The Teacher Education Minor is designed to satisfy certification requirements to teach in public schools in the State of Florida at the Middle and Secondary Education grades 6-12, Foreign Language, Music and Dance grades K-12 leads to fulfillment of the Florida Department of Education’s (FLDOE) certification requirements.
All Teacher Education Minor students are assigned a Teacher Education Advisor.
PROGRAM OF STUDY (POS)
The Teacher Education Minor is comprised of the following 15 credit hours with a grade of “C” or higher required in each course.
| Code |
Course |
Credit |
| EDU 102 |
Human Development & Learning |
3 |
| EDU 401 |
Measurement, Evaluation & Assessment in |
3 |
|
Education |
|
| EDU 432 |
Effective Instructional Strategies * |
3 |
| EDU 457 |
Mainstreaming and Classroom Management |
3 |
| EDU 486 |
Reading & Learning Skills in the Content Areas for |
3 |
| |
Middle & High School Teachers |
|
| |
Total: |
15 |
* Students seeking certification in Foreign Language, Music or Dance must replace EDU 432: Effective Instructional Strategies with one of the following courses:
| Foreign Language Majors |
EDU 485 |
Methods of Teaching Foreign Language K-12 |
| |
|
(Independent Study through Foreign Language Dept.) |
|
|
|
| Music Majors |
MUS 361 |
Methods of Teaching Music in the Elementary School |
| |
or MUS 363 |
Methods of Teaching Music in the Secondary School |
| |
|
|
| Dance Majors |
DANC 335 |
Dance Teaching Methods |