Graduate Programs PA Certification: Elementary Education (K-6) with Early Childhood (N-6)
Contact: Dr. Cathy Neimetz (cneimetz@eastern.edu)
- Program Description
- Graduate Admission Requirements
- PA Certification Requirements
- Student Teaching Requirements
- Course Requirements
- Executive Summary
Program Description
The successful completion of this program will prepare students to teach in elementary classrooms (K-6) or nursery schools (N-K) in Pennsylvania (PA). This program can be combined with M. Ed. in Multicultural Education.
PA Certification Requirements
Applicants must fulfill the following requirements before being recommended for a PA certification in their certification area.
- An exiting GPA of 3.0
- Successful Completion of course requirements in their certification area
- Successful Completion of PRAXIS I and II tests
- Student Teaching in their certification area
Course Requirements
Early Childhood Education certification requirements include:
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit |
|
EDU 528 |
Early Childhood Education: Principles and Procedures |
3 |
|
EDU 529 |
Early Childhood Education: Curriculum and Assessment |
3 |
|
EDU 550 |
Field Experience: Early Childhood |
3 |
|
EDU 583 |
Early Intervention in Inclusive Settings |
3 |
Elementary Education Courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit |
|
EDU 500 |
Foundations of Education |
3 |
|
EDU 501 |
Issues in Special Education |
3 |
|
EDU 507* |
Child/Adolescent and Educational Psychology |
3 |
|
EDU 571 |
Teaching Math, Science and Health |
3 |
|
EDU 572 |
Teaching Language Arts and Social Studies |
3 |
|
EDU 582 |
Methods of Classroom Management |
3 |
|
EDU 600 |
Early Literacy Foundations |
3 |
|
EDU 601 |
Literacy Foundations for Intermediate Grades |
3 |
|
EDU 610 |
Student Teaching |
6 |
|
EDU 620 |
Practicum |
3 |
* OR CLEP-Human Growth & Development & Introduction to Educational Psychology
Students submitting their PDE forms for Instructional I certification after 1/1/2013 must have the following three courses to be "highly qualified".
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit |
|
EDU 503 |
Education and Assessment of Exceptional Students (prereq. EDU 501) |
3 |
|
EDU 505 |
Classroom Procedures and Teaching Techniques for Multi-handicapped (prereq. EDU 501) |
3 |
|
EDU 512 |
Tesol Methods with Field Experience |
3 |
