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Education
Students who major in education must earn a C grade or better in all courses required by the major,
including endorsement courses. In order to maintain eligibility to move through the program,
candidates are required to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.750 and demonstrate proficiency
on the program standards. Failure to demonstrate continued competent performance on identified
program standards, skills, and dispositions or not maintaining the minimum 2.750 cumulative GPA
requirement could result in required remediation prior to continued enrollment in program courses,
being placed on School of Education probation, being denied enrollment to student teaching, or
dismissal from the Teacher Education Program. See the Teacher Education Program Guide for additional
details on admission procedures, monitoring of student progress, school of education probation, and
appeals procedures.
All students are required to complete a minimum of thirteen weeks of student teaching. Qualified
students have the opportunity to student teach abroad or in the Nativity San Miguel network of schools
for three to five weeks after 10 weeks of successful student teaching, meeting all required standards,
are required for continuation in these special placements. All other student teaching experiences must
be completed in the Winona vicinity. Students seeking the optional middle level endorsement must
complete a four week student teaching experience at the middle school level in the discipline in which
they seek licensure.
As early as possible, students should identify which certification area they wish to pursue. Each student
must choose to be certified in either elementary or secondary education. For students choosing
elementary education, course work leads to licensure in grades K-6; Those majors who complete a
grades 5-8 endorsement extend their licensure potential to K-8 as the grades 5-8 endorsement leads to
a licensure endorsement in grades 5-8. Students choosing secondary education have course work which
leads to licensure in grades 5-12 in an academic discipline or K-12 in music or world languages.
Title II Information
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota reports information on its teacher preparation programs as
required by federal law. Said information is included as an appendix in this catalog. Most recent
information is also available by contacting the School of Education at (507) 457-6622 or writing to the
following address: School of Education Program Chair, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, 700 Terrace
Heights #23, Winona, MN 55987.
Learning opportunities in the School of Education extend beyond our classrooms through membership
in Kappa Delta Pi a professional honors organization, our student chapter of Education Minnesota, and
membership in the student chapter of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Majors Offered:
Elementary Education (grades K–6 with an optional 5-8 endorsement):
Communication Arts and Literature
General Science
Mathematics
Social Studies
World Language and Culture: Spanish K-8
Secondary Education:
Chemistry Science Education (grades 5-12)
English Education (grades 5-12)
Life Sciences Education (grades 5-12)
Mathematics Education (grades 5-12)
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