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| Program of Study: |
| Pre-Professional Courses (6 credits) |
Teaching and Learning 201 |
Teaching: Imagine the Possibilities (Sophomore) |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning 301 |
Observing and Describing Children (Lower Junior) |
3 credits |
Children, Language and Society Block: Upper Junior (10 credits) |
Teaching and Learning 350 |
The Developing Child |
4 credits |
Teaching and Learning 351 |
Language and Literacy I |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning 352 |
Sociology and Education |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning Block: Lower Senior (12 credits) |
Teaching and Learning 401 |
Language and Literacy II |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning 402 |
Social Studies: Teaching and Learning in Childhood Education |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning 403 |
Math/Technology: Teaching and Learning in Childhood Education |
3 credits |
Teaching and Learning 404 |
Science/Technology: Teaching and Learning in Childhood Education |
3 credits |
The Practice of Teaching Block: Upper Senior (12 credits) |
Teaching and Learning 450 |
Student Teaching in Childhood Education |
6 credits |
Teaching and Learning 451 |
Student Teaching Seminar in Childhood Education |
2 credits |
Teaching and Learning 452 |
Critical Issues in Childhood Education |
4 credits |
| State-Mandated Training |
| Students must also complete the following non-credit workshops offered through the School of Continuing Studies or present proof of equivalent training elsewhere: |
| ALCX 702 |
Child Abuse Identification and Reporting |
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| ALCX 703 |
Violence Prevention |
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| ALCX 704 |
Fire Safety, Substance Abuse and Abduction Prevention |
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Test Preparation |
| Students are strongly encouraged to take the following non-credit course to help them prepare for the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) of the New York State Certification Test (NYCTCE), a prerequisite for student-teaching, during the Children, Language and Society Block: |
Teaching and Learning 399 |
Preparing for the NYSTCE |
0 credits |
| Optional Middle Childhood Education Extension Grades 7- 9 (6 credits) |
| Teaching and Learning 400 |
The Developing Adolescent |
3 credits |
| Teaching and Learning 408 |
Middle School Curriculum |
3 credits |
| Optional Bilingual Education Extension (7 credits) |
| Teaching and Learning 356 |
Bilingualism, Bilingual Education and Multiculturalism |
3 credits |
| Teaching and Learning 417 |
Teaching in the Native Language |
2 credits |
| Teaching and Learning 418 |
Teaching English in Bilingual Classrooms |
2 credits |
| In addition, students take the following substitutes for TAL 450 and 451 |
| Teaching and Learning 480 |
Student Teaching in Bilingual Education |
6 credits |
| Teaching and Learning 481 |
Student Teaching Seminar in Bilingual Childhood Education |
2 credits |
