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