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School of
Education
Katherine
A. Rhoades, Associate Dean (Brewer 153)
Departments:
Curriculum
and Instruction
Foundations
of Education
Special
Education
The programs in teacher education offered in the School of
Education are fully approved by the following accrediting agencies: the
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
TEACHER
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Mission Statement of the School of
Education
The School of Education is committed
to the preparation and continued support of professional educators of
quality.
Vision Statement of the School of
Education
Complementing the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire and College of Professional Studies mission
statements and supporting the Wisconsin Idea, the School of Education at
UW-Eau Claire is committed to providing dynamic, career-long leadership
for professional educators. School of Education programs are
collaborative, experiential, reflective, and integrative. They are models
of best practice in teacher preparation.
Bachelor’s Degree Programs
The University offers bachelor’s
degrees to teacher education candidates in Middle Childhood through Early
Adolescence, Early Adolescence through Adolescence, Special Education, and
Early Childhood through Adolescence.
Middle Childhood through Early
Adolescence
The Bachelor of Science degree in
Elementary Education is designed to provide candidates with sufficient
breadth and depth in the disciplines taught in middle childhood through
early adolescence classrooms to prepare them to work in self-contained
classrooms or in multiunit schools. The preparation focuses on an
understanding of children and the learning processes as well as on
effective methods of presentation.
Early Adolescence through
Adolescence
Degree programs in secondary
education provide specialized preparation through academic majors and
minors which have been approved for teacher certification. Students
preparing to teach in middle, secondary, or continuing education programs
must complete certifiable specializations according to one of the
following options:
1. a standard major of 36 credits
and a standard minor of 24 credits; or
2. two standard majors of 36 credits
each; or
3. a comprehensive major of 60 or
more credits.
A list of certifiable majors and
minors is found in the section of this Catalogue devoted to the Department
of Curriculum and Instruction.
Special Education
The Bachelor of Science degree in
Special Education provides graduates with professional abilities in
educational assessment, staffing, programming, and teaching children and
youth with disabilities. Teacher preparation is offered in the areas of
cognitive disabilities, learning disabilities, and early childhood:
special education. Various combinations of teacher certification in
special education and middle childhood through early adolescence education
are available. Certification in the area of emotional disturbance can be
added at the post-baccalaureate level.
Early Childhood through Adolescence
Programs are offered which prepare
teachers to work with children at all grade levels in art, foreign
languages, music, physical education, and theatre arts.
Graduate Programs
Teacher and other school personnel
programs are offered at the graduate level in elementary education, in a
number of secondary fields, in some special education fields, in reading,
communication disorders, and school psychology. See the current Graduate
Catalogue.
Non-degree Programs
Non-degree programs leading to
teacher certification in any of the fields of study offered in bachelor’s
and graduate programs can be arranged for candidates who hold bachelor’s
or advanced degrees. Due to enrollment limitations, a small number of
students are accepted in non-degree and second degree programs.
Directed and Independent Studies
Many opportunities are available for
students to study, independently or in small groups, problems and topics
in education which may not be included or explored in depth in regular
course offerings.
Directed studies for groups can be
arranged by departments and offered as special courses, either on campus
or in off-campus settings. Those interested in directed studies should
consult with a department chair.
Independent study, through a
student-initiated procedure in which a unit of study is described and
approved prior to enrollment, allows a student to earn one to three
credits for each such educational experience. Those interested in
independent study should obtain appropriate forms in the office of the
Associate Dean of the School of Education.
Independent and directed study
should not be used as a way of taking courses which are approved as
regular offerings in the School.
International Education
Students are invited to participate
in exchange programs sponsored by the Center for International Education.
In the sophomore, junior, and senior years, study abroad programs offer
students opportunities to visit another country and take courses on the
host campus that will fulfill UW-Eau Claire requirements.
Students are also encouraged to
consider completing part of their student teaching experience in a
classroom in England. Exchange student teaching programs are available
during the fall and spring semesters and meet Department of Public
Instruction requirements. Students must complete the first student
teaching placement in Wisconsin and then complete their second placement
in England, following their academic calendar.
Students interested in any of these
international studies programs should contact the Center for International
Education, Schofield 111, or the Field Experience Office, Brewer 151.
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UNIVERSITY
REQUIREMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Candidates
for baccalaureate degrees or certification in the School of Education must
meet General Education requirements as follows:
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Middle
Childhood
through Early
Adolescence
(formerly Elementary
Education) |
Early
Adolescence
through
Adolescence and Early
Childhood through
Adolescence
(formerly Secondary Education and Special Subjects) |
Special
Education
CD Option C
and LD Option C
follow Middle Childhood
through Early Adolescence (formerly Elementary Education) |
| English
Composition |
Engl
110 or 112 or Hnrs 101 with a grade of C or above |
| Wellness |
One
credit each in Wellness Theory and Physical Activity or Kins 186 |
| Cultural
Diversity |
Fed
385 (Plus Human Relations clock hours) |
| Service
Learning |
50
hours required Human Relations clock hours |
Foreign
Language/
Foreign Culture |
See:
Foreign Language / Foreign Culture Requirements |
GE
Category I
Communications
Minimum of six credits including at least one A
and one B |
A.
