Teaching Major Decision Point 2 Requirements

1. Hours & GPA Requirements

Complete 45 hours and earn at least a 2.5 overall G.P.A.

2. Artifacts: English and Communications Courses

You must earn a C or better in required ENG and COMM courses.

Decision Point 2 artifacts from these courses include the following:

• ENG 210 (Rhetorical Analysis)
• ENG 213 (Web Site Project)
• ENG 220 (Language and Society Assessment)
• ENG 230 (Research Paper)
• COMM 220 (Debate Assignment)
• COMM 240 (Paper or Exam) or COMM 290 (Paper)

For each of the above courses, your instructor will fill out a rubric (i.e. scoring sheet) for the required artifact and enter it into rGrade. You may view the rubrics used to assess your artifact by going to the Language Arts program page in rGrade. Scroll down to a particular artifact and click on the red cube associated with it to view the appropriate rubric.

You must pass each artifact with a C or better. If you do not, then we have established a process where you can attempt to “remediate” the artifact. In this case, please contact Dr. Adam Beach, the Director of Undergraduate Programs (285-8574) to begin the remediation process. The student must successfully revise the artifact within the semester following the course in which he/she failed the artifact. If the student fails to revise the artifact up to acceptable standards, he/she will have the choice of retaking the class or dropping the teaching major. The revision of the artifact will not change the student’s course grade.

3. Artifacts: Professional Education Courses

You must earn a C or better in your 100 and 200-level Professional Education Courses.

Decision Point 2 artifacts from these courses include the following:

• EDMUL 205 (Autobiography)
• EDPSY 251 (Developmental Paper)

Your instructor for each course will fill out a rubric for the required artifact and enter it into rGrade. You may view the rubrics used to assess your artifact by clicking on the “red cube” icon in rGrade.

4. Disposition Assessment

Disposition Assessment takes place in EDMUL 205. For information on Dispositions Assessments see the following information from Teacher’s College: Dispositions article. This page also includes a link to the rubric used to assess your dispositions.

5. PRAXIS I Exam

Information on Praxis testing can be found on the ETS website. You may also consult this information from Teacher’s College: Testing Requirements. 

6. Professional Growth Plan: Phase One

You must complete Phase One of your Professional Growth Plan (PGP). The web site for the PGP can be found at: http://www.bsu.edu/web/pgpbsu.  You may also consult this information from Teacher’s College: PGP article.  If your scores for the PGP have not been properly recorded in Rgrade, please contact Roberta Cunningham in Teacher's College at 285-5447.

7. Decision Point 2 Portfolio

At Decision Point 2, your portfolio needs to include a revised set of reflective statements for each INTASC principle. These should be clearly labeled Decision Point 2 reflections, and they should appear immediately above those you wrote for Decision Point 1 so that reviewers can chart the development of your thinking about each INTASC principle.

You also need to include one artifact with an accompanying rationale clearly labeled DP2 for INTASC Principles #1-3. These artifacts come from specific classes; therefore, it is necessary to have taken these classes before you turn in your portfolio.

• For INTASC Principle #1, you should choose one English content artifact that has been assessed at Decision Point #2 (from ENG 210, 213, 220, or 230. See the list above.)
• Your artifact from INTASC Principle #2 should come from EDPSYCH 250/1.
• Your artifact for INTASC Principle #3 should come from EdMul 205

More Information about the Portfolio . . .

• For information about INTASC Principles, reflections, artifacts, and rationales, please consult this page about Digital Portfolios.
• A general overview of the portfolio system can be found in this clarifying document (.doc), which was distributed by Dr. Cathy Siebert, the coordinator for Decision Point 3.
• Here is another general overview of the portfolio system.
• The site where you build your portfolio can be found at: http://portfolio.iweb.bsu.edu.
• You may also consult the following information from Teacher’s College: Digital Portfolios article.
• For technical help with your portfolio, contact pcraig@bsu.edu, call 285-4195, or walk-in at TC 709.
• The following rubric will be used to assess your Decision Point #2 portfolio: Rubric for Decision Point 2 Portfolio.

Portfolio Evaluation

Beginning in Spring 2008, portfolios will be evaluated at Decision Point 2 in the English Department as follows:

• A committee of three professional education faculty from the English Department, as appointed by the department chair, will conduct the review.
• Portfolios will be due on the Friday of the seventh week of the semester from all students who are finishing their DP 2 classes in that semester. The undergraduate studies director will send several emails to all English majors early in the semester, and as the deadline approaches, informing them that anyone who is enrolled in their final DP 2 classes (ENG 210, 220, 230, EDMUL 205, EDPSY 251, COMM 220 and 240 or 290) must submit their electronic portfolio by that deadline.
• Each student must submit his/her portfolio by emailing the portfolio’s web address to the undergraduate studies director. The undergraduate studies director will forward the web addresses to the committee.
• Portfolios will be assessed on rGrade by Friday of Week 9 of the semester. The undergraduate studies director will inform any student who has not gotten an overall rating of “Basic” or better. If a student earns an unsatisfactory rating, the student will be required to re-submit the portfolio by Friday of week 12 of the semester. The committee will re-evaluate any failed portfolios by Friday of week 14 of the semester.

8. Approved Application

Once you have completed all Decision Point #2 requirements, go to the Office of Teacher Education Services (TC 915) to complete an Application For Admission to Teaching Curriculum. Your application must be approved at Decision Point 2.

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