undergraduate bulletin - LaGrange College

Fall
Senior
EDUC 3317 Science Methods 3
EDUC 4356 Diagnosis/Remediation of Problems in Reading 3
EDUC 3356 Integrating Specialty Areas 3
EDUC 4480 Senior Seminar 3
Spring
Senior
EDUC 4490 Student Teaching 12
Total: 63 semester hours
ADMISSION TO STUDENT TEACHING
Applications for student teaching are due midterm in the semester prior to student teaching.
Candidates will spend one (1) semester in full-time teaching activities under the supervision of a
classroom teacher. Before a candidate can begin student teaching, all Core and program
coursework must be completed with at least a cumulative 2.5 GPA and a ―C-‖ or above in
courses related to the program. Students should not hold outside employment during the semester
of student teaching without the permission of the director of field experience.
When a candidate applies for admission to student teaching, the following artifacts are collected:
GPA, Opening School Experience Journals and Logs, Lesson Plan Rubrics, Professional
Development Plans (if used), Teacher Candidate Evaluations, and Disposition Evaluations from
all field experiences.
Detailed requirements and information related to field experience can be found in the LaGrange
College Field Experiences Handbook (FEH).
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for certification recommendation, teacher candidates must have successfully
completed all program requirements. Candidates must successfully complete fieldwork
assignments and receive satisfactory ratings on all Teacher Performance Observation Instruments
(TPOI) and Dispositions Evaluations or show evidence of successfully completing a Professional
Development Plan. Program completion artifacts collected at the time of graduation include
transcripts, GPA, Lesson Plan Rubrics, and Documentation of Student Learning, Opening School
Experience documentation, Senior Teacher Work Sample, Professional Logs, Teacher Candidate
Evaluations, Disposition Evaluations, and PDPs (if needed). In addition to the above, candidates
must have a passing score on the appropriate GACE Content Examination(s).
POST GRADUATION
After completing an initial program, graduates are asked to respond to a survey based on Georgia
Professional Standards Commission Standards and the Georgia Framework Domains. The survey
is designed to elicit responses regarding candidates‘ perceptions of their preparation at LaGrange
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