Program Requirements

37 credits

Required Courses:

PSED 161	Foundations of Education	3 credits
PSED 250	The Psychology of Learners In Diverse Communities	3 credits
SPED 102	Diversity of the Learner	3 credits
SPED 350	Assessment of Student Learning and Behavior in Diverse Communities	3 credits
REED 350	Teaching Reading to Communities of Diverse Learners	3 credits
PSED 420	Seminar in Secondary Education I: Instructional Structures and Strategies	3 credits
PSED 421	Seminar in Secondary Education II: Teaching Secondary Students In Diverse, Inclusive Classroom	3 credits
PSED 430	Student Teaching in Secondary Education | Middle and Junior High School	6 credits
PSED 431	Student Teaching in Secondary Education/ Senior High School	6 credits

One of the following that corresponds major/concentration area:

PSED 406	Teaching of English in the Secondary Schools	3 credits
PSED 416	Teaching of Foreign Language	3 credits
PSED 436	Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary Schools	3 credits
PSED 446	Teaching of Science in the Secondary Schools	3 credits
PSED 458	Teaching of Social Studies in the Secondary Schools	3 credits

One of the following Internships that corresponds to the major/certification content ESU:

BIOL 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit
CHEM 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit
ENGL 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit
HIST 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit
MATH 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit
MLNG 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credits
PHYS 499	Student Teaching Internship	1 credit

Successful Teacher Education Council Approval; Successful Completion of the Teacher Education Unit Wide Assessments; major in another content area that has Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) approval to offer teacher education programs for secondary education or completion of a set of courses approved for content certification by PDE with the GPA set by PDE; student teaching approval; requirements identified by_ 499 coursework.