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Teaching - Elementary School
Education & Human Development
2005-2006 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 255
Time Restrictions. Courses required for
preliminary credentials must be completed
no more than 10 years prior to credential
application. A preliminary credential pro-vides
authorization to teach for a maxi-mum
of five years. Requirements for com-pleting
the Professional (Clear) Multiple
Subject Credential will be provided by the
employing school district.
Requirements for
Admission to Student Teaching
Multiple Subject Credential candidates
must qualify for admission to two distinct
levels of student teaching: (1) Fieldwork A
and B (EHD 174 and 178) and (2) Field-work
C – Final Student Teaching (EHD
170A and B, or C).
Requirements for Admission
to Field Study A (EHD 174)
1. Submit an application form for EHD
174 by the specified deadline.
2. Complete all admissions requirements
and receive notification of initial admis-sion
to the program.
3. Maintain a 3.0 GPA on all professional
preparation courses. All courses (except
those offered for CR/NC only) must be
taken for a letter grade.
Requirements for Admission
to Field Study C – Final Student
Teaching (EHD 170 A, B, C, and D)
1. Submit an EHD 170 application form
by deadline.
2. Successfully complete Phase 1 and 2.
3. Demonstrate subject matter competence
by successfully passing all three sections
of the California Subject Examinations
for Teachers (CSET) – Multiple Sub-jects.
(All candidates, including Blended)
4. Complete an approved program of pro-fessional
preparation in a specific pro-gram
option (see Program Option sec-tion)
and maintain a GPA of 3.0 with no
individual course grade lower than a C.
All courses (except those offered for CR/
NC only) must be taken for a letter
grade.
5. If admitted as an exception with condi-tions,
satisfy all conditions specified.
6. Clarification: Students who receive per-mission
to complete the EHD 170 as-signment
in two semesters must sign up
for EHD 170A (5 units) and EHD 170B
(5 units). Successful completion of EHD
170A and 170B must include a mini-mum
of one week of full-time student
teaching. Successful completion of EHD
170C requires one full semester, all day,
every day of student teaching in each
assignment. Students will be solely re-sponsible
for planning and teaching a
minimum of two weeks all day in this
EHD 170 assignment.
7. Provide evidence of passing all sections
of the California Basic Educational Skills
Test (CBEST) by presenting a CBEST
Permanent Verification card.
Note: Students who receive a “No Credit”
grade in any student teaching course are
required to petition the Admissions and
Standards Committee for approval to re-take
the course. Students who receive a
grade of “No Credit” for a second time will
be dismissed from the Multiple Subject
Credential Program. Student teachers
whose placements are terminated after the
date for refund of tuition are responsible
for full tuition regardless of circumstances
leading to termination.
Preliminary Multiple Subject
Credential (2042)
Program Options
The following program options offer teacher
candidates a variety of routes to obtain a
Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential.
General (Option I). Provides professional
preparation required for teaching in self-contained
educational settings (typically
found in the elementary school).
Emphasis in Bilingual Cross-Cultural Lan-guage
and Academic Development
(BCLAD). Prepares teachers to work with
English Learner students. BCLAD (Span-ish
and Hmong) will authorize teachers to
provide academic instruction to English
Learner students in their primary language.
In addition to Liberal Studies concentra-tion
classes, the professional preparation
courses for BCLAD are as follows:
Hmong Units
• LEE 135 ......................................... 15
Spanish
• LEE 136 ......................................... 15
For more information, see the BCLAD
coordinator.
Emphasis in Early Childhood Education
(Option II). Prepares elementary teachers
with special expertise and experience in
grades K-3. This nationally accredited Early
Childhood cohort program emphasizes a
developmental knowledge base, professional
ethics, and integrated curriculum, and pro-vides
field experiences at the preschool,
kindergarten, primary, and upper elemen-tary
levels. The ECE program is compat-ible
with the Intern, BCLAD, and Blended/
Integrated programs. For more informa-tion,
see the ECE coordinator.
Communicative Disorders (Option III).
Designed for students who wish to prepare
for specialization in special education as
educators of the deaf. For more informa-tion
about Option III, see the requirements
for the Deaf Education and the Special
Education Specialist Credential in the De-partment
of Communicative Disorders and
Deaf Studies section.
Postbaccalaureate Re-entry Block Program
(Option IV). Meets the needs of the re-entry
student who has earned a bachelor’s
degree, has extensive work experience, and
wishes to return to the university to obtain
a Multiple Subject Credential to teach in
an elementary school. Students selecting
this option register in a block of courses as
a cohort and are taught by a team of in-structors.
It is a daytime program that is
based at Lincoln Elementary School (First
and Alluvial). Candidates participate in
student teaching placements in the Clovis/
Fresno/Central Unified School districts.
Students in the Option IV Reentry pro-gram
begin in Summer and complete their
preliminary credential in May. There may
be changes in the Option IV program. For
more information, see the Option IV coor-dinator.
