DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Teacher Education Program

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission to Teacher Education Seminar
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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program

• Presented by
• Dr. Judy Dittman
• Dean, College of Education
• Ms. Shelly Rawstern
• Program I Assistant, College of Education

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Program
Seminar Outcomes

• Identify the requirements for admission to the
  teacher education program in Fall 2008
• Answer your questions

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Conceptual Framework
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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program

• Conceptual Framework Components
• Knowledge
• Planning Preparation
• Instruction Assessment
• Management
• Technology
• Professionalism

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• Students complete 5 blocks of coursework

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Admission Requirements

• Declare major and minor, if required
• Complete the following courses with C or
  better
• ENGL 101 Composition I
• SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech
• MATH 102 College Algebra

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Complete the following pre-professional education
  courses with C or better
• EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
• SPED 100 Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities
• EPSY 302 Educational Psychology

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Admission Requirements

• Achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or better
• Successfully pass the Praxis I Pre-Professional
  Skills Test in
• Math (171)
• Writing (172)
• Reading (173)

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Admission Requirements

• Submit a Disclosure of Conviction of Crimes for
  Certification in South Dakota, SDCL 13-42-10

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Caution You may be refused a teaching
  certificate for convictions of crime involving
  moral turpitude including traffic in either
  controlled substances or marijuana

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• SDCL 13-10-12 requires criminal background checks
  using DCI and FBI fingerprinting for employment
  in South Dakota schools

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Admission Requirements

• NOTE School districts may refuse employment to
  persons convicted of crimes involving moral
  turpitude and prohibits employment for
  convictions of crimes of violence, sex offenses,
  or trafficking in narcotics

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Admission Requirements

• Sign Expectations for Professional Conduct form
• Attendance and Punctuality
• Participation in Class Activities
• Working with Others
• Meeting Deadlines
• Abide by South Dakota Code of Professional Ethics
  for Teachers

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Submit an updated program advising check sheet
  signed by you and your advisor

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Submit a Verification of Community Service Form

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Opportunities and Contacts for Community Service
• Community Center (256-5837)
• Oldham-Ramona After-School Program (482-8244)

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Submit a Plan of Study (from current semester
  through expected graduation)

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Submit two Professional Performance Appraisal
  System (PPAS) forms
• One from the instructor of either EDFN 338, EPSY
  302, or SPED 100
• One from your academic advisor

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Submit and gain approval of your electronic
  portfoliohttp//www.departments.dsu.edu/educate
  /portfolio/default.htm

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Requirements

• Sign up for an interview
• Why do you want to be a teacher?
• What is IDEA and what is your role?
• What learning theory best describes how students
  learn?

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Other Interview Questions

• Community Service
• Professional Educator
• Conceptual Framework
• Dispositions
• Interactions with
• Students
• Peers, staff, parents
• Intrapersonal

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYTeacher Education Program
Admission Process

• Student Assessment Monitoring Committee reviews
  applications and makes one of the following
  decisions
• Full admission
• Provisional
• Denied

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• Portfolio Help Sessions
• are
• Scheduled
• Monday, September 15 _at_ noon
• Tuesday, September 16 _at_ 400
• in
• KC 122

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• Fall 2008
• Application Deadline
• Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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• Next Praxis I PPST Exam
• Saturday, November 15, 2008
• Testing also available at Prometric in Sioux
  Falls (605/362-4875) or http//www.prometric.com/D
  efault.htm
• Test Registration Meeting
• TBD (we will be sending an email with date/time)
• Cost 130
• Check or Credit card payment

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• Praxis I PPST Help Sessions
• Test-Taking Strategies
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Dates and Times - To Be Announced!

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• Praxis I PPST Study Guides
• Study Guides Available in the College of
  Education office (KC 150) for checkout!
• ETS Test-at-Glance http//www.ets.org

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Questions?
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Admission Requirements

• Obtain signature verifying attendance at
  admission session