EDUC - 570. Middle School Students, Structures and Standards
3 credit(s) This course is designed to prepare students for the teaching of grades 5 and 6. It is designed to offer students a chance to explore topics and methodology that are most appropriate for the teaching of students at the middle adolescence level. It is a course based on the theoretical and practical aspects of the teaching experience and on helping develop students into what we need today: competent, energetic and dedicated teachers at the middle level. This is a professional course which demands professional responsibility, a regular commitment, initiative and attentiveness. It is not in any way an exploratory course but one in which a commitment to teaching is assumed. This course and EDUC 571 qualify students with a grade 7-12 teaching certificate to be also certified to teach grades 5 and 6 in New York State. Prerequisites: Adolescent 7 - 12 Teacher Certification in a content area.