C J 202 |
| B.
Math 203*, 204, & 305 |
B.
any Math course 104 or higher* (three credits
minimum) |
B.
CD Option A: Math 203*
CD Option B & LD Option A:
Math 203* and one of
Math 204, 305
SPED: EC Math 203* |
GE
Category II
Natural Sciences
Nine to 12 credits from at least two subcategories, including one
lab science course**
A. Biology,
B. Chemistry,
C. Geography
(physical),
D. Geology,
E. Physics
F. Interdisciplinary
Studies - Natural
Sciences |
Biol
100, Phys 100,
and Geol 106 |
Nine to 12 credits of GE courses from at least two departments including one
from Biol and at least one from Chem, Physical Geog, Geol, Physics,
or
Interdisciplinary Studies - Natural Science |
CD
Options A & B
LD Option A: Two from
Biol 100, Phys 100,
Geol 106; one elective
SPED: EC Biol 100, Geog 178, and electives |
GE
Category III
Social Sciences
Nine to 12 credits from at least two subcategories
A. Anthropology,
B. Economics,
C. Geography (cultural)
D. Political Science,
E. Psychology,
F. Sociology,
G. Interdisciplinary Studies - Social
Sciences |
Pols
110, 203 (not for GE credit); Psyc 261; plus elective |
Category
IV
Humanities
Nine to 12 credits from at least two subcategories
A. Fine Arts,
B. Philosophy /
Religious Studies,
C. History,
D. English /
Foreign Language Literature,
E. Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities |
One
literature course (IVD English literature or Foreign Languages
literature) |
| Art
105 or 106 plus electives to satisfy minimum credits and subcategories |
plus
at least one course from GE IVA and electives to satisfy minimum
credits and subcategories |
plus at least one course
from GE-IVA and elective to satisfy minimum credits and subcategories |
Category
V
University Wide General Education |
Students may include up to
six credits from this category in General Education.
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Western
/
Non-Western |
One course in Western history or Western contemporary culture AND one
course in non-Western history or non-Western contemporary culture must
be taken as part of GE III or GE IV. *** |
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*Must be completed before
completion of sophomore year with a grade of C or above.
**Laboratory Science
Courses: Biol 100, 110, 111, 151, 195, 214, 320, 392; Chem 101, 104,
115, 180; Geog 104; Geol 106, 110, 115; Phys 100, 211, 212, 226,
229, 231, 232.
***See list of options available in school
office or on degree audit. |
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PROGRAM
AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
University Requirements
All candidates for baccalaureate
degrees in the School of Education must fulfill the minimum requirements
for credits and curriculum as specified in the section of this Catalogue
titled Graduation Requirements.
School Requirements
All candidates for baccalaureate
degrees in the School of Education must also meet the following:
1. General Education requirements
in the School of Education.
2. Grade point requirements:
Resident 2.50 average
Total 2.50 average
Major 2.50 average
Minor, intended for certification 2.50 average
3. Residency requirements:
Minimum Total 30 credits
Senior Year 23 credits
Major, in upper division courses 12 credits
Comprehensive Major, in upper
division courses 21 credits
4. Criteria and requirements for
Professional Programs and for Admission to the Professional Semester.
(See next column.)
5. Specific requirements of
programs offered in the School of Education. (See the departmental
sections of this Catalogue.)
Degree Planning
A degree plan indicates how a
student expects to meet the curricular requirements for a degree. Degree
plan forms for the various programs offered in the School may be obtained
in the office of the Associate Dean of the School of Education. These
plans are for students’ use in planning programs with their advisers. The
plans are supplemented by the Registrar’s office Degree Audits used for
official evaluation of academic progress.
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DEAN’S
LIST
At the end of each semester, the
School of Education recognizes excellence in scholastic achievement by
publishing the Dean’s List. Eligibility for this recognition requires
admission to the School of Education or Pre-Education status, but excludes
the professional semester. Additionally, a student must:
(1) be in good academic standing;
(2) have a minimum semester GPA of
3.70;
(3) have completed at least 12
credits during the semester, with no incompletes, no courses below the
100-level, no repeats, and no Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory registrations
(except in degree credit- bearing courses that are offered only on the
S/U grading system in which a grade of S has been earned).
Students who meet this standard of
achievement receive personal letters of notification and congratulations
from the Dean.
