Teacher Education
and School Leadership
Teacher Education Program Admission Criteria
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The
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education Program
focuses on the educational and developmental needs of infants,
toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. This program
combines best practices in early childhood education and special
education for typically developing children and special needs
children, from birth through primary.
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The
Elementary
Education Program at NKU is a four-year program leading to a
degree of Bachelor of Arts. It focuses on the educational and
developmental needs of children in the early childhood years (P-5) and
is the first step toward attaining teacher certification in the state of
Kentucky.
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The
Middle
Grades Education Program is part of a four-year program leading
to a Bachelor's degree. Students choose two areas of content focus
from the following: language arts, mathematics, science, social studies,
or special education. A four-semester progression of course work
includes a strong foundation in middle school philosophy, structure, and
instruction with extensive field experiences in a variety of middle
school settings.
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The
Secondary
Grades Education Program prepares students for certification in
one of the following certification areas: Biological Science (Grades
8-12), English (Grades 8-12), Mathematics (Grades 8-12), Earth/space
science (Grades 8-12), Chemistry (Grades 8-12), Physics (Grades
8-12) and Social Studies (Grades 8-12). Students also enter the
Secondary Education Program if they are seeking certification in one of
the following areas: Art (Grades P-12), Business and Marketing (Grades
5-12), French (Grades P-12), Music (Grades P-12), or Spanish (Grades P-12).
Students interested in teaching at the secondary level (high
school) will be an Arts and Science major, with education serving as
the student's unofficial "minor". Secondary education students will
have two advisors- an Arts and Science advisor and an education
advisor. Students should visit both advisors each semester.
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The Special Education Program
prepares students interested in teaching children with mild
disabilities. The special
education program prepares teachers for children with learning
disabilities, mild mental retardation, emotional and behavioral
disorders, and orthopedic impairments.
Students interested in becoming
certified in special education should select either elementary,
middle grades, or secondary education and then choose the special
education certification option.
Graduates of the special education program are in
high demand across Kentucky and the U.S.
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For more information contact:
Suzanne Soled
Chair
Teacher Education and School Leadership
or
Kathy Von Strohe
Academic Specialist, TESL
at
TeacherEducation@nku.edu
or
859-572-5624
The advisement process is
particularly crucial for teacher education students. It is suggested that
freshman or other interested students declare a pre-major in education. This procedure will result in assignment to a teacher education
adviser familiar with the current curricular and admission requirements
and with any impending changes that may occur prior to the student's
admission semester.
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