Shear School of Education Summer Orientation 2006 Welcome

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Shear School of Education Summer Orientation
2006Welcome!!

• 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 Website

• www.geneseo.edu/educate

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School of Education Majors Leading to Initial
Certification

• Early Childhood
• Birth through grade 2
• Childhood
• Grades 1 through 6
• Childhood with Special Education
• Grades 1 through 6, and
• 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/educate/admissions.shtml

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SOE Application

• To apply to the School of Education, a student
  must have
• completed 24-60 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 is being 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,
  which is 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 8AM -1130 AM,
  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 at Geneseo.
• Geneseo students must exhibit foreign language
  proficiency at the 201 level (generally 3
  semesters at the college level) as a graduation
  requirement.

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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
  25 liberal arts areas.

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Available Concentrations

• Applied Computer Science
• Art History
• Computer Science
• Dance
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Foreign Languages (2 options)
• Geography
• History
• Latin American Studies

• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Music
• Natural Science (4 options)
• Political Science
• Theatre
• Urban Studies
• Womens Studies
• Human Development (Early Childhood only)

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Relationships Among Courses Major, Core,
Concentration, and Required Related
Required Related
MAJOR
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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Time for Questions!

• Thank you for your time.
• 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!

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Advisor Contact Information

• Dr. Susan Salmon
• salmon_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5326
• Ms. Susan Norman
• norman_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.254.5443

• Dr. Katie Rommel-Esham
• rommel_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5325
• Mr. Dan Kelly
• kellyd_at_geneseo.edu
• 585.245.5559