WELCOME!
School of Education
Orientation: Part 1
2010

• Accredited by
- SACS
- ACSI (Assoc of Christian Schools Intern’l)
- NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education)
NCATE is highly respected in the education community and may be necessary (or preferred) for licensure in some states

• To develop competent professionals with a Biblical world view for Christian, public, and private schools

KNOWS Christian values, moral dimensions, and ethical implications synthesized with academic knowledge

IMPLEMENTS skills as a gift from God, because teaching/leadership is a calling from God.

BELIEVES and practices personal integrity, social responsibility, sensitivity to the needs of others, and the betterment of humanity

Dispositions
S ocial responsibility
C ommitment
R eflective practice
I ntegrity
P rofessionalism
Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5
Love, Joy, Peace, Goodness
Longsuffering
Faithfulness
Goodness
Gentleness, Meekness,
Temperance

P rogram &
L earning
A ssessment
C ycle for
E ducators
I. PURPOSE &
GOALS
V.
IMPLEMENTATION
II. DATA
COLLECTIO N
IV. ACTION
PLAN
III. DATA
ANALYSIS

• Master’s degrees
– MAT - Master of Arts in Teaching
– MEd - Master of Education
• EdS - Educational Specialist
• EdD - Doctoral Degree

• Resource for LUO staff and candidates
• Located on the Graduate Education website:
• www.liberty.edu/advisingguide
– Links to the Advising Guide are also located on LUOnline.com and on each
Education degree page

• Contact information
• Gates
• Licensure
• Student teaching
• Course descriptions
• Course scheduling
• Program specific:
- Degree Completion Plans
- Course Sequencing Guides
- Field Experience Summaries
- Course Competency Charts

• These PowerPoint slides are on the
Advising Guide 
• Education advisors will be available during the luncheon that follows this meeting
– Ask questions
– Make an appointment
– Contact at educ@liberty.edu

• 4 “Gates” must be passed to complete the EDUC programs
• Each gate is a checkpoint to ensure that candidates are ready to move to the next stage

• Gate 1 - Admission into the EDUC program of choice
• Once the student is fully accepted into the program, Gate 1 has been passed

• Gate 2 application submitted by candidates after 9-15 credit hours have been completed
• Gate 2 is a checkpoint to determine if the candidate meets the requirements for the specific program or specialization

• Gate 2 application
• DCP w/courses completed
(including any transfer credits)
• Course Competency Chart
(Elementary and Secondary
Education ONLY)

• Gate 3 application for capstone experience in final semester
* LICENSURE: Submit in LiveText
– * MAT : Student teaching (590/591)
– * MEd : Internship (699)
– MEd-T&L: Project and/or practicum
(698)
– EdS: Advanced research & writing
(718)
– EdD: Dissertation
(990)

• Completion of program
• Submit graduation application!
• Licensure paperwork, if applicable

• LiveText is required for candidates in licensure programs
• LiveText is used to submit benchmark assignments and create portfolios
• LiveText is purchased by each candidate only ONE TIME
(from MBS or www.livetext.com
)

• Create projects/portfolios that can be viewed by professors and prospective employers
• Receive feedback from professors
• Access standards, outcomes and competencies
• Access streaming educational videos, images, and other resources ($20 extra)

Teaching & Learning

• NON-licensure program
• 36 credit hours
• Online; no required intensives
• No required Praxis tests
• Capstone course: Complete project and/or practicum

• General Education
Leadership option
• Elementary Education
• Special Education
• Middle School
• Other specializations in development
Educational Technology

School of Education
Orientation: Part II
2010

• Licensure is strongly recommended
• Do NOT attempt to earn licensure through a NON-licensure program

Verification by Institution:
Completion of Approved Education Program
The applicant completed requirements for the
 bachelor’s
 master’s
 six year (educational specialist)
 doctorate degree and finished an approved education program in the licensure area(s) of (e.g. elementary education, music, secondary mathematics, etc.)

Verification by Institution:
Completion of Approved Education Program
The applicant completed requirements for the
 bachelor’s
 master’s
 six year (educational specialist)
 doctorate degree and finished an approved education program in the licensure area
(s) of (e.g. elementary education, music, secondary mathematics, etc.)

• Initial licensure:
- MAT or EdS/EdD
• Advanced licensure:
- MEd or EdS/EdD

Initial Licensure

• Specialization: endorsement area for licensure upon completion of the program
• Specializations available:
– Elementary Education
– Secondary Education
(must choose content area)
– Special Education

• Elementary and Secondary education:
- content competencies required
• Content competencies: specific for specialization/teaching endorsement
• Competencies: courses taken in undergraduate program; additional courses may be required
– Submit content competency chart to candidacy@liberty.edu
• Other endorsements added through Praxis II

• Secondary Education—Math
COURSE COMPETENCY
Algebra – experience shall include linear and abstract algebra
Geometry - experience shall include Euclidean and non-
Euclidean geometrics
Analytic Geometry
Probability and Statistics
Discrete mathematics - experience shall include the study of mathematical properties of finite sets and systems and linear programming
Computer science - experience shall include computer programming
Calculus – experience shall include mulit-variable calculus

