ELEMENTARY EDUCATION: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD/EARLY ADOLESCENCE (MCEA)
Revised: 4/28/2015
http://www.uww.edu/coeps/departments/ci/undergraduate/middle
This is a listing of education/licensure courses to complete. Additional coursework is necessary to meet UWW graduation requirements, DPI34 General Education Requirements and
requirements of a minor. The information is not legally binding and intended only to assist in planning. The student is responsible for the accuracy of and changes to their Program Plan and
AAR. A minor is required with this major. Students must meet with a representative of the minor department as minor courses may have field experience requirements, specific course
rotation, and/or specific course pre-requisites that must be met. This listing is subject to change due to revision of the Elementary Education: MCEA licensure program.
Professional Education Admission not required
Units
LIBMEDIA 201 Technology for Teachers
SPECED
205 Introduction to Special Education
Foundations Block
EDFNDPRC 210
EDFOUND 222
EDFOUND 243
BIOLOGY 214
OR
GEOGRPY 252
1
3
(Professional Education Admission not required)
Introduction to Education and Teaching
Child Development
Education in a Pluralistic Society
Fifth Semester: Requires Prof Ed. Admission
ELEMMID 324 Tchng Science in Elem/Middle
PEPROF
328 PE for the Classroom Teacher
(not available after fall 2015)
HEALTHED 382 Elem Health Ed
GENED
390 World of Ideas
(must have junior standing or at least 60 credits)
3
2
2
3
Sixth Semester: Requires Prof Admission
ELEMMID 362 Children’s Literature
3
READING
360 Fnd. of Lit. in the Elem/Mid School 3
MATH
148 Math for Elem. Teacher I
3
Prof Ed Admission not required
(pre-req grade ≥ C in MATH 141)
Choose only two of the following three courses:
CIGENRL
479 Drama in Education
3
MUSED
323 Elem. School Music Methods
3
ELEMMID 365 Strategies of Visual Literacy
3
(option not available after fall 2016; replaced with ELEMMID
370 for five (5) credits)
Seventh Semester: Requires Prof Ed Admission
MATH
149 Math for Elem. Teacher II
Prof Ed Admission not required
(pre-req grade ≥ C in MATH 148)
READING 461 Literacy Assessment and Responsive
Intervention Strategies
(pre-req READING 360)
READING 462 Literacy Instruc. for Elem/Mid
(pre-req READING 360)
CIFLD
402 Field Study Middle Level
ELEMMID 418 Middle School Seminar: Assessment
3
3
5
2
1
PRAXIS II MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
EXAM #5146
Information is available at ETS.org
A passing score must be received by UWW by March 1 if
student teaching in a fall semester and by October 1 if
student teaching in a spring semester. Not doing so will
delay your student teaching placement.
3
3
3
Ecology and Society (GM)
3
Human Environmental Problems (GS)
3
To register for the Foundations Block, a student must pass the CORE, view Phase 1
video online, and have a minimum combined GPA of 2.75. Any questions related to
these courses should be directed to Alicia Stone-Jackson, Educational Foundations
Department, 262.472.1380 or stonejaa@uww.edu
Eighth Semester: Requires Prof Ed Admission
ELEMMID 425 Tchng Math in Elem/Mid
3
(pre-req grade ≥ C in MATH 149)
EDFOUND 424 Measurement and Evaluation
3
ELEMMID 363 Tching Soc. Stds. Elem/Mid
3
CIFLD
401 Field Study Elem. Level
2
ELEMMID 419 Elementary School Seminar:
1
Assessment and Culturally Relevant Practice
Ninth Semester: Requires Prof Ed Admission
CIFLD
411
if desire elementary grades for
*Student (Directed) Teaching
OR
CIFLD
412
if desire middle grades for
*Student (Directed) Teaching
CIGENRL 470 Student Teaching Seminar:
From Theory to Practice
10
10
2
WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONS OF READING TEST (WIFOR)
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION requires
anyone requesting Elementary Education: MCEA licensure to
pass the Wisconsin Foundations of Reading (WIFOR) test. A
passing score must be received by March 1 of the fall semester
of student teaching and by October 1 of the previous year if
student teaching in a spring semester. Not doing so could delay
your student teaching placement.
edTPA
Effective fall 2016, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION requires anyone seeking an Elementary Education:
MCEA teaching license must pass a Teacher Performance
Assessment during the student teaching semester in order to be
licensed by the state of Wisconsin. Information will be presented
at meetings, workshops, and in courses.
PORTFOLIO
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION requires a portfolio assessment
be completed successfully the semester prior to student teaching. Not doing so
could delay student teaching and/or graduation. Information can be found at
http://www.uww.edu/coeps/departments/ci/portfolio-information.