Preparation Anchor - ELED (15 credits)

Unless otherwise noted, these courses require a grade of B- or better for Licensure Lane Designation (LLD). Students not receiving these minimum grades may receive General Studies Lane Designation (GSLD).

• ELED 1010 - Orientation to Elementary Education 3

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• TEAL 1010 - Introduction to Education 3

• (B- or better required for Licensure Lane Designation)

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• HDFS 1500 - Human Development Across the Lifespan (BSS) 3 (also serves as required BSS course; C or better for LLD)
• TEAL 3660 - Educational Psychology for Teachers 2

• Students are encouraged to take TEAL 3660  with the Foundations Block.

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  Foundations Block

  The following courses must be taken together:

• ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI) 3 (also serves as CI course)
• ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum 1
• ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction 3

• ELED 3000 , ELED 3100 , and TEAL 3660  require a grade of B- or better for Licensure Lane Designation.

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Core

A grade of B- or better is required for those courses taken prior to Licensure Lane Designation (LLD) to receive LLD. A grade of B- or better is required for those courses taken after receiving LLD for LLD continuation.

• Courses that may be taken prior to LLD (grade of B- or better needed for LLD):

• ITLS 5500 - Integration and Innovation of Technology in Education 3
• SPED 4000 - Education of Students with Disabilities 2

• Arts Methods (2 courses required)

• ART 3700 - Elementary Art Methods 3
• MUSC 3260 - Elementary School Music 3
• THEA 3320 - Movement Exploration for Elementary Education Majors 3
• THEA 3330 - Drama for Classroom Teachers 3
• THEA 3340 - Methods of Teaching Drama, Grades K-6 3
• THEA 3380 - Drama Across the Curriculum, Grades K-12 3

• Courses that require LLD (grade of B- or better needed for LLD continuation):

• ELED 4061 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I: Rational Numbers, Operations, and Proportional Reasoning 3
• ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum 2
• ELED 5105 - Motivation and Classroom Management 3
• TEAL 5710 - Instruction for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners 3

• Literacy Clinical Block

• ELED 4040 - Reading Assessment and Intervention (CI) 2
• ELED 4042 - Reading Assessment and Intervention Practicum 1

• Note: ELED 4040  and ELED 4042  must be taken together.

Level III (B- or better)

Level III courses taken concurrently.

• ELED 4005 - Intermediate Classroom Management 1
• ELED 4030 - Teaching Language Arts (CI) 2
• ELED 4040 - Reading Assessment and Intervention (CI) 2
• ELED 4050 - Teaching Social Studies in Elementary School 2
• ELED 4060 - Teaching Mathematics and Practicum Level III 3

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• ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning 2

Level II Transition Courses (B- or better)

All courses completed with a B- or better

• ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction 3
• *  ELED 4061 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I: Rational Numbers, Operations, and Proportional Reasoning 3

• *All math courses must be completed to enroll
  *Must be passed with at least B- grade before Level III

• ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum 2
• ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3 3
• HDFS 4550 - Preschool Methods and Curriculum 3

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  Additional Semester

• HDFS 4960 - Practice Teaching in Child Development Laboratories 3 or 6

Deaf Education Requirements

• COMD 3080 - American Sign Language Practice 1
• COMD 3910 - American Sign Language II 4
• COMD 4750 - Language and Literacy Development and Assessment of Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Preschool 3
• COMD 4760 - Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3
• COMD 4780 - Socio-Cultural Aspects of Deafness 3
• COMD 4910 - American Sign Language III (CI) 4
• COMD 4920 - American Sign Language IV 4
• COMD 5600 - Classroom Teaching Using American Sign Language 3
• COMD 5620 - Teaching School Subjects to Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3
• COMD 5630 - Literacy Methods in Early Childhood Deaf Education 3
• COMD 5740 - Teaching Reading to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children 3
• COMD 5880 - Methods and Procedures in Early Intervention 3