Dr. Katie Cripe, Program Coordinator
OVERVIEW
In cooperation with various academic disciplines in the University, the Department of Teacher Education offers a four-year AYA Education Program (grades 7-12), Integrated Sciences/Earth-Space Concentration, approved by the Ohio Department of Education. The AYA Integrated Sciences License, Grades 7-12 (Earth/Space as the primary concentration), Bachelor of Science in Education degree requires a minimum of 147-150 semester hours of course work. The Integrated Science license qualifies the license holder to teach all areas of science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Space, and Physics). This teaching field also requires passage of the Ohio Assessments for Educators in order to be eligible to student teach.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates of the Adolescent/Young Adult Program will be qualified to teach in the 7-12 classroom. Additional opportunities may be available in the private sector to tutor students. It is recommended that students in this major consider adding the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) endorsement to increase marketability. Graduates wanting to teach College Credit Plus courses should consider a Master of Science in Education Content Area Concentration degree.
Professional Dispositions:
In addition to the above learning outcomes, teacher candidates are expected to display the following professional dispositions:
- Creating fairness in the classroom
- Providing an inclusive environment that is safe and conducive to learning
- Demonstrating the belief that all students can learn
- Fostering collaborative relationships to support student learning and well- being
- Exhibiting professional skills
FIELD EXPERIENCES AND STUDENT TEACHING
Students complete over 120 hours of pre-clinical experiences in ad Field experiences are included in the following courses and offer opportunities to provide varying levels of classroom support (observing, one-on-one tutoring, small group teaching, co-teaching, whole class teaching).
Field Experiences
- EDFN 1501 Introduction to Education
- EDFN 3708 Education and Society
- SPED 2630 Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society
- TERG 3711 Reading Application in Content Areas, Secondary Years
Preclinical Field Experiences:
The preclinical experience is conducted in local schools and provides an opportunity for teacher candidates to complete an in-depth field experience prior to student teaching. This field experience requires a substantial time commitment, as teacher candidates spend the entire day in schools during designated weeks. The Adolescent/Young Adult preclinical experience is scheduled during the fall semester. Applications for the preclinical experience must be submitted (1) one year in advance to BCOE Room 2101, by September 1 for the preclinical experience. Contact the Beeghly College of Education, academic advisors for minimum preclinical prerequisites.
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- SED 4800C Science Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners
Or
- SED 4800E English Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners
Or
- SED 4800M Mathematics Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners
Or
- SED 4800S Social Studies Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners
Student Teaching
Students complete a 16 week student teaching experience. Students must pass the edTPA performance-based assessment with a minimum score of 37 during this experience.
- SED 4842 Supervised Student Teaching: High School
- SED 4842A Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Education
ADVISEMENT
Advisement is provided by the academic advisors in the Beeghly College of Education. Majors in this program must complete general education requirements, subject area curriculum requirements, reading course requirements, and professional education requirements. Prior to student teaching, all adolescent/young adult majors must complete a preclinical experience.
REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS
The Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) assess the content area and professional (pedagogical) knowledge of candidates who are seeking initial Ohio educator license or adding a new licence area. The assessments are aligned with Ohio's New Learning Standards. Teacher candidates must pass these exams prior to student teaching.
