Post-Bacc: Initial Certification in Elementary Education with Optional ESOL/ASD Endorsement
Dalton State College provides a premier education program that is committed to preparing competent, collaborative, reflective and caring teachers who can bring diverse learners to high academic achievement and who contribute significantly to their school environments. The Post-Baccalaureate Initial Certification Teacher Education program in Elementary Education prepares teacher education candidates who have received a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a field other than education to become certified in teaching children grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The ESOL endorsement prepares teacher education candidates to teach English-language learners in the grade levels in which the graduate becomes certified. The ASD endorsement prepares teacher education candidates to teach students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This program is offered as a full time, day time program. Acceptance in to the Teacher Education Post-Baccalaureate Initial Certification program is required before enrollment in the blocked sequence of professional courses.
Professional Education
| Block I | 16 | |
| Teaching Diverse Learners(ECE) (Grade B or better req'd) | ||
| Classroom Management | ||
| Algebra for P-8 Teachers | ||
| Curriculum and Assessment | ||
| Teach Cont & Proc:Lang Arts Ed | ||
or READ 3263 | Teach Cont & Proc:Lang Arts Ed | |
| Professional Sem Block I (2 days per week field experience) | ||
| Block II | 16 | |
| Appl Ling for Teachers of ESOL | ||
| Learning to Read | ||
| Princ&Methods:Assess/Tch Math | ||
| Teach Cont & Proc: Soc Stu Edu | ||
| Geometry for P-8 Teachers | ||
| Professional Seminar Block II (2 days per week field experience) | ||
| Block III | 16 | |
| Prin&Mthd:Assess/Teach Math II | ||
| Teach Cont & Proc: Sci Educ | ||
| Reading to Learn 3-5 | ||
| Prob & Stat for P-8 Teachers | ||
| Methods of Teaching ESOL | ||
| Professional Seminar Block III (2 days per week field experience) | ||
| Block IV | 12 | |
| Children's Literature (offered Summer semester) | ||
or EDUC 3214 | Expl Act in PE, Art & Music | |
| Teaching Internship | ||
| Professional Seminar Block IV (15 weeks in field experience) | ||
| Total Professional Education Hours | 60 | |
| Optional ESOL Endorsement | ||
| ESOL 4242 | Culture and Education | 3 |
| Optional ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Endorsement | ||
| SPED 4776 | Students w/Autism Spectrum Dis | 3 |
| SPED 4777 | ABAI: Prin & Teaching Strategi | 3 |
| SPED 4778 | Special Topics in Autism | 3 |