Department of Teacher Education

 

 

Holloway Hall
 

Approved by the Maryland State Department of Education for  Elementary School Teacher Certification

Students who wish to be certified to teach elementary school (Grades 1-6 & Middle) complete a rigorous program which meets state and national standards.

Students should be aware of the following requirements:

  1. All courses applied to the major must be completed with grades of C or better

  2. A checklist GPA of 2.75 is required prior to the start of Junior-Year Professional Program courses

  3. Students must complete a minor in order to graduate; the minor should be declared by January of sophomore year

  4. The PRAXIS I Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) must be completed by January of Sophomore Year.  Students are encouraged to take this test as early as possible.

FALL 2008: This information is for the new catalogue (ECED).
Prior to enrolling in Junior-Year Professional Program Courses, students must have all of the following coursework completed with grades of C or better:

DEPT

COURSE

BIOL*

101 or 210

CHEM/ PHYS*

CHEM 101/PHYS 101

GEOG* GEOG 104
ECED*  215 Fdns. EC Education
EDUC* 304 Learn. & Assessment
ENGL* 103 COMPOSITION
IIIA. HUMANITIES ELEC Art, Communication,
Theatre Arts,
Dance, Mod. Lang.,
Music, or Philosophy
MATH* 103/130 Fund. Concepts I
MATH* 155 Statistics
MATH* 230 Fund.
Concepts II

PSYC*

320 Infancy & Childhood

Prior to enrolling in Junior-Year Professional Program Courses, students must have two of the following completed with grades of C or better:

HIST

101, 102, or 103

HIST ELEC

Course above 103

IIIB SOCIAL SCIENCE
ELECTIVE

Anthropology, Economics, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology, Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution

 

Grades Recieved if completed
Not Required Prior to PTEP Admission

PHEC

106

ENGL

LIT

 

The information below is for the old catalogue.
Prior to enrolling in Junior-Year Professional Program Courses, students must have all of the following coursework completed with grades of C or better:

DEPT

COURSE

BIOL*

101 or 210

 CHEM/ PHYS

101 Physical Science

CMAT* 250 Instruct. Comm.
ECED*  215 Fdns. EC Education
EDUC* 210 Sch. in a Diverse Soc.
EDUC* 304 Learn. & Assessment
ENGL* 101 Composition I
ENGL* 102 Composition II
GEOG* 104 Earth/Space Sc.
IDIS* 285 Intro to Creative Arts
MATH* 103/130 Fund. Concepts I
MATH* 155 Statistics
MATH* 230 Fund. Concepts II
PSYC* 101 Gen. Psychology

PSYC*

320 Infancy & Childhood

Prior to enrolling in Junior-Year Professional Program Courses, students must have two of the following completed with grades of C or better:

HIST

101 World Civ. I

HIST

102 World Civ. II

IIB Elective

Social science elective (anthropology, economics, history, political science, or sociology/CADR)

GEOG

100 or 101 or 102

Major in Elementary Education
Elementary Education Checklist and Course Sequence

Elementary Education Handbook
Application to the Professional Program
Transfer Recommendations
Check your GPA

Departmental Requirements 
Admission to the Professional Program

Admission to Student Teaching

PRAXIS Testing

Student Teaching Application

 


FYI: SU forms can be found at the Registrar's Office website- http://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/forms.html including:

Application for Graduation
http://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/forms/NewApplicationforGraduation.doc

Request to Study at Another Institution
http://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/forms/Request%20to%20study.%205-18-06.doc

Major: Add, Drop, or Change Form
http://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/forms/Add%20or%20Change%20Major,%20Nov-2006,%20color.doc

Minor: Add, Drop, or Change Form
http://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/forms/MINOR,%20Nov%202006,%20color.doc
 

This Page Last Updated April 17, 2009