003 Assessment of Professional Knowledge Adolescence to Young Adult (7-12) (All AYA Teacher Candidates)
020 English Language Arts (for teacher candidates with ELA concentration)
027 Mathematics (for teacher candidates with Math concentration)
024 Integrated Science (for teacher candidates with Science concentration)
025 Integrated Social Studies (for teacher candidates with Social Studies concentration)
ENDORSEMENTS
The following endorsements are available to individuals holding this teaching license and may increase marketability: K-12 TESOL Endorsement, K-12 Reading Endorsement.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Core Competencies | 12 | |
| Writing 1 | ||
| Writing 2 | ||
| Communication Foundations | ||
| Calculus 1 | ||
| General Education Knowledge Domains | ||
Some courses are categorized in more than one knowledge domain. Courses can only be used once within the General Education model. Some majors prescribe specific GE courses. If a cours has been added to the domains, it is required. | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (2 courses, 1 lab) | 7 | |
This requirement met by courses in major | ||
| Social Science | 6 | |
Social Science GER | ||
| General Psychology | ||
| Social and Personal Awareness | 6 | |
| General Education Elective / First-Year Experience | 3 | |
| Introduction to Becoming a Teacher First Year Experience Course BCOE | ||
| Subject Area Curriculum | ||
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| Earth/Space Science Concentration | ||
| All of the following: | ||
| GEOL 1505 & 1505L | Physical Geology and Physical Geology Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 2605 | Historical Geology | 4 |
| GEOL 2602 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 |
| GEOG 2630 | Weather | 3 |
| ASTR 1504 | Descriptive Astronomy | 3 |
| ASTR 2609 | Moon and Planets | 3 |
| One of the following E/SS electives: | ||
| GEOL 3720 | Field Investigations in Geology | 1-4 |
| GEOL 2615 | Geology and the Environment 1 | 3 |
| ENST 2600 | Foundations of Environmental Studies | 3 |
| One of the following E/SS Electives: | ||
| GEOG 3703 | Human Impacts on the Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 3730 | Global Climates | 3 |
| GEOG 3737 | Soils and Land Use | 3 |
| If primary science concentration is Earth/Space Science, then take the following: | ||
| BIOL 2601 & 2601L | General Biology: Molecules and Cells and General Biology: Molecules and Cells Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 2602 & 2602L | General Biology: Organisms and Ecology and General Biology: Organisms and Ecology Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L | General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| PHYS 2608 | Sound | 3 |
| PHYS 2610 | General Physics 1 | 4 |
| PHYS 2610L | General Physics laboratory 1 | 1 |
| PHYS 2611 | General Physics 2 | 4 |
| PHYS 2611L | General Physics laboratory 2 | 1 |
| Select 5 s.h. from the following BIOL electives: | ||
| BIOL 3741 & 3741L | Animal Diversity and Animal Diversity Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3702 & 3702L | Microbiology and Microbiology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3721 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 3762 & 3762L | Field Botany and Field Botany Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3759 | Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4890 | Molecular Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 4890L | Molecular Genetics Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 3730 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 3730L | Human Physiology Laboratory | 1 |
| Select one of the following CHEM electives: | ||
| CHEM 2604 & 2604L | Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 5 |
| CHEM 3720 & 3720L | Organic Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3785 | Biochemistry 1 | 3 |
| Select a minimum of 3 s.h from the following PHYS electives: | ||
| PHYS 3703 | Classical Mechanics and Dynamics | 4 |
| PHYS 3705 | Thermodynamics and Classical Statistical Dynamics | 3 |
| PHYS 3705L | Thermodynamics and Classical Statistical Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 3704 | Modern Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 3704L | Modern Physics Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 3722 | Advanced Optics and Light | 3 |
| PHYS 3722L | Advanced Optics Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 4805 | Undergraduate Physics Research | 3 |
| PHYS 2607 | Physical Science for Middle and Secondary Education | 4 |
| Professional Education Curriculum | ||
| EDFN 1501 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| PSYC 3709 | Psychology of Education | 3 |
| SPED 2630 | Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society 1 | 3 |
| SED 3706 | Principles of Teaching Adolescents 2 | 3 |
| EDFN 3708 | Education and Society | 3 |
| TERG 3711 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Secondary Years 2 | 3 |
| TEMC 3707 | Science/Technology/Society 1,2 | 3 |
| Preclinical Curriculum | ||
| EDFN 3710 | Educational Assessment | 3 |
| SED 4800C | Science Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners 2 | 3 |
| Student Teaching Curriculum | ||
| SED 4842 | Supervised Student Teaching: High School 2 | 10 |
| SED 4842A | Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Education 2 | 2 |
| Total Semester Hours for the Degree: 147-150 s.h. | ||
| 1 | Prerequisites for preclinical curriculum. |
| 2 | Upper division course. |
BCOE Notes:
Advisement:
- It is highly recommended that all teacher candidates meet with an academic advisor every semester.
- Freshmen, athletes, and students on warning and probation are required to meet with an advisor before registration.
