Framingham State University
Education Programs
Supplemental Guide for Advising Sessions
Secondary/Subject Area Licensure Programs
Key Information to Provide and/or Review with Students
Key Questions to Ask Students
EDUCATION COURSES AND FIELD STUDY
Students typically take their first education courses during their sophomore year. These include EDUC 200
Education in American Society with Field Study I and PSYC 200 Psychology of Development. Thereafter,
students take Professional Preparation with Field II which focuses on general and subject area-specific
methods.
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Post Baccalaureate students begin with PBTL 910 Education Foundations, PBTL 992 Learning and Human
Development, and PBTL 001 Field Study I. Students must be formally accepted to the PBTL program in
order to proceed to Professional Preparation with Field II. See Field Placement Handbook.
Do you have questions about the sequence of
education courses?
Do you have questions about the field study
requirements?
When do you plan to enroll in your next
education course?
During Field Study I, students are placed three hours per week in a public school setting for a minimum of
thirty-six hours.
For the most part, students enter Professional Preparation with Field II with no more than two subject-area
requirements remaining. Determination of eligibility is made by the academic department. Secondary
subject students are placed six hours per week in a public school setting for a minimum of seventy-two
hours. Secondary subject students move directly from Field Study II to Student Teaching.
APPLYING FOR FIELD PLACEMENTS AND COMPLETING A CORI
Field placement applications are due on October 1st for a spring placement. They are due on February 15th
for a fall placement. Completed applications must be delivered by hand by the student to the Field
Placement Office in Dwight Hall 302. Field placement applications must be carefully reviewed prior to
turning them. They will be read by school principals and teachers as though they were job applications.
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Have you submitted a placement application if
you plan to take an Education course with
field study during the next semester?
If so, when will you complete your CORI
application?
A Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) form must be completed at the host school prior to each
field placement.
GPA
Field Study I is open to all undergraduate students who have achieved sophomore status and to all PBTL
program applicants. Beginning with Field Study II, all students who enroll in FSU Education programs
must have reached and maintained a GPA of 2.8 for all courses taken at FSU and an Education GPA of 2.8
for all education courses including PSYC 200 and PBTL courses.
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Is your current GPA 2.8 or above?
If not, what plans are in place to raise the GPA
to the required level?
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What MTELs have you completed to date?
What are your plans with regard to MTEL
testing?
Post Baccalaureate candidates must maintain the minimum GPA in all subject courses taken at FSU as
well.
MTEL
All students must pass MTEL 001 Communication and Literacy Skills prior to entering Field II.
Prior to entering student teaching, all students must pass all subject-area required tests for the sought
license. It is strongly recommended that students take only one MTEL during each exam session and
allow two or more opportunities to take each test, if necessary. In order to qualify for fall placements,
necessary tests must be passed no later than the July test session. In order to qualify for spring
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placements, necessary tests must be passed no later than the November test session.
MTEL SUPPORT SERVICES
CASA provides free preparation workshops for the Communication and Literacy MTEL. Please visit
CASA for a list of the scheduled workshops. The Education Department also provides free workshops for
the mathematics subtest of the General Curriculum test. Free test materials also may be found on the
MTEL website at http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/. DGCE offers a workshop, each semester, for MTEL 090
Foundations of Reading.
VARIETY OF FIELD EXPERIENCES
All education candidates must undertake field experiences in a variety of grades and districts throughout
their teacher preparation programs. This is a requirement of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education.
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Are you aware of the MTEL support services
on campus?
Have you taken advantage of these support
services?
Are you aware that students need a variety of
grade level placements and district placements
prior to student teaching?
Framingham State University
Education Programs
Supplemental Guide for Advising Sessions
Secondary/Subject Area Licensure Programs
Name of Student:
Banner Student ID:
Major Field of Study:
License sought:
Date:
The following information was reviewed:
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Subject area requirements
Education courses and field study requirements
Field placement applications and completing a CORI
GPA
MTEL examinations
MTEL support services
Variety of field placements
For undergraduate students, course progress for academic major and coordinate education major or minor will
be tracked using the Banner system.
Questions asked by student:
Future plans of student:
Other: