SC Teacher Certification
Kaeli Weeks
Course Timeline
Double Major: Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education
Total: 143 Credit Hours
Credits from Classes taken in High School
- · Intro to Sociology (3 credits)
- · English 101 (3 credits)
- · English 102 (3 credits)
- · College Algebra (3 credits)
Freshman Year (2013-2014)
-Semester 1
- · ANTH 101 – Intro to Anthropology (3 credits)
- · COMM 104 – Public Speaking (3 credits)
- · FYSM 127 – Teaching Fellows (3 credits)
- · MATH 104 – Elementary Statistics (3 credits)
- · SPAN 190 – Elementary Spanish (3 credits)
*Take PRAXIS I Test
-Semester 2
- · THTR 176 – Intro to Theatre (3 credits)
- · ASTR 129 – Astronomy (3 credits) + Lab (1 credit)
- · ENG 313 – African American Literature (3 credits)
- · SPAN 200 – Elementary Spanish 2 (3 credits)
- · HIST 115 – Pre Modern History (3 credits)
Summer –
- · BIO 111 – Intro Cell Molecular Biology (3 credits)
- · MATH 103 – Contemporary Math with Applications (3 credits)
Sophomore Year (2014-2015)
-Semester 1
- · HIST 116 – Modern History (3 credits)
- · ARTH 101 – History of Art Prehistoric to Medieval (3 credits)
- · SPAN 202 – Intermediate Spanish (3 credits)
- · ASTR 130 – Astronomy (3 credits) + Lab (1 credit)
- · EDFS 101 – Foundations of Education (3 credits)
*Apply to School of Education, Must have PRAXIS I passed & EDFS with at least a C
-Semester 2
- · EDFS 303 – Human Growth and Educational Process (3 credits)
- · EDEE 323 – Development of Mathematical Thinking (3 credits)
- · EDEE 325 – Language and Literacy Development (3 credits)
- · EDFS 326 – Intro to Educational Technology (3 credits)
- · EDEE 327 – Learner Development and the Context of Learning (Field Experience) (3 credits)
Junior Year (2015-2016)
-Semester 1
- · EDEE 365 – Teaching Mathematics PK-3 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 375 – Reading/Learning Strategies PK-3 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 367 – Teaching Science PK-3 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 371 – Teaching Social Studies PK-3 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 363 – Intro to Early Childhood (3 credits)
- · EDEE 380 – Application of Curriculum and Instruction PK-3 (3 credits)
-Semester 2
- · EDEE 366 – Teaching Mathematics 2-8 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 377 – Reading/Learning Strategies 2-8 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 368 – Teaching Science 2-8 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 373 – Teaching Social Studies 2-8 (3 credits)
- · EDEE 374 – Balancing Students and Curriculum (3 credits)
- · EDEE 382 – Application of Curriculum and Instruction 2-6 (field experience) (3 credits)
Senior Year (2016-2017)
-Semester 1
- · EDEE 403 – Visual and Performing Art (3 credits)
- · EDEE 409 – Meeting Needs of Diverse Learners (3 credits)
- · EDEE 370 – Teaching Health and PE (3 credits)
- · EDEE 407 – Creating Learning Environments (3 credits)
- · EDEE 415 – Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment PK-3 (field experience) (3 credits)
*Take PRAXIS II
-Semester 2
- · EDEE 455 – Early Childhood Clinical Practice (12 credits)
Begin Interviewing for Teaching Positions
Begin First Teaching Position
SC New Teacher Certification Requirements
· Meet with Freshman Advisor
· Declare education major
· Meet with School of Education Advisor
· Pass Foundations of Education
· Pass PRAXIS I ($135, must be passed before applying to School of Ed.)
· Apply to School of Education
o Requirements:
- Minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and 60 earned credit hours.
- Passing score on the 3 components of the PRAXIS 1 or qualifying SAT/ACT Scores
- Disposition forms from a general education professor, EDFS professor or a faculty member who has observed you working with children.
- A grade of C or better in EDFS 201
- Pass PRAXIS II (first semester senior year)
Resources
Early Childhood Education Major Requirements. (n.d.). Early Childhood Education
Major Requirements. Retrieved November 7, 2013, from
http://catalogs.cofc.edu/undergraduate/early-childhood-education-major-requirements.htm
Test and Service Fees. (n.d.). Praxis: For Test Takers: Fees. Retrieved November 7,
2013, from http://www.ets.org/praxis/about/fees
Tracey, Hunter-Doninger. (October 11, 2013) Personal Interview.