Early and Primary Teacher Education, BS

Teacher Candidacy Screening

Students are accepted to the University as Education majors, but progress beyond 48 credits may occur only upon application for Teacher Candidate status. Acceptance into Teacher Candidacy permits the student to engage in junior-level Education course work.

The following outline presents criteria for the teacher certification candidacy programs.

Verification of at least 48 semester hours in order to meet PDE chapter 354.23 regulations.
Verification of at least 3.0 GPA in Education, teaching area, and overall, with verification of “C” or above in education and teaching areas taken by the time of application.
Clearances: Criminal History Clearance (Act 34), Child Abuse Clearances (Act 151), and FBI Finger print Clearance Act (Act 114) indicating, “no record”. Any citation on the Act 34, Act 151 or Act 114 may result in removal from field, student teaching or Education Program.
Passing scores on the PRAXIS Series I examinations. (PSST Reading, Writing, Mathematics)

Further criteria for teacher candidacy to each program is shown below. More information is provided by the field director at scheduled meetings each semester.

Teacher Candidacy Requirements:

EDUC 140 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
EDUC 222 - (W) Educational Psychology
WRTG 107 - Composition (or WRTG 105 -106 )
ENLT Elective
MATH 6 credits of college-level mathematics at the 102 or higher level
Completed recommendations from two (preferably full-time) instructors in the education department with whom you have taken courses.
Satisfactory completion of a candidacy interview process as designed and implemented by the education department.
Complete a statement of intent.

Early and Primary Education Curriculum

(Pending final approval from Pennsylvania Department of Education)

	Department and Number Descriptive Title of Course	Fall Cr.	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR	EDUC 140 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education	3
MAJOR	EDUC 142 - Exceptional Lives	3
MAJOR	EDUC 222 - (W) Educational Psychology		3
GE QUAN	MATH 102 - (Q) Fundamentals of Numerical Mathematics	3
GE ELECT	MATH 105 - (Q) Fundamentals of Geometric Mathematics		3
GE WRTG-SPCH	WRTG 107 - Composition – COMM 100 - Public Speaking	3	3
GE S/BH	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible		3
GE HUMN	HIST 110 - (CH) History of the United States or HIST 111 - (CH) History of the United States		3
GE FSEM	FRESHMAN SEMINAR – Freshman Seminar	1
GE PHED	PHED 135 and PHED 119, PHED 129 or PHED 143 Dance or Wellness (one dance and wellness required)	1
GE PHED	PHED 135 and PHED 119, PHED 129 or PHED 143 Dance or Wellness (one dance and wellness required)	1
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy C/IL 102L - Computing and Information Literacy/Lab		3
		18	18
Second Year
MAJOR	EDUC 250 - Early Development and Intervention	3
MAJOR	EDUC 240 - Literacy Foundations for Preschool Level	3
MAJOR	EDUC 241 - Foundations of Reading, K-1		3
MAJOR	EDUC 256 - Family and Community Relations	3
MAJOR	EDUC 252 - Assessment in Early Childhood Education		3
MAJOR	EDUC 242 - Math for PreK-1	3
MAJOR	EDUC 224 - Integrating the Arts, Motor Development & Health for PreK-4		3
MAJOR	EDUC 257 - Family Collaboration and Diversity		3
GE S/BH	PS 130 - (S) American National Government I PS 131 - (S) American National Government II PS 135 - (S) State and Local Government		3
GE HUMN	(CL) ENLT requirement – ENLT 100 level	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3
GE NSCI	(E) NSCI ELECT – Natural Science		3
		18	18
Third Year
MAJOR	EDUC 359 - Introduction to English Language Learning		3
MAJOR	EDUC 358 - Reading to Learn with Trade Books & Texts, Primary Grades 2-4	3
MAJOR	EDUC 346 - Social Studies for PreK-4	3
MAJOR	EDUC 344 - Science for PreK-4		3
MAJOR	EDUC 339 - Math for Grades 2-4	3
MAJOR	EDUC 351 - Methods Across the Integrated Curriculum,PreK-1	3
MAJOR	EDUC 357 - Methods Across the Integrated Curriculum, Primary Grades 2-4		3
MAJOR	EDUC 343 - Evaluation and Measurement		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE NSCI	(E) PHYS – SCI ELECT Physical Science	3
GE PHIL	PHIL 210 - Ethics		3
GE PHED	PHED elective – Any activity PHED		1
		18	16
Fourth Year
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT – Humanities Elective	3
GE ELECT	ECO 410 - Economic Concepts and Applications	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT – Humanities Elective (Literature or Arts)	3
GE T/RS-PHIL	T/RS-PHIL ELECT – Theology or Philosophy Elective	3
GE ELECT	GEOG 134 - (S)World Regional Geography	3
GE ELECT	GE ELECT	3
MAJOR	EDUC 445 - Professional Practice Seminar, PreK-4		3
MAJOR	EDUC 457 - Instruction in PreK-4 Student Teaching EDUC 456 - Planning in PreK-4 Student Teaching EDUC 458 - Managing Classrooms in PreK-4 Student Teaching EDUC 459 - Professional Growth in PreK-4 Student Teaching		10
		18	13
	Total: 137 Credits

Early and Primary Teacher Education, BS

Teacher Candidacy Screening

Teacher Candidacy Requirements:

Early and Primary Education Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 137 Credits