MAT 123 First Year Seminar

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MAT 123 First Year Seminar

• Becoming a Certified Teacher in Arizona

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Certification Requirements

• Teachers are certified through the State of
  Arizona http//www.ade.state.az.us/certification/r
  equirements/TeachingCerts/
• A Provisional Certificate is valid for two years
  and is not renewable, but may be extended once
  for two years.
• All requirements for the Provisional Secondary
  Certificate must be met.
• Bachelors degree minimum from an accredited
  institution. Official transcript(s) required.
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card issued by the
  Arizona Department of Public Safety.
• Passing score on the secondary professional
  knowledge portion of the Arizona Educator
  Proficiency Assessment.
• Passing score on the secondary education subject
  knowledge portion of the Arizona Educator
  Proficiency Assessment. If a proficiency
  assessment is not offered in a subject area, an
  approved area shall consist of a minimum of 24
  semester hours of subject-related courses from an
  accredited institution. Note An approved area in
  general science is comprised of 12 semester hours
  of life science courses and 12 semester hours of
  physical science courses.

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Certification Requirements

• Arizona Constitution (a college course or the
  appropriate examination)
• U.S. Constitution (a college course or the
  appropriate examination)
• NOTE If you otherwise qualify for the
  certificate but are deficient in Arizona and/or
  U.S. Constitution, you have three years under a
  valid teaching certificate to fulfill the
  requirement, except that if you are teaching an
  academic course on history, government, social
  studies, citizenship, law, or civics, you have
  one year to fulfill the requirement.
• Option A, B, or C
• Completion of a teacher preparation program in
  secondary education from an accredited
  institution or from a Board-approved teacher
  preparation program
• A valid secondary certificate from another state
• 30 semester hours of education courses including
  at least 8 semester hours of practicum in grades
  7-12. Two years of verified teaching experience
  in grades 7-postsecondary may substitute for the
  8 semester hours of practicum. Courses which
  teach the knowledge and skills described in the
  professional teaching standards such as learning
  theory, classroom management, methods, assessment
  are acceptable.

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Certification Requirements

• CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STANDARD SECONDARY
  CERTIFICATE
• Certificate is valid for six years and is
  renewable.
• Qualify and hold the Provisional Secondary
  Certificate for two years.
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card issued by the
  Arizona Department of Public Safety.
• Passing score on the performance portion of the
  Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment.
  Currently, the assessment has not been developed.
  Two years of verified full-time teaching
  experience during the valid period of the
  provisional certificate may be used to convert
  the Provisional Certificate to a Standard
  Certificate.

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Certification Requirements

• B.S.Ed Requirements
• Liberal Studies
• Mathematics Requirements
• Education Requirements
• Other Requirements
• Constitution Requirement
• Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment (AEPA)
• Community College Teaching

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B.S.Ed. Requirements

• Program Sheet
• http//www.math.nau.edu
• Note MAT 302, a one-credit-hour practicum
  experience, is required in place of ECI 308.
  Sixty clock hours of practicum experience is
  required for MAT 302. You will gain these 60
  hours while enrolled in MAT 301, MAT 401, and MAT
  402 (20 hours in each course).
• Education Requirements
• http//coe.nau.edu/

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B.S.Ed. Requirements

• Education Requirements
• You must be admitted to teacher education program
  to take coursework beyond EDF 200. Application
  periods are February 1-15 and September 1-15.
• Admission Requirements
• Completed 45 hours of coursework
• Completed or currently enrolled in EDF 200
• Completed 15 hours of liberal studies credit in
  the discipline studies with a minimum 2.5 GPA
• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA in English foundations
  coursework
• Written composition of at least two pages on why
  you want to be a teacher

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B.S.Ed. Requirements

• Education Requirements (cont.)
• Admission Requirements (cont.)
• A letter of recommendation
• Have declared a major
• Have completed at least three hours in your major
• Have a minimum 2.5 GPA in all major coursework
• Have a grade of at least C in MAT 110, MAT 114,
  MAT 135, or equivalent
• Attend a secondary education advisement workshop

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B.S.Ed. Requirements

• Education Requirements (cont.)
• Course Requirements
• EDF 200 and EPS 325
• ECI 322 and ECI 350
• ECI 450, ECI 465, and ECI 495
• These courses, except for ECI 495, may be taken
  in a single semester via the Integrated Secondary
  Teacher Education Program (ISTEP). Students are
  on campus MTTh 830-1230 and in the public
  schools on Wednesday.

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B.S.Ed in Mathematics

• Other Requirements
• You must take POS 220 (or POS 110 and POS 241) to
  satisfy the State of Arizonas certification
  requirement. You may meet this requirement by
  examination through NAUs Counseling and Testing
  Center
• You must pass the professional knowledge and
  mathematics component of the Arizona Educator
  Proficiency Assessment (AEPA) http//www4.nau.edu/
  cee/aepa/

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Community College Teaching

• The State of Arizona no longer requires a
  certificate to teach at the community college
  level. However, the State has asked each County
  to establish its own minimum qualifications.
  Maricopa Community College District has adopted
  the following minimum qualifications for faculty
• Master's in any teaching field with 24 upper
  division and/or graduate semester hours with Math
  or Statistics and Probability prefixes, or
  master's in any teaching field with 18 graduate
  semester hours with Math or Statistics and
  Probability prefixes, or a master's in
  mathematics. Note A maximum of 9 upper
  division/graduate semester hours in math
  education or math content areas with physics or
  engineering prefixes may be counted toward the 24
  at the discretion of the math department/division
  chair.
• Please note If selected for a Residential
  Faculty position, in order to reach appointive
  status, 21 graduate semester hours in MAT or STP
  prefixes must be obtained. If 21 hours of
  graduate credit cannot be validated at the time
  of hire, a program must be developed in concert
  with the individual involved, the department
  chair, and the appropriate dean to remove the
  deficiency during the probationary period. Note
  A maximum of 6 semester graduate hours of math
  education may be counted toward the 21 hours at
  the discretion of the department/division chair.
• EDU 250 - Overview of the Community Colleges --
  or equivalent must be completed within two years
  of date of hire.