Block A, Elementary and Middle School
Block. Prepares Multiple Subject creden-tial
students for teaching in both elemen-tary
and middle school grades (K-8). Stu-dents
in this program may do all of their
student teaching in elementary grades (K-
6) or have the option of doing half of their
student teaching in middle school (7-8)
and half in elementary school (K-6). All
coursework is offered on the Nelson School
campus as a cohort and is taught by a team
of four professors and supervisors of stu-dent
teaching. This block enables students
to move through the program as a cohort in
Object Description
| Title | 2005-06 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2005-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Page 255 |
| Full Text Search | Teaching - Elementary School Education & Human Development 2005-2006 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 255 Time Restrictions. Courses required for preliminary credentials must be completed no more than 10 years prior to credential application. A preliminary credential pro-vides authorization to teach for a maxi-mum of five years. Requirements for com-pleting the Professional (Clear) Multiple Subject Credential will be provided by the employing school district. Requirements for Admission to Student Teaching Multiple Subject Credential candidates must qualify for admission to two distinct levels of student teaching: (1) Fieldwork A and B (EHD 174 and 178) and (2) Field-work C – Final Student Teaching (EHD 170A and B, or C). Requirements for Admission to Field Study A (EHD 174) 1. Submit an application form for EHD 174 by the specified deadline. 2. Complete all admissions requirements and receive notification of initial admis-sion to the program. 3. Maintain a 3.0 GPA on all professional preparation courses. All courses (except those offered for CR/NC only) must be taken for a letter grade. Requirements for Admission to Field Study C – Final Student Teaching (EHD 170 A, B, C, and D) 1. Submit an EHD 170 application form by deadline. 2. Successfully complete Phase 1 and 2. 3. Demonstrate subject matter competence by successfully passing all three sections of the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET) – Multiple Sub-jects. (All candidates, including Blended) 4. Complete an approved program of pro-fessional preparation in a specific pro-gram option (see Program Option sec-tion) and maintain a GPA of 3.0 with no individual course grade lower than a C. All courses (except those offered for CR/ NC only) must be taken for a letter grade. 5. If admitted as an exception with condi-tions, satisfy all conditions specified. 6. Clarification: Students who receive per-mission to complete the EHD 170 as-signment in two semesters must sign up for EHD 170A (5 units) and EHD 170B (5 units). Successful completion of EHD 170A and 170B must include a mini-mum of one week of full-time student teaching. Successful completion of EHD 170C requires one full semester, all day, every day of student teaching in each assignment. Students will be solely re-sponsible for planning and teaching a minimum of two weeks all day in this EHD 170 assignment. 7. Provide evidence of passing all sections of the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) by presenting a CBEST Permanent Verification card. Note: Students who receive a “No Credit” grade in any student teaching course are required to petition the Admissions and Standards Committee for approval to re-take the course. Students who receive a grade of “No Credit” for a second time will be dismissed from the Multiple Subject Credential Program. Student teachers whose placements are terminated after the date for refund of tuition are responsible for full tuition regardless of circumstances leading to termination. Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential (2042) Program Options The following program options offer teacher candidates a variety of routes to obtain a Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential. General (Option I). Provides professional preparation required for teaching in self-contained educational settings (typically found in the elementary school). Emphasis in Bilingual Cross-Cultural Lan-guage and Academic Development (BCLAD). Prepares teachers to work with English Learner students. BCLAD (Span-ish and Hmong) will authorize teachers to provide academic instruction to English Learner students in their primary language. In addition to Liberal Studies concentra-tion classes, the professional preparation courses for BCLAD are as follows: Hmong Units • LEE 135 ......................................... 15 Spanish • LEE 136 ......................................... 15 For more information, see the BCLAD coordinator. Emphasis in Early Childhood Education (Option II). Prepares elementary teachers with special expertise and experience in grades K-3. This nationally accredited Early Childhood cohort program emphasizes a developmental knowledge base, professional ethics, and integrated curriculum, and pro-vides field experiences at the preschool, kindergarten, primary, and upper elemen-tary levels. The ECE program is compat-ible with the Intern, BCLAD, and Blended/ Integrated programs. For more informa-tion, see the ECE coordinator. Communicative Disorders (Option III). Designed for students who wish to prepare for specialization in special education as educators of the deaf. For more informa-tion about Option III, see the requirements for the Deaf Education and the Special Education Specialist Credential in the De-partment of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies section. Postbaccalaureate Re-entry Block Program (Option IV). Meets the needs of the re-entry student who has earned a bachelor’s degree, has extensive work experience, and wishes to return to the university to obtain a Multiple Subject Credential to teach in an elementary school. Students selecting this option register in a block of courses as a cohort and are taught by a team of in-structors. It is a daytime program that is based at Lincoln Elementary School (First and Alluvial). Candidates participate in student teaching placements in the Clovis/ Fresno/Central Unified School districts. Students in the Option IV Reentry pro-gram begin in Summer and complete their preliminary credential in May. There may be changes in the Option IV program. For more information, see the Option IV coor-dinator. Block A, Elementary and Middle School Block. Prepares Multiple Subject creden-tial students for teaching in both elemen-tary and middle school grades (K-8). Stu-dents in this program may do all of their student teaching in elementary grades (K- 6) or have the option of doing half of their student teaching in middle school (7-8) and half in elementary school (K-6). All coursework is offered on the Nelson School campus as a cohort and is taught by a team of four professors and supervisors of stu-dent teaching. This block enables students to move through the program as a cohort in |
