Plan of Study – Occupational Cert without Secondary Education

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Interim Occupational Teaching Certificate

Standard CTE Courses (Minimum of 19 semester hours required. Students are also required to receive training in adult and child CPR and first aid before being recommended for the Standard CTE Certificate.)

EDU 2000 Introduction to Professional Education Experiences (3 s.h.)

Involves prospective teachers in the real issues of schooling and education, by examining historical and philosophical perspectives of education; attitudes, goals and skills pivotal to the growth of the developing teacher. Emphasizes active involvement in the learning and teaching process. Lab experience in elemtary and secondary school required.

EDU 3120 Educational Psychology (3 s.h.)

Focus on the learning process: role of the teacher in learning; efficiency of learning as it is affected by the developmental processes; psychological principles that are central to the learning process and their relationship to the teaching situation; variables in learning; and evaluation of the outcomes of learning. Application of learning theory and multicultural concepts in a field-based context. Includes a 1 hour field experience (30 clock hours). Prerequisites: PSY 1010 and EDU 2000.

EDU 3460 Instructional Media (3 s.h.)

Emphasizes the importance of incorporating supporting instruction to educational environments through the use of instructional media to promote integrative learning. Focuses on selecting, critically evaluating, and using appropriate media, including microcomputes, as an integral part of the curriculum to achieve specific learning objectives: locating, preparing and using existing and self made instructional media objectives, materials and lesson plans, and creating an instructional media portfolio for effective classroom presentations.

EDU 4250 Literacy Education in the Secondary School (4 s.h.)

Introduction to the theoretical foundation for teaching disciplinary literacy as cognitive processes essential for higher cognitive thinking, critical literacy, and mastery of the content areas taught in middle schools and high schools. Emphasis is placed on the principles, techniques, and processes of evidence-based disciplinary literacy instruction to enable students to be independent, strategic learners in secondary schools. Application of learned principles and practices in a classroom context. Prerequisites: EDU 3120 and acceptance to the Teacher Education Program.

EDU 4450 Foundations of Vocational Education (2 s.h.)

Principles of vocational education; understanding the learning process in the vocational education classroom, particularly as applied to work-based learning; working with individual differences (developmental, cultural, motivational) as students are guided to increasingly complex work-based learning. Prerequisites: EDU 3120, EDU 3300, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.

EDU 4590 Theory & Techniques of Instruction: Career & Technical Education (9-12) (4 s.h.)

Theory of instruction, methods, and materials in the secondary subject-matter fields in which students expect to teach; observations of classroom procedures; and participation in a field placement in which students plan, teach, and assess student performance. Emphasis is on the application of effective instructional theory and practice for diverse student populations. Students develop unit plans within their disciplines that demonstrate their competence in lesson planning, while employing a variety of teaching and assessment strategies. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 1 hour. In special circumstances (such as extended student teaching), courses may be taken for smaller increments, with approval of the Dean's Office. Offered Fall only. Prerequisites: EDU 2000 and EDU 3120 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.