Teacher Education Program

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Program Director: Professor Andrew Garrod

An important component of the Department of Education is the training of new teachers at the elementary and secondary level. The Department of Education provides a program in teacher education that leads to State Certification in the State of New Hampshire. We offer certification in elementary education and in the secondary fields of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, French, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies and Spanish.

In addition, the opportunity exists to teach in the Marshall Islands for a quarter. See our Marshall Islands page.

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Criteria for Acceptance Into the Teacher Education Program

The program is only open to juniors in good academic standing. Application is due in the fall of the junior year. Please monitor the Education Department blitz bulletin for the specific date. Students will have and maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0 overall.

Students will demonstrate:

• successful completion of relevant Education courses
• relevant experience working with youth
• successful completion of necessary coursework in an area of certification (check with the Education Department administrator for details)

Procedures for applying to the Teacher Education Program

• complete an application for admission (available in the Education Department office)
• return the application to the Department administrator by the deadline along with a Dartmouth transcript that lists courses completed to date

After the completed application and transcript have been submitted, candidates will be contacted to schedule a 20-minute interview with a faculty member in the Department.

Teacher Education faculty will meet to review applications and will notify candidates of their status.

Required courses for the elementary teacher education program

Nina Sethi '05 with a student

Ideally taken in the first two and a half years (6 courses):

Education 1: Introduction to Education
Education 18: Child Development
Education 20: Contemporary Issues in American Education
Education 50: The Reading Brain: Education and Development
Education 56: Science, Education and the Scientific Mind
Education 64: Development in the Exceptional Child

Recommended:

Education 16: Educational Psychology
Education 52: The Mathematical Brain

Taken in the junior spring:

Education 41: Principles of Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School: Theory and Practice (practicum)

Taken in the senior fall (3 courses):

Education 42: Seminar in Advanced Principles of Teaching and Learning
Education 43: Student Teaching Practicum
Education 44: Special Projects on Student Diversity in the Schools

For information on the elementary teacher education program, please contact Zooey Zullo.

Required courses for the secondary teacher education program*:

Ideally taken in the first two and a half years (5+ courses):

Education 1: Introduction to Education
Education 20: Contemporary Issues in American Education
Education 62: Adolescent Development
Education 64: Development in the Exceptional Child

Science Candidates: Education 56: Science, Education and the Scientific Mind

English, Foreign Languages and Social Studies Candidates: Education 50: The Reading Brain

Math Candidates: Education 52: The Mathematical Brain and Education 56: Science, Education and the Scientific Mind

Matt Davis '03 with a student

Education 45: Principles of Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School (taken in junior spring)

Education 46: Seminar in Advanced Principles of Teaching and Learning (taken in senior fall)

Education 47: Student Teaching Practicum (taken in senior fall)

Education 48: Special Projects on Student Diversity in the Schools (taken in senior fall)

* In addition, specific courses are required in the secondary teaching fields in which Dartmouth provides certification: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, French, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, Spanish.

For information on the secondary teacher education program, please contact Jay Davis.

Other requirements:

Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0, complete the application process by the fall of the junior year, and be interviewed and accepted into the program by the Teacher Education Program faculty.

Ideally, Education 45 is taken in the junior spring. Education 46-48 must be taken concurrently, usually in the senior fall.

Students must pass the Praxis exam before getting State certification.

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