Registration Fact Sheet for Education Majors

Elementary Foundations Bloc

EDFN 211 - Foundations of Modern Education
EDFN 241 - Psychological Foundations of Teaching
EDUC 220 - Reading Foundations

Students should register for all classes in the same section in the foundations bloc. Classes are held two days per week during a 4˝-hour block.

Important: Students should not schedule any other classes between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the foundations bloc class days. During the field experience portion of the classes, students will meet in an urban school from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in lieu of these on-campus classes.

Secondary Foundations Bloc

EDFN 211 - Foundations of Modern Education
EDFN 241 - Psychological Foundations of Teaching

Students must register for both classes in the same section in the foundations bloc. Classes are held two days per week during a 2˝-hour block.

Important: Students in morning bloc classes should not schedule any other classes between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 n.n. on the bloc class days. During the field experience portion of the classes, students will meet in an urban school from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 n.n. in lieu of these on-campus classes.

Important: Students in afternoon bloc classes should not schedule any other classes between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the bloc class days. During the field experience portion of the classes, students will meet in an urban school from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in lieu of these on-campus classes.

Secondary Professional Bloc

Three courses taken together:

EDSE 321 - Issues in Teaching Secondary Education
EDFN 330 - Instructional Tech, Design and Assessment

Plus one of the following:

English Majors:	ENGL 485	Teaching of Secondary English
Technology Ed Majors:	EDTE 391	Curr and Inst in Tech Ed
For. Lang. Majors:	FORL 480	Teaching of Foreign Languages
Math Majors:	MATH 405	Teaching of Mathematics
Science Majors:	EDSE 435	Teaching of Science
Social Studies Majors:	EDSE 433	Teaching of Social Studies

Students should register for all classes in the same section in the professional bloc.

Important: Students will need to spend at least 37.5 hours in a field placement and should arrange their schedule so that there is available time during the school day. Dr. Ward can address your questions.

Advanced Professional Studies

All students enrolled in teacher preparation programs are required to be admitted to Advanced Professional Studies (APS). All Education majors must be admitted to APS before they enroll in any APS course (a list of APS courses is available in the office of Early Field Experiences in Stayer). The criteria for admission include:

• The completion of 60 semester hours of credit
• A Millersville University minimum quality point average as follows:
  • 2.6 gpa if admitted to APS during the 2001-2002 academic year, or
  • 2.8 gpa if admitted to APS during the 2002-2003 academic year, or
  • 3.0 gpa beginning with the Fall 2003
• Qualifying scores on the Praxis I Pre-Professional Skills Tests (3 PPST – Reading, Math, & Writing)
• Recommendation for admission by faculty member teaching professional education courses
• Satisfactory completion of Composition (ENGL 110) and Fundamentals of Speech (COMM 100)
• Two (total 6 credits) college-level English courses (ENGL 110 included)
• Two (total 6 credits) college-level Mathematics courses
• Satisfactory Act 34 (Criminal Record Check) report, Satisfactory Act 151 (Child Abuse History Clearance) report, and a completed background information sheet on file with the Early Field Experiences Office (Details and forms to complete this clearance requirement are available in the office of Early Field Experiences in Stayer Education Building)

Students are automatically admitted to APS if they have fulfilled all of these requirements. Students who inadvertently register for an APS course without meeting the criteria will be dropped from the course and notified by letter.

Student teaching

After successfully completing the above requirements and the related field experiences, students are assigned to full-time cooperating teachers and to university supervisors in area school districts for a full semester of student teaching. This assignment is made by Millersville University’s Student Teaching Office, working in conjunction with school district administrators. Students are eligible to teach in fall or spring semesters and must sign up in the Student Teaching office in Stayer Education Building one year prior to student teaching semester.