Professional Teacher Education
The Professional Teacher Education Licensure Program is a challenging program which prepares science and mathematics teachers for teaching in grades 3-12 and emphasizes the development of a teacher’s ability to develop research-based teaching strategies that make science and mathematics accessible to learners. Specific attention is directed at the interaction of schools, learners, pedagogy, subject matter and curriculum. The program supports the following outcomes:
- The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices (TSPC) Initial License linked with the MS in Science Education or Mathematics Education
- The Oregon TSPC Continuing License
- Specialized work toward the addition of science- and mathematics-related endorsements.
- The specific subject matter endorsements include:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Integrated Science
- Mathematics
- Advanced Mathematics
- Physics
The particular authorizations provided are:
- Option 1: Elementary and Middle
- Option 2: Middle and High
The Initial Licensure program is a fifth-year, 46-graduate credit, professional program preceded by a 15-credit pre-professional program that may be completed in two ways:
- A. Coursework taken concurrently with the undergraduate Bachelor's degree program in an appropriate field that also meets the subject matter competencies;
- B. Coursework taken during the summer session prior to the nine-month cohort program.
The Continuing Licensure program combines with an approved Initial Licensure program adding 9 graduate credits including a site-based practicum during the teacher's first full-time teaching position. To earn the Continuing license teachers must have completed a Masters degree, taught in the state of Oregon for at least three years and completed these 9 credits with C or better grades.
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