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HUMAN
RELATIONS / CULTURAL
DIVERSITY/SERVICE-LEARNING REQUIREMENTS
Students in the School of Education
shall meet the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Human
Relations Requirement and the UW-Eau Claire Cultural Diversity Requirement
as follows:
1. Completion of Fed 385/585,
Social Foundations: Human Relations;
2. Completion of 50 hours of
direct contact field work with racial minorities different from
themselves, low income people, and people with disabilities (at least 25
of those hours must be with racial minorities). This field work
satisfies the University Service-Learning Requirement.
The entire 50 hours and reports must
be completed and approved by the deadline for meeting criteria for
Admission to the Professional Semester. Approval must be completed by May
1 of the preceding semester for placements in the first semester and by
December 1 of the preceding semester for placements in the second
semester.
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SCREENING
FOR ADMISSION TO FIELD EXPERIENCE
COURSES, STUDENT TEACHING, OTHER INTERN / PRACTICA PROGRAMS
The School of Education requires applicants to complete a
Background Information Disclosure and a release for a Department of
Justice Criminal Background Check through the state in which the applicant
is a resident. Falsification or omission of information relevant to the
questions may constitute grounds for denial of admission to the course(s)
or for termination of admission if the falsification or omission is
discovered after admission. Further, after submission of the
questionnaire, while an application is being considered or while a student
in the program, if circumstances occur that would change any response(s),
students must inform the School of the changed response(s). For further
information, contact the School of Education Associate Dean’s office.
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ADMISSION
TO PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Criteria for Admission
Formal application to the
professional program must be made. Applications will be accepted only
during a week-long period each semester (first week of October and first
week of March). Only students who meet all criteria listed below
should apply.
1. Approval by the appropriate
department in the School of Education. See Curriculum and Instruction
and Special Education sections of this Catalogue for criteria to be
considered in making these recommendations.
2. Pre-education status.
3. Minimal resident and
total GPAs of 2.75 on a minimum of 30 credits of degree work exclusive
of courses with education (CI, Edmt, Fed, Sped) prefixes. Admission is
competitive, thus the minimum GPAs do not assure admission to a
professional program in education.
4. Completion of Engl 110 or Hnrs
101 with a grade of C or above.
5. Good academic standing.
6. Passing scores on Praxis I
Pre-Professional Skills Tests of mathematics, reading, and writing.
Passing scores in Wisconsin are: Mathematics 173, Reading 175, and
Writing 174, or Praxis I CBT: Mathematics 318, Reading 322, and Writing
320. Information on the PPST is available through Academic Testing,
Schofield 226.
Application Procedure
Formal application to the
professional program must be made. The names of applicants meeting the
above criteria will be forwarded by the appropriate department (Curriculum
and Instruction or Special Education) to the School of Education. The
number of students admitted to a program is limited by resources
available. Not everyone who applies can be guaranteed admission. See
the appropriate section of the Catalogue for criteria upon which the
departmental recommendation will be based. Note that minimum criteria for
a department may exceed the minimum criteria listed above.
Students who do not meet all the
criteria listed above or who do not receive a favorable departmental
recommendation, may reapply during a later application period.
Special or Transfer Students
Special students and transfer
students who desire to be admitted to programs in the School of Education
should inform the Admissions office upon application for admission to the
University. They should indicate their area of interest, and they should
contact the office of the Associate Dean of the School of Education.
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RETENTION
IN PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Students who are in good standing in the University but
are having difficulty meeting the School of Education’s criteria for
professional programs, are strongly advised to seek the counsel of their
adviser and/or the Associate Dean of the School of Education regarding
their continuation in the program. A student may continue in the program
while in good standing or after receiving an Academic Warning. (See
Academic Standing and Progress.) However, if placed on probation or if
readmitted after a first suspension, the student may continue in the
program only upon recommendation of the department concerned (Curriculum
and Instruction or Special Education). After a second suspension, the
student may not continue in the School of Education.
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ADMISSION
TO THE PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER
The "professional semester" is defined as the senior
semester in which a student is enrolled in the field experience of student
teaching or internship.
Filing Applications
Students who plan to enter the
professional semester during the Fall semester of the next academic year
must file an application available at a School of Education "professional
semester" meeting held each November. Students who plan to enter the
professional semester during the Spring semester of the next academic year
must file an application at a School of Education "professional semester"
meeting held in April. Dates for these meetings will be posted in Brewer
153.
Students are encouraged to submit
their applications as soon as possible after the meeting. Considerable
time is required to process each application—that is, to determine
eligibility, to make arrangements with schools for an appropriate field
experience assignment, and to allow for introductions, orientations, and,
in some cases, interviews. Students who file early will benefit by the
careful consideration which can be given to their requests; the later an
application is received, the fewer the assignments and choices still
available.
