CI/SPE 3000: Learner Diversity
 CI/MAT 3030: Investigating
Mathematics and Learning
 CI 3750: Integrating Media and
Technology into Teaching
 RE 3030: Foundations of Literacy
 SPE 3300: Creating Inclusive Learning
Communities
 Practicum
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Admission to RCOE Teacher Education
(Includes qualifying scores on Praxis, SAT, or
ACT)
SAC completed
All coursework except for Block I and Block II
courses and Student Teaching
Praxis I (Mathematics, Reading, Writing)
 Combined total 522
 SAT (Mathematics, Reading/Verbal)
 Combined total 1100
 ACT (Mathematics, English)
 Total 24
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All courses, except SPE 3300, are taken on
either a Monday/Wednesday or
Tuesday/Thursday schedule.
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SPE 3300 should be taken on opposite days or
after 5:00.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY FRIDAY
CI 3000
SPE 3300
CI 3000
SPE 3300
CI 3030
CI 3030
CI 3750
CI 3750
RE 3030
RE 3030
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The purpose of the practicum is to provide you
with a placement in a school with a diverse
population.
Your field placement is in one elementary school
classroom in either Burke or Wilkes County.
The CI 3000 portion of the practicum consists of
8 full – days (Monday/Wednesday or
Tuesday/Thursday) and the SPE 3300 portion
consists of 4 full – days (Fridays).
Bus transportation will be provided for the CI
3000 portion of thus experience.
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Over the course of the program, you
should have the following experiences:
 Diversity in districts for your field
placements
 Diversity in grade levels for your field
placements
 Diversity in working with groups of people
based on ethnicity, race, SES, gender,
exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual
orientation, and geographical area.
Conducting criminal background checks
on preservice teachers participating in
field experiences is a normal procedure
for all school systems.
 Criminal background checks are
conducted through the Office of Field
Experiences.
 This process must be completed before
you will be assigned a block.
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You must maintain a 2.5 GPA.
You will not be allowed in any Block II
courses without a C or better in each
Block I course.
 In CI 3000 (Learner Diversity) you will
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participate in a 10-hour service-learning
project.
The purpose is to learn how to connect the
service that you do to the concepts presented
in your Learner Diversity course.
This provides you with hands-on experience
with the issues that diverse learners face so
that you will know how to handle these issues
when you encounter them as a teacher.
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As always you must make an
appointment at posted times to meet
with your advisor prior to early
registration.
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Greg Galvin, our elementary education
program area advisor, is also able to
meet with you.
Complete the pre-registration form.
 You will be placed in a Block I section based on the
information you provide.
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 Geographic information (diversity of placements)
 Schedule of courses
Notify us immediately if you need to make a
change.
 You will be notified of your placement and given a
permit to register except for your SPE course.
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**YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE SPE 3300 (sections
101-110) and the corresponding field placement
(SPE 3300-208) on your own. Be sure to register for
the Elementary Education SPE 3300 field
placement.
Apply for a graduation check in the
Dean’s Office during your Block I
semester.
 This check will help us to ensure that
you are on target to graduate with your
course requirements fulfilled after you
have completed your student teaching
semester.
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During the semester that you take Block
I, one year before you student teach, you
need to apply for student teaching.
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The student teaching handbook is
available online at the RCOE website.
Mr. Greg Galvin galvings@appstate.edu
or Dr. Kathleen Lynch-Davis
lynchrk@appstate.edu