Middle/Secondary Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Caroline Chiccarelli
Tel: 508-929-8967
email: cchiccarelli@worcester.edu
Certificate in Middle/Secondary School Courses
This program is designed for
individuals seeking the Initial License. Candidates for this program must hold a
bachelor’s degree in an appropriate instructional field: a major in the Arts &
Sciences or an inter-disciplinary major and a Provisional License.
A baccalaureate degree in the areas
of intended licensure usually indicates that the individual satisfies the
subject-matter knowledge competency—one of the seven required competencies for
teacher certification. Courses in this program prepare middle/secondary school
teachers for the six pedagogic or educational practices competencies. The
courses are thus competency related; each course addresses specific competencies
while the entire program prepares middle/secondary school teachers for the
challenges of responding to the needs and developmental characteristics of
middle/secondary grade students. This program has a field-based experiences
component: a seventy-five-hour pre-practicum field experience involving guided
school observation, and a practicum (student teaching) experience of a minimum
of one-hundred-and-fifty clock hours in the middle/secondary school grades. The
seventy-five-hour pre-practicum field experience is done in three pre-practicum
courses, while the student teaching experience is undertaken and supervised in
the teaching practicum course. A teaching practicum seminar course is held
concurrently with the teaching practicum to provide students the opportunities
for reflection and shared experiences.
Admission Requirements:
1. Hold a
Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited school.
2. Pass the MTEL
communications and literacy and content area tests.
3. Have a 2.7 GPA in the
major or a score at or above 240 on MTEL content area test.
4. Have either an
undergraduate or graduate course in Adolescent Development/Psychology.
Secondary School Program
Requirements:
Students may be required to take additional courses in their
content area. The program coordinator after reviewing the student’s
undergraduate transcript and MTEL scores will determine if the student must take
additional content area courses.
Stage 1
ED 949 American Education
Context or Influences (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
ED 901 Using
Technology in the Classroom 3 credits
ED 973 Instructional Design and
Evaluation (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
Stage 2
ED 976 Teaching to
Diversity: Methods and Materials (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
ES 9xx
Inclusive Settings: Learning Strategies and Management Techniques (5-12) 3
credits
Stage 3
ES 911 Teaching Practicum
5 credits
ES 908 Teaching Practicum Seminar 3 credits
Minimum Graduate GPA
of 3.0
Total 23 credits
Middle School Program Requirements:
Students may be required to take additional courses in their content area. The
program coordinator after reviewing the student’s undergraduate transcript and
MTEL scores will determine if the student must take additional content area
courses.
Stage 1
ED 949 American Education
Context or Influences (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
ED 901 Using
Technology in the Classroom 3 credits
ED 957 Instructional Design and
Evaluation (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
Stage 2
ED 969 Teaching to
Diversity: Methods and Materials (pre-practicum course) 3 credits
ES 9xx
Inclusive Settings: Learning Strategies and Management Techniques (5-12) 3
credits
Stage 3
ES 911 Teaching Practicum
5 credits
ES 908 Teaching Practicum Seminar 3 credits
Minimum Graduate GPA
of 3.0
Total 23 credits