Education, Adolescent to Young Adult Education (Grades 7-12, Ages 12-21)

Required Courses for Licensure

• EDUC 10000 - Introduction to Education
• EDUC 12000 - Content Area Reading
• EDUC 25100 - Introduction to Adolescent and Young Adult Education
• EDUC 30000 - Issues in Education: Teaching Diverse Populations
• EDUC 32000 - Curriculum Methods and Assessment in Adolescent and Young Adult Education: Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Mathematics, Or Integrated Social Studies
• EDUC 49300 - Adolescent/Young Adult Student Teaching and Seminar
• EDUC 49400 - Adolescent/Young Adult Student Teaching and Seminar
• EDUC 49500 - Adolescent/Young Adult Student Teaching and Seminar

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• PSYC 11000 - Child and Adolescent Development

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• PSYC 32700 - Developmental Psychology: Theory and Research

Note

For specific content courses, see Teacher Education at the College of Wooster: A Supplement to the Catalogue which is available from any faculty member in the Department of Education.

Departmental Standards for the Teaching Profession

The following seven standards for the teaching profession reflect a connection between the goals of Wooster’s teacher education program and the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Professions. Listed below is a brief explanation of what the Department expects teacher licensure candidates to achieve by the end of the teacher education program:

• Student Learning: Candidates understand student learning and development and respect the diversity of students they will teach.
• Content Knowledge: Candidates know and understand the content area for which they will have instructional responsibility.
• Assessment: Candidates understand and use varied assessments to inform instruction, evaluate, and ensure student learning.
• Instruction: Candidates plan and deliver effective instruction that advances the learning of each individual student.
• Learning Environment: Candidates create learning environments that promote high levels of learning and achievements for all students.
• Collaboration and Communication: Candidates collaborate and communicate with students, parents, families, and other educators, administrators, and the community to support student learning.
• Professional Responsibility, Growth, and Reflection: Through reflection, candidates assume responsibility for professional growth, performance, and involvement as individuals and as members of a learning community.