NHTI, Concord's Community College Catalog 2013-2014

Education Programs
Character Expectations
The health and safety of children, adolescents and other learners is
of paramount concern to the Education program. Applicants for teaching
positions in public and private schools in New Hampshire should be aware
that background checks through the New Hampshire Department of Safety
must be completed by potential employers prior to employment.
Applicants who have been in difficulty with the law, depending upon
the nature of their experience, may not be employable or even eligible for
field experience. Applicants are advised that such matters may be discussed
during an admission interview so that future goals to be a teacher will not
be compromised.
Technical Standards
Technical Standards have been established to provide guidance to
students as to skills and abilities required to function successfully in the
program and ultimately in the public and/or private school classroom as
teachers. Applicants who think they may not be able to meet one or more of
the technical standards should contact program faculty members to discuss
individual cases. Department Faculty will give serious consideration to all
academically qualified candidates providing that the technical standards
can be met with reasonable accommodations. Students in the Education
program must have sufficient strength, stamina and motor coordination
to perform the following:
• Sufficient hearing and visual acuity to ensure a safe environment and
ability to respond quickly in the event of emergency;
• Sufficient verbal ability to express and exchange information and ideas
as well as to interpret important instructions to children, adolescents,
colleagues, and parents;
• Sufficient writing skills to accurately record students’ daily progress
and milestones as well as a variety of reports;
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions, to respond appropriately
to unexpected situations, and to cope with extreme variations in
workload and stress levels.
Teacher Education Conversion Programs (TECP)
Program Overview
NHTI has developed four programs, approved by the NH State
Board of Education, to help to meet the critical shortage of teachers in
our state:
1. The Teacher Education Conversion Programs (TECP) are
designed to attract career changers into Mathematics or Science
Teaching.
2. The General Special Education Conversion Program is designed
for candidates who already hold a teaching certification and
are interested in adding a general special education endorsement
or for those candidates with a bachelor’s degree who hold an
alternative IV statement of eligibility and are working in a school.
3. The ESOL Conversion Program is designed for candidates who
already hold a teaching certification and are interested in adding
ESOL K-12 certification or those without teaching certification,
who hold a baccalaureate degree, and are interested in ESOL as an
initial certification.
Admission Requirements for All Programs
1. These are not degree programs; candidates must hold a
Baccalaureate and/or Master’s Degree.
2. Candidates must complete and submit a TECP application, a $20
application fee, offi cial transcripts from all undergraduate and
graduate programs attended, current resume and two letters of
recommendation.
3. Candidates must participate in an interview with NHTI Education
Department Faculty.
Teacher Certification In Mathematics or Science
Program Goals
The goals of the Teacher Education Conversion Program are to
prepare the candidate to bring to the middle or secondary classroom the
knowledge, skills, expertise, innovation, and enthusiasm necessary to
succeed as a teacher; to ensure that candidates are afforded opportunities
for observation, exploration, and refl ection both in and outside the
classroom; to apply his/her content expertise and pedagogical principles
in the assessment of learning in a student teaching experience.
The Teacher Education Conversion programs are post-baccalaureate
programs in which candidates can expect to learn through integrated
fieldwork and courses in the following areas:
CL LAB CR
TECP 50 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3 0 3
TECP 51 Foundations of Education 3 0 3
TECP 60 Supporting Students with
Challenging Behaviors 3 0 3
TECP 61 Legal Issues in Education 3 0 3
TECP 63 Instructional Technology 3 0 3
TECP 66 Curriculum and Assessment 4 0 4
TECP 68 Content Area Literacy 2 0 2
TECP 69 Cross-Cultural Education:
Professional Learning Community 1 0 1
TECP 80 Methods/Student Teaching for
Middle/Secondary School Mathematics or
TECP 81 Methods/Student Teaching for
Middle/Secondary School Science 2 30 12
TECP 92 The Teaching Portfolio* 1 0 1
TOTAL CREDITS 34
* If a candidate does not complete the portfolio by the end of the student
teaching semester, he/she will enroll in TECP 92: The Teaching Portfolio
(1 credit seminar) to complete the portfolio.
The NHTI TECP offers certification in the following endorsement
areas:
Certification Levels
• Chemistry grades 7 - 12
• Earth/Space Science grades 7 - 12
• Life Science grades 7 - 12
• Mathematics grades 5 - 8, 7 - 12
• Middle Science grades 5-9
• Physics grades 7 - 12
After successful completion of the program and approval of the
electronic portfolio, candidates are recommended to the NH State
Department of Education - Bureau of Credentialing for teacher
certification.
This program is financial aid eligible.
Specific Admission Requirements
1. Candidates must hold a Baccalaureate and/or Master’s Degree in
Science or Math.
2. These candidates demonstrate the mastery of all competencies
required by the program through the successful completion of
coursework, field work, student teaching, and portfolio development.
3. Candidates must successfully pass the PRAXIS I (PPST) tests before
full acceptance into the TECP and the PRAXIS II in their specific
content area before student teaching.
4. Candidates must have demonstrated knowledge of the human growth
and development (or take the NHTI course) while in TECP.
5. The candidate must maintain a cumulative grade point average of
at least a 2.75.
6. A criminal record check will be required for working in the schools.
7. Included in the application process, a transcript review is conducted
by the content department (mathematics or science) to assess the
candidate’s fundamental knowledge of the NH content standards.
For the Gainful Employment Disclosure Statement for this program, see:
www.nhti.edu/gainful-employment-disclosure
38 NHTI Catalog 2013-2014