Dec 10, 2024  
Archived-Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 Academic Year 
    
Archived-Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 Academic Year [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Childhood Education (B.A. or B.S.)


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HEGIS Codes: 0802 (Grades One Through Six)

Elmira College offers the following undergraduate teacher education certificate programs:

Childhood Special Education (Students With Disabilities Grades One Through Six)
Childhood Education (Grades One Through Six)
Adolescence Education (Grades Seven Through Twelve)
Visual Arts (Art Education) (All Grades)

To be eligible for institutional recommendation to the New York State Department of Education for initial teacher certification under any one of the aforementioned titles, students must successfully complete all degree requirements for the specific certification title being sought. These include the Teacher Education requirements (Pedagogical Core), the approved Major or Concentration requirements (Content Core), and the college-wide General Degree Requirements (Liberal Arts and Sciences Core). Each program combines an excellent liberal arts foundation with innovative, evidence-based instructional and assessment practices to prepare beginning teachers for the challenges of educating all children in today’s society. Furthermore, all programs leading to New York State certification prepare students to teach to the appropriate State and National Learning and Common Core Standards. Whenever possible, students are placed in schools where they have the opportunity to work with diverse populations across a variety of developmental levels.

Because the requirements for each certificate title are complex and leave little room for error, students must assume an active participatory role in their academic advising. According to the subsection on Student Responsibility under Academic Services and Regulations in The Elmira College Catalog, students must fully understand and adhere to the following policy:

“Although the academic advisor as well as other members of the faculty and administration are available to help the student plan a program and work toward the completion of a degree, ultimate responsibility for knowing and complying with these regulations and for meeting all requirements rests with the student.

Additional Requirements for Childhood Education Certification:


To better ensure that all students fulfill their responsibilities, they must contact Elmira College’s Teacher Education Department for:

  1. Current information regarding their specific teacher education program
  2. Language-Other-Than-English (LOTE) requirements (6 college credits) or equivalent;
  3. Mathematical processes requirement. Students in the Childhood Education program must complete two 3 credit mathematics content courses; MAT 2005 - MATH for ELEMNTRY TCHERS I: NUMBER SYSTEMS  and MAT 2006 - MATH for ELEMNTRY TCHRS II: GEOMTRY AND MEASUREMENT ;
  4. Information for taking the mandatory New York State Teacher Certification Examinations. All students seeking Childhood Education Grades One Through Six initial certification, will be required to take three separate examinations: the Educating All Students Test (EAS), the Education Teacher Performance Assessment (ed TPA), and the Content Specialty Test (CST). It should be noted that all students will take the edTPA during their Student Teaching experience in their senior (fourth) year;
  5. Forms, including the Teacher Education Program Application and the Student Teaching Application requirements, procedures, policy statements, application deadlines, and so forth; and
  6. Other requirements, such as required GPA for acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching (an overall GPA of 3.000 is required) or changes in the New York State Teacher Certification requirements. No waivers or exceptions are granted.

In addition to completing the requirements listed above for Childhood Education, students also must complete their general distribution requirements and one of the following approved academic majors or concentrations:

Majors
(for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in this Catalog)

Biology
Chemistry
English Literature
Mathematics
Social Studies

Concentrations
(for required coursework in concentrations, see ”Listing of Approved Concentrations for Childhood Education” in this section of the Catalog)

Biology
English Literature
Mathematics
Social Studies

Optional Extension for the Childhood Education Certificate: Extension to Teach a Subject in Grades Seven Through Nine


Required Courses for Optional Extension for the Childhood Education Certificate:


Note:


The Extension (grades seven through nine) prepares students in Childhood Education who complete an approved Major that includes at least thirty hours of study in a subject area (not a concentration) for an extension to teach a subject in grades seven through nine.

Note: Childhood Education students pursuing an Extension will need to pass the Educating All Students Test (EAS), the Content Specialty Test (CST) Multi-Subject: Teachers of Childhood, the Content Specialty Test in their content core (e.g., biology), and the Education Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA).
This Extension requires one of the following majors:

Certificate Extension

Biology 7-9 Ext.
Chemistry 7-9 Ext.
English Language Arts 7-9 Ext.
Mathematics 7-9 Ext.
Social Studies 7-9 Ext.

Required Major
(for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in this Catalog)

Biology
Chemistry
English Literature
Mathematics
Social Studies

Approved Concentrations for Childhood Education:


Biology Concentration (Childhood EDU):


Total Credits for Required Courses: 27.0

Total Credits Required to Complete Biology Concentration (Childhood EDU): 31.0-33.0


English Literature Concentration (Childhood EDU):


Electives:


  • Introductory English Elective (Any 1000 level ENG course) credits: 3.0

Electives:


  • Additional English Electives at 2000 level or above (At least 9 credits at 3000 level or above.) credits: 15.0

Total Credits Required to Complete English Literature Concentration (Childhood EDU): 31.0


Mathematics Concentration (Childhood EDU):


Required Courses for Childhood EDU Mathematics Concentration:


Electives for the Mathematics Concentration (Childhood EDU):


One course from each of the following three categories:

Total Credits Required to Complete Mathematics Concentration (Childhood EDU): 32.0


Social Studies Concentration (Childhood EDU):


Required Courses:


Nine Credits in Courses in American History:

Six Credits in Courses in European History:

Six Credits in Courses in Non-Western History:

Nine Credits in Courses in Social Sciences:

Total Credits Required to Complete Social Sciences Concentration (Childhood EDU): 30.0


*Must take one 3000 level WRT course.

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