1. Educational Studies
Secondary Education

2. Course planning

3. Freshman Year (spring)
Educ 225
Education and Social Justice (SI)
(may be delayed until sophomore year)

4. sophomore Year Educ 255 Educ 257 Child Study and Assessment (WI)
The Exceptional Child (U) (or fall of junior year)

5. Junior Year FALL Educ 257 SPRING Educ 360, 361, 362, OR 363 May Term
The Exceptional Child (U) (may be taken concurrently with Educ 260)
Curriculum and Pedagogy in English and Foreign Language, OR Social Science, OR grades 6-12 Mathematics, OR the Natural Sciences
Reading, Writing, and Communication in the Content Areas

6. Senior Year Educ 490 Educ 491, 492, 493, 494, 495 Educ 498
Student Teaching Seminar (1 unit)
Student Teaching (3 units)
Educational Inquiry (WI) (Spring semester)

7. If planning to travel abroad, do so prior to spring term of the junior year, and plan enrollment in Educ 225, 255, and 257 accordingly.
Ninth semester graduates delay required 300 level professional education coursework to the senior year, and take Educ 498 prior to student teaching spring semester senior year.
Scheduling Notes

8. Secondary Licensure Areas
Social Science
History
Foreign Language
French
Spanish (Hispanic Studies)
English Language Arts
English
Natural Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Secondary Licensure Areas

9. Select a minimum of four general education courses and/or elective courses which emphasize social justice. The Teacher Education Program handbook contains a list of recommended general education courses which meet this standard (pp ).
General Education

10. Middle school endorsement
Educ 260 Middle School Philosophy
Educ 351 Middle School Math (Mathematics majors only, plus 5 courses in 4 areas from Mathematics department offerings)
Middle school endorsement

11. Non-Certification major or minor
Child and Family Studies
Education and Public Policy
Education, Ethnicity, and Social Class
Education and International Studies
Education and Gender Studies
Non-Certification major or minor

12. Testing

13. TAP (Test of Academic Proficiency) OR ACT/SAT
Students who score a 22 or higher on ACT Plus Writing or have an SAT composite score of 1030 don’t have to take the Test of Academic Proficiency

14. TeAcher Performance Assessment
Taken spring term of junior year; required for student teaching
Content
Test
TeAcher Performance Assessment
Concurrent with Student Teaching and Student Teaching Seminar
Assessment Of
Professional
Teaching
After Student Teaching

15. Teacher Education program Phases and requirement

16. Teacher Education Program Admission
Licensure
Post-Junior year student teaching review
Sophomore year application to the program
After student teaching and senior research seminar
3.0 gpas
ISBE APT exam
Teacher Performance Assessment
Cumulative and professional education gpas: 3.0
ISBE content area exam
Cumulative and professional education gpa: 2.85
TAP or ACT
Application essay and interview
After 300 level curriculum courses
After 200 level foundation courses

17. IWU Teacher education Program: phases and requirements
Indication of intent to pursue licensure
Enrollment in Professional Education Courses
Criminal History Record Information Checks
Declaration of Major
Application to Student Teaching and Upper Level Field Placement
Application and Admission to the Teacher Education Program
Student Teaching
Recommendation for Teacher Licensure
IWU Teacher education Program: phases and requirements