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Secondary
Certification
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Admission to the Teacher Education
Program
Admission for Transfer Students
General Requirements
Professional Requirements for Certification
Additional Requirements
Education
Department Web Site
Admission to the Teacher
Education Program
Students seeking admission to the teacher education program must first
demonstrate their readiness by completing the following requirements:
- PSYC 112 General Psychology with grade of C or better.
- EDUC 218 Developmental Psychology with grade of C or better.
- Sophomore standing with a GPA of at least 2.5.
- Demonstration of communication skills by completion of LAS 110 Writing
Across the Disciplines, LAS 120 Research Across the Disciplines, and COMM
102 Elements of Oral Communication with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA in the three courses.
- Successful completion of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) with
scores that meet or exceed the state requirements in the Reading
(173), Math (172), and Writing
(172) sections.
- EDUC 150 Introduction to Education with grade C or better.
- EDUC 215 Foundations of Education with a grade of C
or better.
- Submission of formal application to Education Committee.
- Submission and approval of a writing sample.
- Submission and approval of a video presentation.
Admission for Transfer Students
- Transfer credit that meets the requirements and standards above,
including GPA requirements. All transfer credits must
be a "C" or better.
- Successful completion of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) with
scores that meet or exceed the state requirements in the Reading
(173), Math (172), and Writing
(172) sections.
- Articulation of additional pre-professional credit as determined by
the director of teacher education and the registrar.
- Submission of formal application to Education Committee.
- Submission and approval of a writing sample.
- Submission and approval of a video presentation.
General Requirements
The college requires 50 semester hours of general education courses and
liberal arts courses for teacher certification. These courses will include
the Integrative Studies requirement and additional hours to reflect the
following:
- 12 hours chosen from oral and written communication, literature, and
foreign languages
- 12 hours chosen from the natural sciences and mathematics
- 12 hours chosen from history, social and behavioral sciences
The remaining 14 hours may be chosen from the above areas or from
religion and philosophy courses, and art or music courses pertaining to
history, literature, or appreciation.
Professional Requirements for
Certification
The professional course sequence is designed developmentally and each
course has at minimum a 20-hour clinical experience component. Students
should plan accordingly when designing their program.
With the exception of 150, 215, and 216, these
courses are open only to students who have been admitted to the teacher
education program.
In Education:
- 150 Introduction to Education
- 215 Foundations of Education
- 216 Foundations of Education Laboratory
- 322 Educational Psychology
- 323 Introduction to Exceptionalities
- 440 Professional Problems and Relations of Teachers (PPRT)
Required if seeking secondary certification:
In Education:
- 348 Reading for Secondary Teachers
- 438 Teaching Physics in the Secondary School
- 439 Secondary School Methods and Management
- 449 Observation and Supervised Teaching in the Secondary School
Additional Requirements
In addition to the requirements for the physics major, the student must
satisfy all the requirements for Kansas teacher certification as listed
above and complete the following courses:
In Integrative Studies (LAS):
In Chemistry:
- 111 General Chemistry 1
- 112 General Chemistry 2
A student wishing to obtain Kansas teacher certification in physics must
maintain a 2.50 GPA within physics, a 2.50 in education, and a 2.50 overall.
The Kansas legislature has mandated that all teacher certification
candidates must pass a Kansas Teacher Competency Test prior to Kansas
Teacher Certification. The Professional Knowledge section of the National
Teacher Exam (NTE) is required. This test is given periodically at various
Kansas testing centers. Students are responsible for arranging to take the
test before applying for state certification.
Effective July 1, 2003, all teacher candidates are also required to take
a nationally-normed content test in the are they will teach.
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