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Licensing Minor in Secondary Education
Program Description

The Education Minor is for Secondary Education Teaching only (junior high, middle, and high school).  Students will be required to complete 33 hours in the professional education blocks.  The Education Minor is open to majors that Indiana University Southeast School of Education has state approval to grant degrees. This program allows undergraduate students to complete a teaching licensure program with a major in a related program in which the state offers a content exam for teachers and in an area that the Indiana University Southeast School of Education is approved to offer. Interested students must meet the secondary admission requirements for acceptance to the Secondary Teacher Education Program (as described below). All individuals desiring to teach in Indiana must complete and pass the Indiana Core Assessment Exam to be eligible for a teaching license.

To be admitted to the Secondary Education Program (SEP), candidates must meet all the requirements for Summative Decision Point I as listed below:

  1. have taken EDUC-F 200 and earned a grade of at least 2.0 (C) and have a grade-point-average in professional education courses of at least 2.5
  2. have taken the communication courses (i.e., ENG-W 131, SPCH-S 121, and second writing course approved by general education with no grade less than 2.0 (C) and a grade point-average of at least 2.5
  3. have taken the required mathematics courses for your program and earned a grade of at least 2.0 (C)
  4. have an overall grade-point-average of at least 2.5
  5. have at least a grade of 2.0 (C) in each course in the licensing area(s) and an overall average in each licensing area of at least 2.5
  6. have acceptable recommendation from the instructors and field experience teachers in EDUC-F 200

To be eligible to take the Education Psychology Block (i.e.,P312/P313/M303/K200) candidates must meet the following requirements:

1.  be admitted to the SEP at IUS;

2.  have a grade of at least 2.0 (C) in M300 and in all coursework in all teaching licensing areas with a grade-point-average of at least 2.5;

3.  have an overall grade-point-average of at least 2.5; and       

4.  be eligible for student teaching in the spring of the next academic year.

To be eligible to enroll in the General Methods/Reading Methods Block 2 candidates must meet the Summative Decision Point II requirements. These requirements include:

1. have a grade of at least 2.0 (C) and a grade-point-average of at least 2.5 in the professional education coursework and in the coursework in all licensing areas;

2. have an overall grade-point average of at least 2.5;

3. be eligible to student teach in the Spring semester following Block II (F401/M301/M314/M464); and

4. have acceptable recommendations from the instructors and field experience teachers in the Block I (K200/P312/P313/M303)

To be eligible to enroll in the Specific Methods and Student Teaching Block 3 candidates must meet the following Summative Decision Point III requirements in addition to maintaining the grades and grade-point-averages listed above:

1.  have successfully completed at least 75% of the coursework in their major;

2.  be able to complete all requirements for their degree by the summer following student teaching;

3.  have acceptable recommendations from their Block II (M301/M314/M464/F401) instructors and field experience teachers

To be eligible to apply for a teaching license, candidates must meet all of the requirements for Summative Decision Point IV listed below:

1.  have completed and satisfactorily passed all coursework in professional education including specific methods and student teaching with no grade less than a 2.0 (C) and a grade-point- average of at least 2.5;

2. have completed all coursework in the major with no grade less than a 2.0 (C) and with a grade-point-average of at least 2.5;

3. have an overall grade-point-average of at least 2.5;

4. have obtained their degree with a major in the appropriate content area for being licensed to teach.

To be eligible for licensure, candidates must:

1. complete all requirements for all Decision Points above; and

2. have passed the Praxis II Content Knowledge Test (prior to 5/31/2014 or the Indiana Content Knowledge Assessment for specified content area (based on the Indiana standards).

Professional Education (36)

Dept

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

EDUC-F

 

200 

Examining Self as Teacher

 

EDUC-M 

300 

Teaching in a Pluralistic Society 

C

EDUC-K

205

Introduction to Exceptional Children

2

C

Candidates must be admitted to the Secondary Education Program to enroll in any of the professional education blocks below (passing scores for all Praxis I tests, prior to 5/31/2014 or CASA or other state approved alternatives based on Indiana Required Standards)

First Block

EDUC-P

312

Learning : Theory into Practice

3

C

EDUC-P

313

Adolescents in a Learning Community

2

C

Second Block

EDUC-F

401 

Topical Explorations in Education

S

EDUC-M

314

General Methods for Sr/Jr/Middle School Teachers

3

C

Third Block 

EDUC-M

464

Methods of Teaching Reading

3

C

EDUC-M or EDUC-M or EDUC-M or EDUC-M or EDUC-S

441
446
452
457
490

Methods of Teaching Senior/Junior High Content

3

C

 

 

Fourth Block

 

EDUC-M

480

Student Teaching in Secondary Schools

12

S

EDUC-F

401

Topical Exploration in Education

1

S

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