- At the completion of 30 SH any teacher candidate who: 1)was required to and has not passed PRAXIS Core Exam(s), or 2) holds a GPA of 2.25 or below will be referred to Central Advising for advising and career services. If at a later date the teacher candidate passes all required parts of the Praxis Core Exam and attains a GPA of 2.25 or higher that student may return to BCOE for advising.
Important Notes:
- Neither admission to the University nor declaration of a major related to a teaching field guarantees admission to the BCOE’s Teacher Education Programs or candidacy for a teaching license.
- Formal Admission to Teacher Education (Upper-Division) is required before teacher candidates are allowed to enroll in certain junior and senior level courses in BCOE.
- Undetermined education majors must declare a major before applying for admission to a Teacher Education Program.
- Admission to a Teacher Education Program is obtained upon satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
_____ Minimum completion of 50 SH
_____ Minimum 2.75 overall GPA
- Meet one of the following criteria:
_____ Overall GPA 3.4 or better, OR
_____ ACT scores of Reading-21, English-18, Math-22, AND/OR
_____ SAT scores of Reading-450, Writing-430, Math-520, AND/OR
_____ Praxis CORE scores, Reading-156, Writing-162, Math-150
(Attach a copy of your CORE scores to the application)
- “B” average or better (A-C, B-B) for:
_____ ENGL 1550_____ ENGL 1551
If failure to meet “B” average above must also complete:
_____ ENGL 2601 grade of “B” or better.If you receive a “C” or below you will need to retake the course.
- “B” average or better (B-B-B, A-B-C) across the following:
_____ EDFN 1501_____ CMST 1545
_____ SPED 2630 _____ GEOL 1505 or BIOL 2602 or CHEM 1516 or PHYS 2610
If student does not have a “B” average, student will be required to retake one or more of these courses until the “B” average is achieved.
- A grade of “C” or better is required in all required major courses. Courses taken as “CR/NC” will not count towards the major
- Professional education and block courses may only be repeated one time.
- Minimum requirements for teaching licenses are determined by the Ohio Department of Education; if those requirements change, they become effective immediately at Youngstown State University. (YSU Undergraduate Catalog).
Upper-Division Application Process
- Upper division application and forms must be printed from the BCOE website.
- After completing a minimum of 50 SH, submit the following:
- Upper Division application
- Good Moral Character Statement
- copy of BCI & FBI clearances
- schedule an upper division interview with the BCOE Office of Student Services, room 2101, no later than:
- Upper Division Application Deadline
- September 1—to register for Upper Division Courses for Spring
- February 1—to register for Upper Division courses for Summer & Fall
- Each completed application is reviewed and approved by the Upper Division Admission and Retention Committee. If all requirements are met, the teacher candidate may register for Upper Division courses for the following semester. Upper Division courses are the courses designated with the “+” symbol. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be processed until the end of the respective semester.
Program Notes:
- If Math concentration is chosen, Math GER is not required. If Science concentration is chosen, Natural Science GER is fulfilled through subject area curriculum. If Language Arts concentration is chosen, Arts & Humanities GER is fulfilled through subject area curriculum. If Social Studies concentration is chosen, Social Sciences GER is fulfilled through subject area curriculum.
- Candidates will not be permitted to take the following professional education courses more than twice: EDFN 1501, EDFN 3708, PSYC 3709, SPED 2630, TERG 2601, 3701, 3702, 3703, 2610, 3711, TEMC 4802, SED 4800, ECIS 2629, ECIS 3700, all preclinical experience courses, student teaching, and student teaching seminar.
- If the program is concerned regarding teacher candidate performance in the preclinical experience, as determined by CPAST criteria, the program coordinator may require the teacher candidate to complete an additional preclinical experience prior to the student teaching experience.
Preclinical Application with Request for Graduation Evaluation
- Preclinical application is completed on TaskStream. Directions are available on the BCOE website.
- Preclinical application and graduation evaluation request must be submitted one year prior to the intended preclinical semester no later than:
- September 1—for Fall preclinical
- February 1—for Spring preclinical
- Preclinical candidates are screened for eligibility based on GPA and course completion.
