Elementary Education programs:

• Transition to Teaching (IUB and IUPUI)
• Elementary Certification Masters Program (certification plus master's degree) (IUB)
• Special Education (Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention) (IUB only)

The Elementary Transition to Teaching program is a 24 credit hour certification program (including 6 credit hours of reading courses) with additional fees charged for all fieldwork and related seminars. Participants will engage in field experiences all three semesters.

Indiana law requires elementary applicants to have one of the following (1 or 2):

1. A bachelor's degree or the equivalent with a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale from an accredited institution of higher education.
2. Both:

• a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education with a grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; and
• five years of professional experience in an education-related field.

ELEMENTARY TRANSITION-TO-TEACHING PROGRAM (24 cr.)

BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM: NOT TAKING APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME, See Elementary Transition to Teaching plus Master's Degree Program under Elementary Education master's degree programs.

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• E543 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Mathematics (3 cr.)
• E547 Experience in Elementary Social Studies Curriculum (3 cr.)
• E548 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Science (3 cr.)
• E555 Human Diversity in Education (3 cr.)
• L545 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading in Elementary Schools (3 cr.)
• L549 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Language Arts in Elementary Schools (3 cr.)
• M500 Integrated Professional Seminar (1 cr. fall, spring semesters, 0 cr. during student teaching; 3 semesters required) Topics: Fall, Legal and Ethical Responsibilites; Spring, Creating Classroom Communities
• P515 Child Development (3 cr.)
• M550 Student Teaching, Elementary (1 cr.)

• Elementary Certification Masters Program (certification plus master's degree) (IUB)  The Elementary Transition to Teaching plus master's degree program admits students whose bachelor's degrees are not in education and who wish to be trained as elementary school teachers and earn a master's degree. For information about this program, see the section in this bulletin on master's programs in elementary education.

ELEMENTARY TRANSITION-TO-TEACHING PROGRAM (24 cr.)

INDIANAPOLIS PROGRAM

Transition-to-Teaching Programs at Indianapolis admit students whose bachelor's degrees are in fields other than education and who wish to be prepared as teachers. Students take course work at the graduate level to obtain certification and may opt at the completion of the program to use some of the credit hours toward a master's degree.

Unit 1: Early Childhood—(two full days + half-day per week )—Fall

• E531 Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood (5 cr.)
• M500 Integrated Professional Seminar (1 cr.)

Unit 2: Middle Childhood—(two full days + half-day per week)—Spring

• E532 Teaching and Learning in Middle Childhood (5 cr.)
• M500 Integrated Professional Seminar (1 cr.)

Unit 3: Individualizing Instruction—Summer 1

• L504 Identifying and Working with Learner Literacy Difficulties (3 cr.)
• F500 Social Studies and Foundations of Education (3 cr.)

Unit 4: Reflective Practitioner—Fall

• M550 Field Experience (5 cr.)—(Full-day student teaching five days per week for 16 weeks)
• M500 Integrated Professional Seminar (1 cr.)

EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS: MILD INTERVENTION, BLOOMINGTON  PENDING Final Approval

Offered at either the elementary level or the secondary level

Special Education for Indiana Schools Today (SPEDFIST) provides program options including Graduate Special Education Certification for Licensure, a Masters degree in special education, and a Masters degree plus Certification for Licensure in special education.

The program may be completed with course and field experiences at the elementary level or the secondary level. The courses may be taken online.  In addition, field experiences of about six hours/week are required.

This initial license in Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention is offered at either at the elementary or secondary levels.

 Special Education (Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention)

FALL:  

• K505 Introduction to Special Education for Graduate Students (3 cr.), complete in previous summer, if possible
• S500 Community of Teachers Special Education Orientation Seminar (2 cr.)
• K565 Collaboration and Service Delivery (3 cr.)

SPRING:

• K535 Assessment and Remediation of the Mildly Handicapped I (3 cr.)
• K553 Classroom Management and Behavior (3 cr.)  
• S500 Field-Based Seminar in Teacher Education (Community of Teachers )(3 cr.)

SUMMER:

• K548 Families, School, and Society (3 cr.)

Reading/Language Arts: 

• L545 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading in Elementary Schools (3 cr.) or L504 Identifying and Working with Learner Literacy Difficulties (3 cr.) P: L517 or L545 and P507

Second FALL:

• K536 Assessment and Remediation of the Mildly Handicapped II (3 cr.), P: K535
• K510 Assistive Technology in Special Education (3 cr.)
• S500 Field-Based Seminar in Teacher Education (Community of Teachers)(3 cr.)

Second SPRING or Third FALL:

• M550 Student Teaching: Special Education (10 weeks/10 cr.) P: completion of 20/30 portfolio expectations

Spring/Fall: 

Completion of Portfolio before recommendation for licensure.

This program also requires documentation of being Highly Qualified in a Core Academic Subject (Secondary) or for Elementary. See advisor for options.