Communication Arts/Literature Middle Level (5-8) Teaching Endorsement

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Communication Arts/Literature Middle Level (5-8) Teaching Endorsement-Licensure

Description
Successful completion of this program will qualify students to apply for a middle level Minnesota teaching endorsement in Communication Arts/Literature, which will allow them to extend their Elementary or Secondary teaching license so that they can teach English/Language Arts in grades 5-8

Admission Requirements

Students who seek this endorsement must be admitted to a degree program in either A) Elementary Inclusive Education or B) secondary education in any subject area OR students who seek this endorsement must already be licensed to teach either Elementary Inclusive Education or secondary education in any subject area.

Core Requirements ( 36 credits )

ENGL 280 World Literature East and West (3)
ENGL 357 New Media and the CA/L Classroom (3)
ENGL 365 Language and Learning (3)
ENGL 374 Theory and Methods: Writing Grades 5-12 (3)
ENGL 493 Grammars of English (3)
ENGL 484 Theory and Methods: CA/L Grades 5-8 (3)

ED 205 Introduction to Education (3)
ED 294 Educational Psychology (3)
ED 448 Reading Study Skills in the Content Areas (3)
ED 460S Student Teaching (4) OR
EECE 428 Building Partnerships (3)
ED 498 The Professional Teacher in the Classroom (3)

COMM 415 Teaching Methods: Communication Studies (3)