Shear School of Education Summer Orientation Welcome!!

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Shear School of Education Summer Orientation
Welcome!!

• This meeting is only for students with majors in
  Early Childhood Education, Childhood Education,
  and Childhood Education with Special Education.
  Those seeking Adolescence (Secondary)
  certifications should attend the info sessions in
  the Liberal Arts major corresponding to your
  certification area.
• You may download this presentation from
  www.geneseo.edu/rommel

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Shear School of Education Websitewww.geneseo.edu/
educationLook here to find information regarding

• Faculty Staff
• Programs Requirements
• Admissions
• Certification Employment
• Field Experiences Student Teaching

• Student Scholarships Awards
• Student Professional Organizations
• Student Handbooks
• News Events
• Xerox Center for Multicultural Education

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School of Education Majors Leading to Initial
Certification

• Early Childhood with Childhood
• Certification birth through grade 2 and
• Certification grades 1 through 6
• Childhood
• Certification grades 1 through 6
• Childhood with Special Education
• Certification grades 1 through 6 and
• Certification special education grades 1-6

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SOE Application

• All students interested in pursuing teaching
  certification through SOE programs must apply to
  the School of Education. The application is
  through the SOE website at
• http//www.geneseo.edu/sites/default/files/isu/edu
  cation/SOE_Application.pdf

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SOE Application

• To apply to the School of Education, a student
  must have
• completed 30 hours of coursework at Geneseo,
• completed a Service Learning project, and
• have a GPA of 2.75.
• Application deadlines are December 1st and June
  1st of each year.

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Service Learning

• Each applicant to the SOE must complete 25 hours
  of Service Learning with children of the ages
  (s)he will be certified to teach.
• These hours must be done in at least 5 sessions,
  under the supervision of a certified teacher.

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Service Learning

• Applicants must have the Application/Service
  Learning packet to use during the Service
  Learning experience.
• Service Learning cannot be completed
  retroactively (applicants may not use
  experiences they had before obtaining the
  Application/Service Learning packet or prior to
  completion of their high school programs).

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School of Education Course Blocks

• Many courses in SOE programs are blocked
  together to provide for efficiency in planning
  field experiences and for interdisciplinary
  teaching purposes.
• Students progress through 5 blocks of coursework,
  followed by a student teaching semester.

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School of Education Course Blocks

• Students may enroll in only one block each
  semester, and each block must be successfully
  completed before you may enroll in the next
  block.
• Every block is designed to build on the
  information covered in previous blocks.
• The blocks in each of the programs are different,
  so that while a friend may have a 3-course Block
  IV, you may have a 2-course Block IV.

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School of Education Course Blocks
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School of Education Field Experiences

• Field experiences are part of each block
  beginning with Block II.
• Field experiences are designed to gradually
  introduce teacher candidates to working with
  elementary or preschool students.
• Candidates begin by working one-on-one with
  students, then progress to small group lessons,
  and finally to teaching large groups and entire
  classrooms.

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School of Education Field Experiences

• Field experiences create scheduling restrictions
  for candidates.
• Each course with a field experience component
  requires that candidates leave blocks of time
  free in their weekly schedules. For example, some
  students must leave MWF free from 1130AM -
  330PM, while others must leave TR 8AM - 12 noon
  free (this will depend on what block it is and
  when the corresponding courses are taught).

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Transportation

• All students are required to provide their own
  transportation to and from all field visits,
  which begin in the sophomore year.
• Students may arrange carpools, however faculty
  may not.

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Required Related Courses

• Candidates in SOE programs must also complete
  courses from other departments that are relevant
  to the Education major
• Math 140 (Mathematics for Elementary Education I)
• Math 141 (Mathematics for Elementary Education
  II)
• Psych 215 (Child Development)
• HPE 350 (Health and Safety Issues in Schools)

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Foreign Language Proficiency

• Certification candidates may use American Sign
  Language to complete the foreign language
  requirement of the College, however it is not
  offered on a regular basis at Geneseo.
• Geneseo students must exhibit foreign language
  proficiency at the 201 level (generally 3
  semesters at the college level) as a graduation
  requirement.
• Students may take the college placement exam in
  foreign language to attempt to place out of the
  requirement or to determine which class they
  should enroll in at Geneseo.

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Concentrations

• Each candidate must choose an area of
  concentration in which s/he will take a minimum
  of 30 hours of (specified) coursework in one of
  16 liberal arts areas.

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Available Concentrations

• Art History
• Dance
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Foreign Languages (French or Spanish)
• Geography
• History
• Human Development (Early Childhood ONLY)

• Mathematics
• Music
• Natural Science (Biology, Chemistry, Geological
  Sciences, Physics)
• Political Science
• Theatre
• Urban Studies
• Womens Studies

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Relationships Among Courses Major, Core,
Concentration, and Required Related
MAJOR
Required Related
Core
Concentration
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Student Teaching

• Some candidates will complete their student
  teaching experiences in the fall semester while
  others will complete them in the spring semester.
• To qualify for student teaching, candidates must
  have an overall GPA of 2.75, a major GPA of 2.75,
  and a concentration GPA of 2.75.

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SOE Student Organizations

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Elementary and Secondary Education Association
  (ESEA)
• Geneseo Organization for Deaf Awareness (GODA)
• Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society (KDP)
• Young Childrens Council (YCC)
• Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education

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SOE Student Organizations

• Information about all these organizations and
  others on campus will be available at the
  Volunteer Fair in the fall. Watch your email for
  announcements!

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Reminder

• Students are responsible for knowing the rules
  expressed in the Undergraduate Bulletin, Master
  Schedule each semester, Student Teaching
  Handbook, and any other official documents of the
  School of Education.

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Tests for Certification Required by New York State

• Educating All Students (EAS)
• Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST)
• Content Specialty Tests (The number of these you
  will take depends on your areas of certification)
• Education Teacher Performance Assessment (EdTPA)
  

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Before you come for your advisement appointment
today

• Plan to arrive 20 minutes early
• Per your pre-advisement planning instructions,
  know your top 10 favorite sections of Intd 105
  Freshman Writing
• your top 3 favorite selections in the core areas
  (Natural Science N/, Fine Arts F/, Social Science
  S/, and Non-Western M/) and
• think about what you are interested pursuing as a
  concentration.
• During your appointment, we will generally try to
  schedule you into classes in the following areas
  Natural Science with lab Math 140 Fine Arts,
  Social Science and/or Non-Western Intd 105 and
  a course in your concentration area.
• Some of you may already have credit for one or
  more of these courses and we will then plan
  accordingly!

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Time for Questions!

• If you have questions between the time you leave
  today and the time you return in August, please
  do not hesitate to contact one of us
• Dr. Susan Salmon Dr. Katie Rommel-Esham
• salmon_at_geneseo.edu rommel_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5326 585.245.5325
• Dr. Brian Morgan Mrs. Tracy Peterson
• morganb_at_geneseo.edu Assistant to the Dean
• 585.245.5149 peterson_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5443