Required Courses for the Secondary Teacher Education Program

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES

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

TEP Students at Dorchester (MA) High, a Partner School

PEDAGOGY COURSES

Education 45: Principles of Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School: Theory and Practice (Junior Spring, or Senior Spring if enrolled in the Fifth Fall Track)

The following three pedagogy courses comprise the student teaching term, either Senior Fall or the Fall after Graduation if enrolled in the Fifth Fall track.  Students come to campus four weeks early to attend the initial faculty meetings at their school and to be able to teach from the first day of school. Students finish their student teaching at the end of the Dartmouth term, having completed 15 weeks of teaching. No other courses are taken at the college in this term, though students often participate in other activities and groups on campus.

Education 46: Seminar in Advanced Principles of Teaching and Learning
Education 47: Student Teaching Practicum
Education 48: Special Projects on Student Diversity in the Schools

Matt Davis '03 with a student

SUBECT-SPECIFIC COURSES

In addition, specific courses are required in the subject areas in which Dartmouth provides certification: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, French, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, and Spanish. Course selection will be discussed in the initial meeting with Jay Davis.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATION CANDIDATES

• Students will complete a Certification Portfolio.
  
• Students must pass the national Praxis I and II exams (standardized tests of general knowledge and skills, and of content-area knowledge) for teachers before receiving State certification.

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

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