Teacher Candidates

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WELCOME!

• Teacher Candidates
• Early Childhood
• Elementary
• Secondary
• PreK - 12

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Introductions

• Whos Who in SOE?
• Ms. Antley, Executive Administrative Assistant,
  mantley_at_csuniv.edu
• Dr. Harper, Dean of the School of ED,
  nharper_at_csuniv.edu

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Why are you here today?

• To gain perspective on the Process for Admission
  to TEP
• To develop a plan for successful Progression
  through the TEP
• To set goals for matriculation and certification

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Vocabulary Words

• ADEPT State evaluation plan for teachers,
  including student teachers
• Benchmarks achievement points in the program
• Certification Official Process for earning a
  state teaching credential
• Cooperating Teacher A master teacher in the
  public school who supervises your field work
• Dispositions Attitudes and resulting behaviors
  that reflect ones beliefs
• Field Experiences Four levels of teaching
  beginning with observation and ending with
  clinical practice
• Intern Term for a candidate in the senior year
  who is completing senior methods and clinical
  practice

• Live Text Online assessment system where you
  will enter lesson plans, forms, and projects.
  Required in SOE.
• PDS Professional Development Site
• Praxis I Screening test in reading, writing,
  math for Admission
• Praxis II Content knowledge test(s) in your
  teaching field for program completion
• Teaching Fellows Select group of candidates who
  completed a competitive admission process and who
  will teach back their scholarship in SC

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Benchmark 1 Admission to the Professional
Program in Teacher Education

• Complete Declaration of Intent to Seek
  Certification in Education 201 (LIVETEXT)
• Complete Education 201 with a C or better
• Complete an application for admission to the
  School of Education
• Pass PRAXIS I. Candidates who score 24 on ACT, or
  1100 on SAT which was taken prior to March 2005,
  or 1650 on SAT taken since March 2005 do not have
  to take the PRAXIS I in order to enter the School
  of Education.

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Benchmark 1 (contd)

• Complete key professional foundation courses
  (English 111 and 112 , core math, Education 300,
  Education 313) with a grade of C or better.
• Maintain an overall GPA of 2.5.
• Submit two recommendation forms from faculty
  outside of Teacher Education.
• Approval by the Teacher Education Committee
  including Dispositions.

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Benchmark 2 Program Progression in the Teacher
Education Program

• Complete field experiences with Pass/Fail
  criterion in diverse settings
• Complete all Professional Foundation and
  Professional Studies coursework with a C or
  better and (only for Secondary/PK-12) Specialized
  Studies with a C or better
• Maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 and for
  Secondary/PK-12 programs a GPA of 2.5 in
  Specialized Studies
• Continued approval by the Teacher Education
  Committee including Dispositions

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Do You Have the Right Disposition?

• Dispositions are measurable, observable attitudes
  and behaviors.
• Competent, caring, committed teachers have them
  and show them.
• CSU tracks them.
• You should be aware of and embrace them as part
  of your professional development.
• http//www.csuniv.edu/academics/schoolofeducation/
  docs/StudentHandbook.pdf

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Benchmark 3 Admission to Clinical Practice

• Complete application for Clinical Practice
• Obtain FBI/SLED clearance prior to Clinical
  Practice
• Pass PRAXIS II Subject Assessments/Specialty
  Area Tests and Principles of Learning and
  Teaching prior to Clinical Practice
• Maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and for
  Secondary/PK-12 programs a GPA of 2.5 in
  Specialized Studies
• Approval by the Teacher Education Committee
  including Dispositions
• Obtain formal admission to Clinical Practice

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Benchmark 4 Program Completion

• Maintain minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and for
  Secondary/PK-12 programs a GPA of 2.5 in
  Specialized Studies
• Demonstrate at least 80 competency in each
  domain of the final ADEPT with no Needs
  Improvement in Clinical Practice
• Complete degree requirements for University

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Advising/Registration

• School of Education Handbook
• http//www.csuniv.edu/academics/schoolofeducation/
  docs/StudentHandbook.pdf
• Program Guidesheets
• Course sequence
• Prerequisites
• Past stumbling blocks
• Pre-Registration
• PreK-12 and Secondary Education majors have TWO
  advisors, Mrs. Marques (PreK-12), Dr. Harper
  (Secondary and a CONTENT PERSON

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Input from Teacher Candidates

• Support
• Activities
• Speakers
• Questions
• Clarifications
• Certification Areas
• Program Feedback

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FTS is for YOU!

• Membership is strongly encouraged and required in
  many classes.
• Networking and Professional Development.
• Opportunities for leadership.
• Non-Convo Wednesdays in NH 202 _at_ 1100 AM

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Opportunities

• Praxis II study cards on reserve in the library.
  Why not form a study group?
• Tutoring available in the Student Success Center
  for Praxis I.
• Skip Praxis I if you have an ACT of 24 or an SAT
  of 1650.

• Get involved with FTS and the Homecoming Float.
• Work on a Habitat House with FTS and Teaching
  Fellows.
• Consider becoming an FTS leader.
• Volunteer at one of our PDS schools.

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What is PDS?

• Professional Development Site
• Ladson Elementary
• Spann Elementary
• Schools in which we do professional work and
  where many candidates complete clinical teaching.

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5 Smart Ways to Navigate Your Stay in SOE

• Stay on track with advising and benchmarks
• Stay in sequence by getting admitted by the end
  of the sophomore year.
• Stay on top of practicum hours.
• Stay the course Live Text and Blackboard so that
  your projects and assignments are in order.
• Stay involved in FTS.

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Were you listening?

• Answer the questions
• CSU prepares _C___________, _C________ educators
  __C_________ to student success.
• Whos the Dean of the School of Ed?
• You must maintain a GPA of ______.
• How many recommendations must you get?
• True or False. You have two advisors.