Shear School of Education

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Shear School of Education

• Welcome to
• Transfer Student
• Orientation!

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School of Education Majors Leading to Initial
Certification

• Childhood
• Grades 1 through 6
• Childhood with Early Childhood
• Grades Birth through grade 2
• 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
  available from the SOE website.
• http//www.geneseo.edu/education/admissions

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SOE Application

• To apply to the School of Education, a student
  must have
• Completed 30 credit hours of coursework either at
  Geneseo, your transfer institution, or both,
• completed a Service Learning project, and
• have a GPA of 2.75.
• Application deadlines are December 1st and June
  1st of each year. (For transfer students we can
  extend the deadline to July 1st)

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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 unless the
  experience is for a college course see below).
• Some of you may be transferring your Service
  Learning from your previous institution.

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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, with one exception transfer students
  with 60 hours of transfer credit may enroll in
  Blocks I and II simultaneously.
• 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 4-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 or 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 Block II.
• 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.
• Geneseos foreign language requirement can be
  satisfied through high school by having taken
  language through level 4 along with having
  achieved an 85 on the Regents Examination.

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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 Spanish)
• Geography
• History
• Human Development (Early Childhood majors 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
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 spring. Watch your email
  for announcements!

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Tests for Certification Required by New York
State

• Stay tuned as NYS works to develop new testing
  requirements
• Be sure to seek out information at advising and
  seminars that will address this issue

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Before you come for your advisement appointment
today

• Plan to arrive 20 minutes early, except for those
  of you who have a 1015 appointment
• Per your pre-advisement planning instructions,
  know your top 3 favorite selections in the core
  areas, if you are not transferring these credits
  in. (Natural Science N/, Fine Arts F/, Social
  Science S/, and Non-Western M/)
• 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 or 141 Fine
  Arts, Social Science and/or Non-Western and a
  course in your concentration area.
• Many of you will likely have credit for one or
  more of these courses and we will then plan
  accordingly!

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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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Welcome to Geneseo!