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The Undergraduate Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is designed for students who wish to pursue teacher licensure in the following content areas: English, Comprehensive Social Studies, Mathematics, Comprehensive Science, and Foreign Language, including Latin.
Areas of licensure are listed below with their corresponding degrees/majors :
NOTE: STEP does not award degrees. The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Bryan School of Business confer degrees. The STEP provides teacher licensure courses; the CAS and Bryan School of Business offer general education and content area courses.
Students who are pursuing teaching licensure in the aforementioned content areas combine a rigorous academic program with a sequenced clinical practice at partnership schools. These preservice teachers take content area courses and teacher licensure courses, with their first clinical experience beginning during the second semester of their junior year. Two internships (80+ contact hours) are required prior to student teaching. UNCG faculty work closely with public school faculty, who we call On-Site Teacher Educators (OSTEs) to plan a range of “theory into practice” experiences.
Core, diversity, and technology standards are first introduced and assessed in core courses of the Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP). Also, students are provided opportunities to demonstrate mastery and are further assessed on these standards in the specialty area courses. The STEP coordinator and methods professors/advisors oversee the instruction, placement, advising, and supervision of students as students participate in methods courses, internships, and student teaching.
The primary goal of the Secondary Teacher Education Program is to prepare caring, competent, and collaborative professionals to teach academic core subjects (English, social studies, mathematics, science, and foreign language, including Latin) in grades 9-12. To qualify for initial licensure, candidates must meet the following program goals:
Additional goals of STEP are to:
The following is a proposed plan of study for the courses in the STEP:
FALL OF JUNIOR YEAR:
HEA 201 (or sooner) - Personal Health
ELC 381 (or sooner) - Institution of Education
SPRING OF JUNIOR YEAR:
*TED 545 - Diverse Learners (30-hr. internship)
TED 450 (or sooner) - Psychological Foundations
LIS 120 (1 sh) (or sooner) - Instructional Technology
FALL OF SENIOR YEAR:
TED 535 (or sooner) - Literacy in the Content Area
*TED 5XX - Teaching Practices and Curriculum (50-hr. internship)
TED 527: French and Spanish
TED 551: English
TED 552: Foreign Languages (French & Spanish); Classical Studies (Latin)
TED 553: Social Studies
TED 557: Mathematics
TED 559: Sciences
SPRING OF SENIOR YEAR:
*TED 465 (12 sh) - Student Teaching
*Courses must be taken in the three-semester sequence. NO EXCEPTIONS. Additional courses may be required by the major/department.