|
Antioch's M.A. in Education with Teacher Preparation program prepares you to become an elementary educator (K-8). Courses are offered during the evening. You should plan for some daytime field placements.
Orientation
New students attend orientation prior to the first week of class.
Courses for Elementary (K-8) Certification
Coursework to complete the elementary certification is 72 credits as follows:
- Education and Society - Foundations of a Diverse America (4)
- Strategies of Instruction and Assessment (4)
- Student Teaching (11)
- Supporting Seminar (1)
- Research Project I (4)
- Research Project II (4)
- Child Development & Learning Theory (4)
- Instructional Methods: Integrating the Arts (4)
- Instructional Methods for Social Studies (4)
- Instructional Methods: Mathematics (4)
- Instructional Methods: Science (4)
- Instructional Methods: Health, Fitness and Safety - Content and Methods (4)
- Literacy Issues and Methods I: Writing and Learning to Write (4)
- Literacy Issues and Methods II: Reading and Learning to Read (4)
- English Language Learners (4)
- Special Education (4)
- Classroom Management (3-4)
Field Experience
Before student teaching, you participate in field experiences in a school classroom during the day, which are organized by the field placement coordinator in conjunction with faculty. This provides an essential opportunity for you to observe a real classroom and integrate that experience with your program learning. You will be placed in a field experience for one week each quarter for the first three quarters of your program. In addition, you will have two weeks of field experience in the classroom where you will student teach, for a total of five weeks of field experience. You have an opportunity to direct your placement based on your location and interests.
Student Teaching
You complete a student teaching internship in the fifth or sixth quarter. The director of field experiences arranges these placements based on your interests and teaching goals. Student teaching generally takes 10 weeks to complete and is immediately preceded by a two-week field experience in the same classroom (see above). Read more about student teaching.
Back to Top
|
