Four Year Plan Elementary Education Generalist

Four Year Plan

Elementary Education Generalist

School-Age (Grades K - 6)

(126 hours)

Following Admission to Teaching Curriculum

Third Year (35 hours)

Fall or Spring

Concentration Area Course (3)

*EDEL 300 Management, Organization, and Instruction in the Elementary Classroom(3)

*ENG 311 The Teaching of Language Arts in the Elementary Grades (3)

*EDRDG 400 Teaching of Reading in Today's School(3)

ENG 331 Children's Literature (3)

*EDPSY 393 Educational Psychology for Elementary Education(3)

Fall or Spring

*EDEL 350 Teaching in the Elementary Education Classroom/ Practicum (2)

*SPCED 302 Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom (3)

*SCI 397 Teaching Science in the Elementary School (3)

SS 397 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)

*MATHS 391 Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Elementary School (3)

Concentration Area Course (3)

* Requires admission to the teaching curriculum to register.

By the end of the third year, each student should have:

	Completed EDEL 300, EDRDG 400, EDEL 350, EDPSY 393, SCI 397, SS 397, with at least a grade of "C"; and MATHS 391 with at least a grade of C-";
	Maintained at least a 2.5 overall G.P.A.;
	Completed all Department requirements; and College Standards; and
	Passed the Writing Competency Exam.

Fourth Year (27 hours)

Fall

EDEL 463, 464, 465 Full Time Student Teaching - 16 weeks (12)

Spring

Concentration Area (3)

University Core Course (3)

*EDFON 420 Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)

*EDRDG 430 Corrective Reading/Practicum (3)

*EDEL 450 Senior Seminar in Early Childhood and Elementary Education(3)

* Requires admission to the teaching curriculum to register.

By the end of the fourth year, each student should have:

	Passed the designated Specialty Test for the Praxis II Exams;
	Completed all requirements for graduation;
	Applied for graduation;
	Completed all Department and College Standards for licensure by the State of Indiana.