Certification
Students are recommended for certification when all of the following criteria have been met:
- Successful completion of the student teaching experience with a recommendation from both the cooperating teacher(s) and the college supervisor.
- Successful completion of the major(s) for which you are seeking certification.
- Attainment of a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in all courses.
- Attainment of a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in all education courses.
- Attainment of a cumulative grade point average of 2.80 in all courses in the major.
- Completion of the 12 graduate credits in the summer following graduation (Summer coursework options are listed below.)
SUMMER COURSEWORK
Elementary Education/Special Education
EDS 626 Advanced Instructional Modifications and Accommodations for Students with Special Needs (3 cr.)
EDS 622 School Programming for Exceptional Youth (3 cr.)
EDU 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.)
EDU 664 or 665 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Elementary Education/Middle School Endorsement
EDU 600 Improvement of Instruction (3 cr.)
EDS 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.)
EDS 620 Exceptional Children (3 cr.)
EDU 664 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Elementary Education/Early Childhood Endorsement
EDU 600 Improvement of Instruction (3 cr.)
EDS 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.)
EDU 664 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Elective (3 cr.)
Elementary Education with a second area of 7-12 or K-12 focus
EDS 620 Exceptional Children (3 cr.)
EDU 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.) or EDU 602 Assessment of Learning (3 cr.)
EDU 663 Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (3 cr.)
EDU 664 or 665 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Secondary Education
EDS 620 Exceptional Children (3 cr.)
EDU 602 Assessment of Learning (3 cr.)
EDU 663 Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (3 cr.)
EDU 665 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Special Education
EDS 626 Advanced Instructional Modifications and Accommodations for Students with Special Needs (3 cr.)
EDS 622 School Programming for Exceptional Youth (3 cr.)
EDU 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.)
EDU 664 or 665 Seminar for Beginning Teachers (3 cr.)
Secondary/Special Education
EDS 626 Advanced Instructional Modifications and Accommodations for Students with Special Needs (3 cr.)
EDS 622 School Programming for Exceptional Youth (3 cr.)
EDU 602 Assessment of Learning (3 cr.) or EDU 645 Assessment of Literacy (3 cr.)
EDU 664 or 665 Seminar for Beginning Teachers(3 cr.)
The education faculty recommends to the Certification Officer of the college (Doane College's certification officer is the Chairperson of the Education Division) those students whom they believe should be certified. The Certifying Officer then recommends those students to the Teacher Education Committee for their approval.
Any student who is denied certification has the right of appeal of the decision to the Teacher Education Committee. Procedures for appeal are as follows:
- Personal interview with the Chair of the Education Division.
- Setting a date for the Teacher Education Committee to meet as a whole for reconsideration.
- Personal appearance before the Committee, with another faculty member as consul or with one of the cooperating teachers if they desire, for the purpose of presenting additional data and answering questions prior to Committee vote.
- Committee adjourns to Executive Session for the purpose of making the final decision.