Deadline for Filing Applications
Students must apply for professional
semester assignments one year in advance. Applications must be filed by
the last day of final examinations in December for a first semester
placement or by the last day of final examinations in May for a second
semester placement. Failure to file an application on time will result in
a delay of the professional semester.
Transfer and Special Students
No transfer or special student can
enter the professional semester until after a full semester of residence
and after a minimum of 15 credits have been earned at UW-Eau Claire.
Senior transfer students enrolling in September must file an application
for admission to the professional semester by December 1 if a second
semester assignment is desired.
Criteria for Admission
No application for admission to the
professional semester will be processed in the case of transfer and
special students unless a full semester of residence and a minimum of 15
credits have been earned at UW-Eau Claire.
Factors to be considered in the
application for admission to the professional semester are:
1. Criteria for admission to a
professional program have been met.
2. Good academic standing, as
defined in the Catalogue section on Academic Standing and Progress.
3. A minimum of 90 credits
completed prior to the professional semester.
4. Completion of courses which are
prerequisite to field experience. For each program, a list of
prerequisite courses is available in the office of the Associate Dean.
5. Approval of the major and minor
department(s).
6. Resident and total GPAs of at
least 2.50, GPAs of at least 2.50 in the major(s) and minor(s) intended
for certification, and a 2.75 or higher GPA based on a combination of
all coursework in the major, minor (where certifiable), and professional
education courses, including Psyc 261. All college-level courses
attempted by the student are included when major, minor, and total GPAs
are determined for admission to the professional semester and for
graduation.
7. Passing score(s) on appropriate
Praxis II content test(s). Information on Praxis II is available through
Academic Testing, Schofield 226, and at http://www.ets.org/praxis.
For placements in the first
semester, the last test date for the Praxis II Content Exam would be the
January date.
For placements in the second
semester, the last test date for the Praxis
II Content Exam would be the June
date.
For placements in the summer
session, the last test date for the Praxis
II Content Exam would be the
November date.
8. Completion of the 50 hour Human
Relations Fieldwork requirement.
9. Evidence of freedom from
tuberculosis. Tests are provided by the University Health Services for a
nominal fee when filing for the professional semester.
10. Approval by the appropriate
departments in the School of Education. Personal qualities suitable for
teaching will be considered.
11. Proficiency in speaking and
listening demonstrated in CJ 202, or a public speaking course and CJ
205.
Deadline for Meeting Criteria
For placements in the first
semester, criteria for which the student is responsible (GPA, TB test,
Praxis II Content Test(s), and Psyc 261) must be met by March 1 of the
preceding semester. Human Relations Fieldwork must be completed by May 1.
For placements in the second
semester, these criteria must be met by October 1/December 1 of the
preceding semester.
For placements in the summer
session, these criteria must be met by February 1/May 1 of the preceding
semester.
Failure to meet criteria on time
will result in a delay of the professional semester.
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CREDENTIALS
All senior students in Education are encouraged to enroll
with the University’s teacher placement service, located in the Office of
Career Services, for assistance in preparing a set of professional
credentials and in locating job opportunities.
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LICENSURE
TO TEACH
Criteria for Recommendation for Licensure
1. Completion of a baccalaureate
degree.
2. Completion of an approved
teacher education program.
3. A 2.75 or higher GPA based on a
combination of all coursework in the major, minor (where certifiable),
and professional education courses exclusive of student teaching. All
college-level courses attempted by the student except student teaching
are included when major, minor, and professional education GPAs are
determined for recommendation for licensure.
4. Completion of student teaching
courses with a grade of C or above.
5. A passing score on a
standardized examination in each certification major, minor, and
concentration, unless the field is exempted by the State Superintendent.
The standardized examination and passing score shall be determined by
the State Superintendent.
Wisconsin Application
A graduate desiring a license to
teach in Wisconsin may obtain the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction (DPI) application form from the DPI Web site at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsis/tel/licguide.html.
Upon completion of all items appropriate to certification desired, the
application and a check or money order payable to the Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction should be returned to the School of Education
office. When the completion of all licensure criteria has been verified,
the application will be endorsed by the Associate Dean
of the School of Education who serves as the institution’s representative
to DPI. The endorsed application and the fee will be forwarded to DPI. The
initial license issued will be valid for five years and will be sent by
DPI directly to the applicant.
Out-of-state Applications
It is recommended that graduates seeking licensure to teach in states
other than Wisconsin request application forms and instructions from the
Department of Education of the state in which licensure is desired.
Inquiry early in the period of professional preparation is advisable. In
most cases, an official transcript of credits must accompany the completed
application form; other information may be requested as well. Wisconsin,
and most states, require institutional endorsement. In general, candidates
will be able to obtain licenses in other states.
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