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SECONDARY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM (STEP)

Program Purpose:

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 :

1. Mathematics (BA in Mathematics or BS in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Pure Mathematics, or Statistics)
2. English (BA in English)
3. Foreign Language
   1. Latin (BA in Classical Studies)
   2. French, K-12 (BA in French)
   3. Spanish, K-12 (BA in Spanish)
4. Science:
   1. Biology (BA or BS in Biology)
   2. Chemistry (BA or BS in Chemistry)
   3. Physics (BA or BS in Physics)
5. Social Studies:
   1. Anthropology (BA in Anthropology)
   2. Economics (BA or BS in Economics)
   3. Geography (BA in Geography)
   4. History (BA in History)
   5. Political Science (BA in Political Science)
   6. Psychology (BA in Psychology)
   7. Sociology (BA in Sociology)

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.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

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.

PROGRAM GOALS:

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:

• Become involved in the identification of issues in secondary teacher education generally as well as those related to specific content areas and the search for solutions.
• Become critical thinkers capable of effectively expressing themselves in oral and written communication.
• Develop a knowledge base in their specialty area.
• Develop self-awareness and an understanding of their own world view and how that perspective influences their learning and teaching.
• Understand cultural differences and appreciate the rich cultural heritage that each high school student brings to the classroom.
• Understand the unique learning characteristics, needs, and capacities of high school students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and of varying exceptionalities.

Additional goals of STEP are to:

• Develop strong links between (a) faculty members in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction who focus on secondary pedagogy, (b) field-based colleagues who work with UNC-Greensboro preservice teachers and collaborate on partnership schools projects, and (c) content experts in the College of Arts of Sciences as well as other academic units on campus.
• Seek to educate professionals who can successfully teach students from a wide range of backgrounds with diverse educational needs so that they may become active, contributing citizens upon graduation from high school.
• Develop and support a community of secondary teacher educators, teacher candidates, practitioners, and content faculty to promote and sustain collegiality among everyone involved in the preparation of secondary teachers.

PROGRAM OF STUDY:

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.

 

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