Student Teaching:
- Prerequisites:
- BCOE Upper Division and Senior status,
- Overall 2.75 GPA
- Minimum of 2.67 GPA in subject area curriculum and professional education courses with no grade less than a “C” (each computed individually),
- Passage of OAE test(s) and ACTFL tests for foreign language.
- Instructions for completing the Student Teaching Application and Forms are available on BCOE website. The application and forms must be completed and printed from the BCOE website and submitted to the BCOE Office of Student Services no later than:
- September 1—to Student Teach the following Spring Semester
- February 1—to Student Teach the following Fall Semester
Graduation Process:
- Apply for graduation during the first three weeks of the semester you plan to graduate. Graduation evaluation must be completed in advance of application for graduation.
Completing a Bachelor of Science in Education without Licensure:
- Teacher candidates who choose to graduate without licensure must apply for approval in the BCOE Office of Student Services.
- Once approved, teacher candidates graduating without licensure must take TCED 4830 (3 SH) capstone in place of student teaching.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L |
General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory |
4 |
| BIOL 2601 & 2601L |
General Biology: Molecules and Cells and General Biology: Molecules and Cells Laboratory |
4 |
| TCED 1500 | Introduction to Becoming a Teacher First Year Experience Course BCOE | 3 |
| GEOL 2605 | Historical Geology | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 22 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| EDFN 1501 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| BIOL 2602 & 2602L |
General Biology: Organisms and Ecology and General Biology: Organisms and Ecology Laboratory |
4 |
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L |
General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory |
4 |
| PSYC 1560 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 21 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L |
Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory |
4 |
| PHYS 2610 | General Physics 1 | 4 |
| PHYS 2610L | General Physics laboratory 1 | 1 |
| GEOL 1505 & 1505L |
Physical Geology and Physical Geology Laboratory |
4 |
| SPED 2630 | Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 19 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSYC 3709 | Psychology of Education | 3 |
| ASTR 1504 | Descriptive Astronomy | 3 |
| PHYS 2611 | General Physics 2 | 4 |
| PHYS 2611L | General Physics laboratory 2 | 1 |
| Arts and Humanities GER | 3 | |
| Earth/Space Science Elective | 3 | |
| Biology Elective | 5 | |
| Semester Hours | 22 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ASTR 2609 | Moon and Planets | 3 |
| GEOL 2602 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 |
| GEOG 2630 | Weather | 3 |
| Social and Personal Awareness GER | 3 | |
| Physics Elective | 3-4 | |
| Earth/Space Science Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 18-19 | |
| Spring | ||
| SED 3706 | Principles of Teaching Adolescents | 3 |
| EDFN 3708 | Education and Society | 3 |
| TERG 3711 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Secondary Years | 3 |
| PHYS 2608 | Sound | 3 |
| TEMC 3707 | Science/Technology/Society | 3 |
| Social and Personal Awareness GER | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| EDFN 3710 | Educational Assessment | 3 |
| SED 4800C | Science Methods for Adolescent and Young Adult Learners | 3 |
| Social Science GER | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities GER | 3 | |
| Chemistry Elective | 3-5 | |
| Semester Hours | 15-17 | |
| Spring | ||
| SED 4842 | Supervised Student Teaching: High School | 10 |
| SED 4842A | Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Education | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 12 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 147-150 | |
Learning Outcomes
The following learning outcomes are based on The Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession. These standards were developed for use as a guide for teachers as they continually reflect upon and improve their effectiveness as educators throughout all of the stages of their careers. These standards serve as an important tool for teachers as they consider their growth and development in the profession. These standards in developing and content of our teacher education programs. They are interrelated and connect in teachers’ practice.
- Teachers understand student learning and development and respect the diversity of the students they teach.
- Teachers know and understand the content area for which they have instructional responsibility.
- Teachers understand and use varied assessments to inform instruction, evaluate and ensure student learning.
- Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction that advances the learning of each individual student.
- Teachers create learning environments that promote high levels of learning and achievement for all students.
- Teachers assume responsibility for professional growth, performance and involvement as an individual and as a member of a learning community.
- Teachers collaborate and communicate with students, parents, other educators, administrators and the community to support student learning. Teachers assume responsibility for professional growth, performance and involvement as an individual and as a member of a learning community.