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planning to pursue teacher certification should
file a Declaration of Intent form with the
Education Department immediately upon making
the decision to enter William Jewell College
teacher education. Subsequently the student
should apply for admission to the teacher education
program as soon as possible.
Students seeking elementary certification must take a
minimum of 30 hours of Education courses at
William Jewell including: EDU 211, 309, 314, 315,
401, 410.
Students seeking secondary or K-12 certification
must, at a minimum, take the following courses at
William Jewell College: EDU 310, 311, the appropriate
300 level course in teaching methods in the
content area, 401, 424/425.
In most cases transfer students or students changing
majors will find it necessary to attend college beyond
the usual four years.
General Requirements for
All Teacher Certification Programs
All teacher education students must meet the
requirements of the William Jewell College General
Education curriculum, “The Responsible Self”.
In addition:
• U.S. Diversity: Secondary (9-12, K-12) education
students are required to complete a U.S. diversity
course (GEN 200 or 206; ENG 379; or COM
358). Only GEN 200 or 206 meet Jewell
General Education requirements for Culture
and Traditions.
• Additional Content Courses: Elementary
education students (1-6) are required to complete
one additional course in each of the following
content fields: science (SCI 101 with laboratory),
political science (US government must be discussed
in the course), U.S. diversity (see above),
art or music, health (PED 250) geography, and
economics (GEO 304 meets the last two for
elementary majors).
• Writing Standard: All teacher education students
must demonstrate competence in English
composition. In addition to successful completion
of GEN 102, the WJC Education Department
Rubric for Professional Writing will be applied to
all writing assignments. If a student is not
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demonstrating competence the instructor should
require the student to seek services from the
Writing Center and file a Care Team form (see
Handbook) and the student will be counseled.
• Oral Communication Standard: All teacher
education students must demonstrate oral
communication competence. In addition to
successful completion of GEN 101, Oral
Communication, the student must continue to
exhibit strong oral presentation skills in education
course work. If the student does not demonstrate
those skills the instructor will file a Care Team
form and the student will be counseled.
• Numeracy Standard: All teacher education
students must demonstrate basic mathematical
competence. In addition to successful completion
of GEN 103, Math Model Building (or equivalent),
the student must continue to exhibit knowledge
/use of mathematics in education course work. If
the student does not demonstrate those skills the
instructor will file a Care Team form and the
student will be counseled.
Other Notes About Advising for
Elementary and Secondary Teacher
Education Students
All elementary teacher education majors must be
advised by an elementary education advisor once
each semester. K-12 and secondary (9-12) teacher
education majors must be double majors and
MUST be advised by both content area and education
advisors each semester.
Entering education students should enroll in 200
level courses as soon as is practicable and preferably
in the following order: 205, 211/212, 215, 234 for
all teacher education students plus 201, 202, 203,
250 for elementary students). Teacher education
students may not enroll for 300 level education
courses until they are admitted to a program (elementary
or secondary).
Teacher education students should take the CBASE
test during the second semester of the first year or
the fall semester of the sophomore year. Registration
for the test is done in the Education Office.
Student Teaching
Formal admission to the teacher education program
is a prerequisite to applying for student teaching.
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