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Antioch's
undergraduate teacher preparation program provides opportunities
for those with experience in school settings, or in work with children
to obtain a bachelor's degree and qualify for elementary teacher
certification. The program incorporates the values and competencies
of Antioch's B.A. in Liberal Studies (a bachelor completion program)
and teacher preparation.
Antioch's program is offered full time to a cohort of 20 to 25
students. It integrates courses in teaching methods, classroom management
strategies and all content areas needed for your elementary teaching
certification.
Orientation
New students attend orientation prior to the first week of class.
Courses
Students complete the following courses during the first four quarters:
- Child Development & Educational Psychology (3)
- Children's Adolescent's Literature (3)
- Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (3)
- Developing Math Literacy (3)
- Literature: Exploring Lives Through Story (3)
- Mathematics I (3)
- Mathematics II (3)
- Meaning and Practice of History (3)
- Multicultural Perspectives in Education (3)
- Reflective Practice (3)
- Schooling in America (3)
- Teaching Life Science & Lab (3)
- Teaching Physical Science & Lab (3)
- Teaching Social Studies (3)
- Technology in American Society and Education (3)
- The Joy of Writing (3)
You complete the following courses during the last four quarters:
- Arts & the Imagination (3)
- Children With Special Gifts & Needs (3)
- Classroom Management & Practice (3)
- Current Assessment Practices (3)
- English as a Second Language (3)
- Field Experience (3)
- Health, Fitness & Safety Education (3)
- Literacy I (3)
- Literacy II (3)
- School Law & Educational Policy (3)
- Student Teaching (12)
- Teaching Earth & Space Science & Lab (3)
- Teaching the Arts (3)
Field Experience
Before student teaching, you are required to participate in field
experiences in a school classroom during the day, which is organized
by the field placement coordinator in conjunction with faculty.
Throughout the ten-week quarter, you fulfill 20 hours of observation.
Student Teaching
You complete a student teaching internship during the last quarter
of the program. Passing scores on the appropriate Praxis II exam
are required prior to student teaching. Although Antioch cannot
promise to accommodate your school of preference, the field placement
coordinator will make every attempt to do so. Student teaching generally
takes 10 to 12 weeks to complete. At the end of the quarter, students
present information about their student teaching experience to peers
and faculty.
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