TESTS required for GATE 3 application passing scores by Gate 3
• Praxis II Completed for a specific content area
See Advising Guide for recent changes by ETS
Changes do not affect tests already taken
new Praxis II: Business and Spanish
- no Praxis II required in 2011: special education, computer science, and theatre arts

TESTS required for GATE 3 application passing scores by Gate 3
– VCLA (Virginia Communications and Literary Assessment)
• May be taken online
– VRA (Virginia Reading Assessment)
• Offered ONLY in Virginia
• Elementary or Special Education only

GATE 3: MAT-Student Teaching
• Application due in prior semester
– 2/15 for fall student teaching
– 9/15 for spring student teaching
• Passing scores required for Gate 3
• Application must be submitted in
LiveText

GATE 3: Student Teaching/Internship
• Placement options
– Your own classroom/school (must be accredited school; in your endorsement area)
– Lynchburg area – do NOT contact schools
(All local requests by LU Licensure Office)
– Outside Lynchburg area – candidates contact schools and submit information to gate3@liberty.edu

MAT Field Experience/Student Teaching
• MAT candidates must complete Field
Experience throughout the program
– Candidates track experience hours on field experience log
– Hours required in a variety of settings (see
Field Summary on Advising Guide)
• 300 hours required to complete MAT
(includes practicum and student teaching), with a minimum of 150 hours of directed student teaching

Sample Field Summary —MAT Secondary

• Professional memberships required on FES (Field Experience Summary)
• SOE offers two online chapters
ASCD
- KDP
- CEC
- CEAI

Applications available in the hospitality room
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development

  
Kappa Delta Pi
International Honor
Society in Education
For more information please email:
Dr. Shante’ Moore Austin somoore@liberty.edu

A Professional Association for
Christians in Public and Private Schools www.ceai.org
Faculty Contacts: Dr. Connie McDonald or
Dr. David Holder

STUDENT CHAPTER

Advanced Licensure

• 36 credit hour program
(48 for School Counseling)
• Specializations:
– Licensure/Online + intensives:
• Administration
• School Counseling
• Program Specialis t
– Non-licensure/Online
• Teaching and Learning

• Administration/Supervision
- must have initial licensure /*teaching experience
• Program Specialists – must have initial licensure
– Gifted, Early Childhood (add-ons)
– Reading, Math must have *teaching experience
* experience during M.Ed. Program accepted
• School Counseling should have two years of teaching or counseling experience
– Experience may be assistant counselor
– Experience not required in all states

MEd Field Experience/Internship
• Administration : 320 cumulative hours of structured internship
- 120 hours prior to internship
• Program Specialist : 200 hours
• School Counseling : 300 hours, including
– 100 hours in K-6, 100 hours in 7-12
• Field experience will be completed throughout the program and tracked on
Field Summary

GATE 3: MEd-Internship
• Application due in prior semester
– 2/15 for fall student teaching
– 9/15 for spring student teaching
• Application submitted in LiveText

• Administration & Supervision
SLLA
• Program Specialist
- Reading: VRA002 (in Virginia ONLY)
- Math: Praxis II
- Add-ons: No test (ECE or Gifted)
• School Counseling
Praxis II: No test required for 2011

Initial & Advanced Licensure
Options
Education Specialist (Ed.S.)
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Requirements listed at bottom of DCP
(Degree Completion Plan)

Requirements :
• Additional courses
courses from master’s may apply
• Initial licensure
• Teaching experience
• Internship
• Licensure tests

School of Education
Orientation: Part III
2010

• 30 credit hour program
• Post-Master’s degree
• Online
– No intensives; unless planning to complete licensure or EdD
• 2 cognate areas available:
– Educational Leadership
– Teaching & Learning

• 60 credit hour program
• Online + intensives
– 9 credit hours of intensives (3 courses)
• 2 specialization options:
– Educational Leadership
– Teaching & Learning
• Additional requirements
– Comprehensive Exam
– Dissertation

• Candidates must complete a comprehensive exam
• Discussion about the exam will begin in EDUC 919 (intensive) the exam is completed online during a later term
• EDUC 919 should be taken as the last course in the program
( Professional Writing and Research )

• Research and discussion on a specific topic
• Begin thinking of a topic and collecting resources from the beginning of the program
• Typically 100 pages or more, but there is not an exact required length ( Content is more important!)

• Register for dissertation seminar (EDUC
980 or 989) until the dissertation is complete
• “ABD”—”all but dissertation”
(degree will not be conferred)
• May complete EdS instead
(provided the EdS is not already earned)

• All committee members must hold a doctoral degree
• 3 committee members
:
– Chair: Full-time Liberty faculty member
– Member 2: Full-time or adjunct Liberty faculty
– Member 3: Selected by the candidate

• Candidate MUST come to campus for the dissertation defense
• Time/date for the oral defense will be scheduled by candidate and committee chair
• Committee will determine whether the dissertation will be accepted or returned to the candidate for additions/corrections

School of Education
Study to present yourself approved to
God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
II Timothy 2:15