Candidates must qualify for admission to either the single or the multiple subject program (see Multiple Subject Instruction and Single Subject Instruction Credential Programs). Candidates earn either the Single Subject Teaching Credential: Middle Level Emphasis, or the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential: Middle Level Emphasis. The holder of a Single Subject Teaching Credential: Middle Level Emphasis is authorized to teach the subject in a departmentalized setting at any grade level. The holder of a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential: Middle Level Emphasis is authorized to teach in a self-contained classroom at any grade level. Most candidates, however, earn certification in both multiple and single subject instruction.
Candidates who are eligible to enter the Multiple Subject Credential Program by virtue of the completion of the Liberal Studies Waiver program, or by passing the Multiple Subjects Assessment for Teachers may have single subject authorization added by passing the appropriate Specialty Area Test of the Praxis Series (the subject assessment tests are also required with the following specialty area tests: art, life science, physical science, English, French, mathematics, music, physical education, social science, and Spanish) and subject matter certification approval by completing the waiver program in the specific single subject field, or by fulfilling the requirement for Supplementary Authorization, which permits teaching of a subject in a departmentalized class in grade 9 or below by completion of a total of twenty units or ten upper division units. (Contact the Credential Office in BH 231 for additional information regarding supplementary authorizations.)
Preparation in at least two subject areas is required of all candidates in the Middle Level Emphasis Program. Patterns of preparation include: completion of a single subject or multiple subject waiver program, or passing the relevant portions of the Praxis Series and subject matter certification approval, and adding a supplementary authorization to the Single or Multiple Subject Credential by meeting the requirement for Supplementary Authorization.
First Semester Units EDUC 678 Foundations of Middle Level Education 4 EDUC 679 Observation/Participation 2 EDUC 680 Curriculum and Instruction in Middle Level Education 4 EDUC 681 Teaching Reading/Language Arts in Middle Level Schools 3 Major 650 Curriculum and Instruction in (Subject Field) 3 Second Semester EDUC 682 Student Teaching in Middle Level Schools 12 EDUC 683 Advanced Seminar in Teaching in Middle Level Schools 2 EDUC 684 Skills for the Teacher/Adviser 1 EDUC 685 Teaching in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms 1 Total for preliminary credential 32
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