the subject area in which they wish to teach.<\/span><\/p> <h3>Special Notes on Core Curriculum Requirements for Elementary Education Majors<\/h3> <table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"sc_footnotes\"><tr><td valign=\"top\" class=\"symcol\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"notecol\"><p>The recommended Mathematics Core Requirement is MA-108\/MA-109 Math for Educators, I and II or MA-105\/MA-106 or MA-102\/MA-103.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" class=\"symcol\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"notecol\"><p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-936ba9b8-7fff-a534-0b03-c0c4ef708743\">CS-150 Introduction to Computers and Information Processing is recommended as part of the Core Natural Science Requirement.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n <h2>Requirements for a Minor in Secondary Education<\/h2> <p>Since for Secondary Education students the academic major is also specific preparation for the subject teaching certificate, the student must choose an academic major that is taught at the high school level. In addition to an advisor from the department of the academic major, all Secondary Education minors must confer with an advisor in the School of Education and declare Secondary Education as a minor. Secondary Education minors must complete the following 25 credits:<\/p> <table class=\"sc_courselist\" width=\"100%\"><colgroup><col class=\"codecol\"\/><col class=\"titlecol\"\/><col align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"hourscol\"\/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-160\">ED-160<\/span><\/td><td>Education\/Schooling\/Multicultural Soc<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-203\">ED-203<\/span><\/td><td>Educational Psychology (or with permission ED-170)<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"ED-492\">ED-492<\/span><\/td><td>Clinical Prac I &amp; Seminar Elem\/Mid\/Sec<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3.00<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"EP-301\">EP-301<\/span><\/td><td>Introduction to Special Education<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3.00<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"SE-370\">SE-370<\/span><\/td><td>Reading\/Sec Sch Using Technology<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"SE-400\">SE-400<\/span><\/td><td>Prin\/Tech of Instr\/Middle&amp; Secondary Sch<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"SE-408\">SE-408<\/span><\/td><td>Principles of High School Curriculum<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd lastrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"SE-495\">SE-495<\/span><\/td><td>Student Teaching: Secondary<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">8<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"listsum\"><td colspan=\"2\">Total Credits<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">29<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<h2>Health and Physical Education<\/h2>\n<p>Please see the <a href=\"\/health-and-physical-education\/curriculum\/\">Health and Physical Education website<\/a> for curricular information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health and Physical Education Please see the Health and Physical Education website for curricular information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/472"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}