Lakeland College

Education

Degree Requirements

Teachers need training in human relations to facilitate effective relations with students from varied backgrounds. The required human relations component of teacher certification includes tutoring special students for a minimum of 50 hours, and enrolling in designated courses. The burden of the responsibility for carrying out these activities lies with the student, under faculty direction and with faculty approval. EDU 373 Field Experience in Education includes 50 hours of tutoring.

Student teachers must meet all statutory requirements for their teaching license prior to enrollment in student teaching coursework. Adequate preparation in environmental education is required for licenses in early childhood, middle childhood to early adolescence, science, and social studies. Social science majors and minors (except psychology) also need adequate instruction in cooperative marketing and consumer cooperatives, which may be satisfied by taking cooperative marketing as a non-credit course. Arrangements for this requirement can be made through the chair of the Education Division.

To be admitted to student teaching, education students must:

1. Be admitted to a teacher certification program at least two years prior to the student teaching semester;
2. Complete all applicable state content knowledge requirements, including passing scores on standardized exams (Praxis II) and assessment-in-action exercises;
3. Submit a course plan demonstrating that all required coursework will be completed prior to student teaching, including the submission of all transfer coursework;
4. Earn a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in all college coursework applied to the general studies requirements, the major, the minor, and the professional sequence; and
5. Complete and submit a student teaching application form at least one year prior to the student teaching semester.

To be recommended for state certification upon completion of student teaching, education students must have completed the following requirements:

1. All Lakeland College Education Division course requirements and all current statutory requirements;
2. Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in all Lakeland coursework required for the major, minor (where certifiable), and professional sequence, exclusive of the student teaching semester; and
3. Have successfully completed student teaching with a grade of “C” or better and received a positive recommendation from all cooperating teachers.

ADDITIONAL TEACHING CERTIFICATION

Certified teachers who wish to obtain additional teaching certification through Lakeland College must:

1. Hold a valid teaching license from the state of Wisconsin;
2. Complete all current professional education sequence and statutory requirements as specified by PI 3 and PI 34 of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (certified teachers are exempt from the PPST and grade-point-average requirements of initial teacher certification);
3. Satisfy the certification requirements of the major or minor area as specified in the current Lakeland College catalog (some of these courses can be satisfied through the offerings of Lakeland’s Master of Education program);
4. Earn at least twenty-four (24) semester hours through Lakeland College, at least 9 of which must be in the certification area;
5. Satisfactorily complete the Praxis II content exam in the relevant subject area(s); and
6. Complete six (6) semester hours of supervised teaching in the new area of certification (The supervisor must be a Lakeland College Division of Education faculty person).

On February 17, 2000, the State of Wisconsin approved the Department of Public Instruction's new rules for the restructuring of educator licenses. These rules will affect applicants for initial teaching licenses, beginning July 1, 2004. Changes incorporated in the new rules will be reflected in new license levels and categories. Programs described in this catalog may be altered to meet the new rules. Such changes will affect the graduation and licensing requirements for students entering Lakeland College as freshman under this catalog. Upon completion of the appropriate program, Lakeland College graduates after July 1, 2004 will be eligible for the Initial Educator license and will be eligible for the following teaching categories: Early Childhood through Middle Childhood (grades PK - 6) Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence (grades 1 - 9) Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6 - 12) Early Childhood through Adolescence (grades K - 12) Students graduating after August 31, 2004, will be required to achieve a passing score on a standardized examination in each certification major, minor, and concentration unless the field is exempted by the State Superintendent. The standardized examination and passing score shall be determined by the State Superintendent.

Early Childhood through Middle Childhood Education Major (grades PK-6)

In addition to the General Studies coursework required of all Lakeland College graduates, students seeking early childhood education certification will be expected to complete a Wisconsin Technical College System Child Care Service Diploma Program or the Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Program including an administrative course and the Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Education major at Lakeland College. Students must also complete EDU 369 Early Childhood Teaching Techniques.

Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Major (grades 1-8)

In addition to the General Studies coursework required of all Lakeland College graduates, students seeking Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence teaching certification will be expected to complete the following professional sequence/major:

• EDU 100 Introduction to Education
• EDU 140 Introduction to Educational Technology
• EDUP 230 Educational Psychology
• EDU 302 Physical Education and Health Teaching Techniques
• ARTE 312 Art Teaching Techniques (2 semester hours)
• MUSE 317 Music Teaching Techniques (2 semester hours)
• EDUP 330 Human Growth and Development
• EDU 331 Science Teaching Techniques*
• EDU 332 Mathematics Teaching Techniques*
• EDU 341 Children's and Early Adolescent Literature*
• EDU 342 Language Arts and Social Science Teaching Techniques*
• EDU 373 Field Experience in Education*
• EDU 382 Reading Teaching Techniques*
• EDUP 432 Survey of the Exceptional Person
• EDU 449 Education Capstone (Writing Intensive)*
• EDU 450 Observation and Student Teaching, Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Level (12 semester hours)*
• EDU 470 Seminar, Observation and Student Teaching (2 semester hours)*, Must be taken concurrently with EDU 450.
• GEN 111 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• MAT 210 Mathematics for Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Teachers
• SOC 210 Majority - Minority Relations

* Note: Admission to the Education Division is a prerequisite for entry into these classes. Students majoring in Middle Childhood/Early Adolescence Education must also complete a certifiable minor in biology, chemistry, English, English as a Second Language, German, history, mathematics, political science, science: life and environmental science emphasis, or Spanish.

Early Adolescence through Adolescence Certification (grades 6-12)

In addition to the General Studies coursework required of all Lakeland College graduates, students seeking certification to teach at the Early Adolescence through Adolescence certification level must complete a major approved for Early Adolescence through Adolescence certification, complete all relevant statutory requirements (human relations, environment, and cooperatives), and complete the following professional sequence of courses.

Early Adolescence through Adolescence Education Professional Sequence (grades K-12 in Business Education, German, and Spanish; all others, grades 6-12)

• EDU 100 Introduction to Education
• EDU 140 Introduction to Educational Technology (2 semester hours)
• EDUP 230 Educational Psychology
• EDUP 330 Human Growth and Development
• EDU 361 Reading in the Content Area (Early Adolescence through Adolescence)
• EDU 371 Teaching Techniques in the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Level
• EDU 373 Field Experience in Education
• EDUP 432 Survey of the Exceptional Person
• EDU 449 Education Capstone (Writing Intensive) One Mathematics (MAT) course numbered 130 or above with the exception of MAT 210 Mathematics for Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Teachers
• EDU 460 Observation and Student Teaching for Early Adolescence Through Adolescence Level (12 semester hours)
• EDU 470 Seminar, Observation and Student Teaching 6-12 (2 semester hours), Must be taken concurrently with EDU 460
• GEN 111 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• SOC 210 Majority - Minority Relations

Students seeking certification at the Early Adolescence through Adolescence level must also complete a certifiable major in biology, broad field science, broad field social studies (history or sociology), chemistry, English, history or mathematics. With a major in any of the aforementioned subjects, a minor in English as a second language, German, psychology, sociology, or Spanish may be added. Depending upon the major, other minors are also possible. Please see specific subject areas for details.

Early Adolescence through Adolescence Education Certification (grades K-12)

Refer to the professional sequence requirements listed above.

Broad Field Science

The Broad Field Science major is designed with future middle-school and high-school teachers in mind. This interdepartmental and interdisciplinary degree gives aspiring science teachers a strong background in all the major scientific fields - from physics to biology, chemistry to geology. With its breadth of study, the major enhances the versatility of its students, preparing them to succeed in any type of science classroom.Click Here for more information and degree requirements.

Broad Field Social Studies

Schools ask a great deal from their social studies teachers, especially at the secondary level. Often, these instructors need to be experts in psychology and sociology, history and government. Lakeland's broad field social studies program prepares future teachers to succeed in a wide variety of classroom settings. Designed to be versatile and marketable, the broad field social studies program allows students to concentrate in either history or sociology, yet provides a diverse set of experiences from all areas of the social sciences.Click Here for more information and degree requirements.