PRAXIS I Info. | ELED Major Info. | Sec. Ed. Major Info. | Adv. Professional Studies | Student Teaching
 

Any student interested in applying for the ELED Major should read this:

Application For Admission to the ELED Major Info. (PDF format, Required)

If you have any questions, or would like an application please contact the Department Secretary, Mrs. Darlene Keemer, in Stayer 201.

Basic Skills Test for MATH 104 - ELED and SPED Majors are required to pass this test before they can register for MATH 104. For more information click the link below.

Basic Skills Test Information and Requirements (PDF format, Required)

Basic Skills Practice Test 1 (PDF format, Required)

Basic Skills Practice Test 2 (PDF format, Required)

Sophomore Bloc Information

Admission to Advanced Professional Studies (PDF format, Required)

More Information on Advanced Professional Studies- Click Here

ELED Majors Information

Elementary Sophomore Block

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 sophomore 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 sophomore 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 Ed Majors Information

Foundations Block

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

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

Important: Students should not schedule any other classes between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the sophomore 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 noon in lieu of these on-campus classes.

Professional Block

Three courses taken together:
EDSE 321 Issues in Teaching Secondary Education

Plus one of the following:
English Majors: ENGL 485 Teaching of Secondary English
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 junior bloc. Classes are held two days per week during a five-hour bloc. 

Important: Students should schedule no other classes on the two junior bloc class days. During the field experience portion of these classes, students will meet in a suburban or rural school in the area in lieu of these on-campus classes.

Other Information

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 of 3.0 GPA.
• Qualifying scores on the Praxis I Pre-Professional Skills Tests (4 PPST – Reading, Math, & Writing)
• Recommendation for admission by faculty teaching educational 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.

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New Undergraduate Course(s):

EDSP 463- Alternative to Student Teaching 

EDUC 463- Alternative to Student Teaching 

EDMU 463- Alternative to Student Teaching 

EDFN 463- Alternative to Student Teaching

• 6 or 12 credits
• Pre-requisite(s): Meet all course pre-requirements for student teaching and permission of the department chair and Dean of Education.

COMMENT: Each semester several students who enter student teaching are unable to complete student teaching. Course serves as an alternative to student teaching, offering a non-basic education setting and enables the student to graduate on time. The student does not receive teacher certification.

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If there are any questions, please contact Dr. Rich Frerichs at x3992.