Shear School of Education

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Shear School of Education

• Information Session
• 25 September, 2004
• Welcome!!

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Helpful Websites

• www.geneseo.edu/rommel
• www.geneseo.edu/educate

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School of Education Programs

• Early Childhood
• Birth through grade 2
• Childhood
• Grades 1 through 6
• Childhood with Special Education
• Grades 1 through 6, and special education grades
  1-6

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Adolescent Programs

• There are five programs through which students
  can become certified in secondary education
• English
• Foreign Language
• Mathematics
• Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and
  Physics each included General Science)
• Social Studies

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• English
• Foreign Language
• Math
• Social Studies
• Science
• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science
• General Science

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SOE Application

• To apply to the School of Education, a student
  must have
• finished 2 semesters of coursework,
• completed a Service Learning project, and
• have a GPA of 2.75.
• Application deadlines are December 1st and June
  1st of each year.

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Service Learning for CH, CH with SPED, and ECE
Programs

• Each applicant to the SOE must complete 25 hours
  of Service Learning with children of the ages
  s/he is being certified to teach.
• These hours must be done in at least 5 sessions,
  under the supervision of a certified teacher.

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Service Learning for Adolescent Programs

• Each applicant to the SOE must complete 15 hours
  of Service Learning with children of the ages
  s/he is being certified to teach.
• These hours must be done in at least 3 sessions,
  under the supervision of a certified teacher.

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Service Learning for All

• Applicants must have the Application/Service
  Learning packet to use during the Service
  Learning experience.
• Service Learning cannot be completed
  retroactively (applicants may not use
  experiences they had before obtaining the
  Application/Service Learning packet).

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School of Education Course Blocks

• Many courses in SOE programs are blocked
  together to provide for efficiency in planning
  field experiences and for interdisciplinary
  teaching purposes.
• Students progress through 5 blocks of coursework,
  which is followed by a student teaching semester.

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School of Education Course Blocks

• Students may enroll in only one block each
  semester.
• Every block is designed to build on the
  information covered in previous blocks.
• The blocks in each of the programs are different,
  so that while a friend may have a 4-course Block
  IV, you may have a 2-course Block IV.

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Program Structure for CH, CH with SPED, and ECE
Programs
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Required Related Courses for CH, CH with SPED,
and ECE Programs

• Candidates in SOE programs must also complete
  courses from other departments that are relevant
  to the Education major
• Math 140 (Mathematics for Elementary Education I)
• Math 141 (Mathematics for Elementary Education
  II)
• Psych 215 (Child Development)
• HPE 350 (Health and Safety Issues in Schools)

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Program Structure for Adolescent Program

• The adolescent certification constitutes neither
  a major nor a minor Students major in their
  liberal arts field (for example, mathematics) and
  earn adolescent certification.

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Adolescent Programs Design

• Block I INTD 203 Foundations
• EDUC 251 Literacy (7-12)
• Block II EDUC 204 Dimensions
• SPED 205 Special Needs
• Block III INTD 3xx Methods of Teaching
• Block IV Field Experience
• Student Teaching
• Blocks I II can be taken at the same time
• Required Related Courses
• HPE 350 (Health and Safety Issues in Schools)
• College Foreign Language Requirement (foreign
  language
• proficiency at the 201 level)
• Psych 216 (Adolescent Development)

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Entrance Requirements for Adolescent Programs

• 2.75 GPA
• INTD 105
• 15-hour Service Learning project

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Field Experiences

• Field experiences for the Childhood, Childhood
  with Special Education, Early Childhood and
  Adolescent programs are part of each block
  beginning with Block II.
• Field experiences are designed to gradually
  introduce teacher candidates to working with
  elementary or preschool students.
• Candidates begin by working one-on-one with
  students, then progress to small group lessons,
  and finally to teaching large groups or entire
  classrooms.

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Field Experiences

• Field experiences may create scheduling
  restrictions for candidates.
• Each course with a field experience component
  requires that candidates leave blocks of time
  free in their weekly schedules.

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Transportation

• All students are required to provide their own
  transportation to and from all field visits,
  which begin in the sophomore year.
• Students may arrange carpools, however faculty
  may not.

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Foreign Language Proficiency

• Certification candidates may use American Sign
  Language to complete the foreign language
  requirement of the College, however it is not
  offered at Geneseo.
• Geneseo students must exhibit foreign language
  proficiency at the 201 level (generally 3
  semesters at the college level) as a graduation
  requirement.

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Concentrations for CH, CH with SPED, and ECE
Programs

• Each candidate must choose an area of
  concentration in which s/he will take a minimum
  of 30 hours of (specified) coursework in one of
  25 liberal arts areas.

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Available Concentrations

• Anthropology
• Applied Computer Science
• Art History
• Computer Science
• Dance
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Foreign Languages (2 options)
• Geography
• History
• International Studies
• Latin American Studies

• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Music
• Natural Science (4 options)
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Theatre
• Urban Studies
• Womens Studies
• Human Development (Early Childhood only)

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Relationships Among Courses Major, Core,
Concentration, and Required Related
Required Related
MAJOR
Core
Concentration
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Student Teaching

• Some candidates will complete their student
  teaching experience in the fall semester while
  others will complete it in the spring semester.
• To qualify for student teaching, candidates must
  have a GPA of 2.0 in the semester immediately
  preceding student teaching, an overall GPA of
  2.75, a major GPA of 2.75, and a concentration
  GPA of 2.75, as applicable.

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SOE Student Organizations

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Elementary and Secondary Education Association
  (ESEA)
• Geneseo Organization for Deaf Awareness (GODA)
• Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society (KDP)
• Young Childrens Council (YCC)
• Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education

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SOE Student Organizations

• Information about all these organizations and
  others on campus are available at the Volunteer
  Fair that is held each fall.

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Special Note

• Students are responsible for knowing the rules
  expressed in the Undergraduate Bulletin, Master
  Schedule each semester, Student Teaching
  Handbook, and any other official documents of the
  School of Education.

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Adolescent Programs Certification Requirements

• Degree with content major
• Education Courses and Student Teaching
• 1 year Foreign Language
• Child Abuse Training
• School Violence Prevention Training
• Fingerprinting
• Certification Exams (3)
• LAST
• ATS-W
• CST in your content area

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Second Certifications for Liberal Arts Majors

• Some Geneseo students qualify for second
  certifications, i.e. Biology students often
  qualify for Chemistry. However, Geneseo cannot
  recommend a certification unless the student
  completes our program as registered. Second
  certifications can be obtained by having
  transcripts reviewed by a BOCES Certification
  Officer.

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Time for Questions!

• Thank you for your time.
• If you have questions that we did not answer
  today, please do not hesitate to contact one of
  us!

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Presenter Contact Information

• Dr. Susan Salmon
• salmon_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5326
• Dr. Mary Jensen
• jensen_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5397

• Dr. Katie Rommel-Esham
• rommel_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5325