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Internships
Students seeking certification must participate in Pre-Practicum, Practicum and Student Teaching experience. Participating districts and schools include:
- Atlantis Charter School (MA)
- Bristol/Warren Regional School District
- Central Falls Public Schools
- Community Preparatory School
- CVS Highlander Charter School
- East Providence Public Schools
- Fall River Public Schools (MA)
- Gordon School
- Metropolitan Regional Career & Technical Schools
- Middletown Public Schools
- Newport Public Schools
- Pawtucket Public Schools
- Portsmouth Public Schools
- Providence Public Schools
- School One
Research Projects
- Content Crosswalks in Literacy
- Longitudinal Study of Best Practice in Reading Comprehension
- Using Multicultural Literature to Teach Children about Tolerance and Diversity
Employment
Recent RWU graduates have been hired by school districts in the following locations:
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Rhode Island
- Virginia
- Washington, DC
- Overseas: South Korea
Graduate Study
Students who have had no prior preparation in education can pursue an MAT degree leading to certification to teach in grades 1-6.
Certified teachers may earn a Master of Arts in Literacy Education leading to advanced certification as a Reading Specialist (K-12).
Secondary Education
Undergraduates enrolled in the Secondary Education Program double-major in Education and in the content area they wish to teach. Secondary majors may earn certification to teach grades 7-12 in one or more of the following areas: English, History, Social Studies, Mathematics, Biology, General Science, Chemistry or Foreign Languages. The School of Education also offers, through the secondary education program, a PK-12 certification in Dance Education. Unlike the Elementary education majors, students in the Secondary program are not required to complete a Core Concentration
Secondary Teacher Education Certificate Program Requirements
Level I: Exploring the Profession Coursework
| EDU | 200 | Foundations of Education | |
| EDU | 202 | Psychology of Learning and Development |
Level II: Preparing to Teach Coursework
| EDU | 306 | Classroom Applications of Technology at the Middle and Secondary School Level | |
| EDU | 330 | Issues in Multicultural Education | |
| LING | 101* | Introduction to Linguistics (required of Foreign Language/ Secondary Education majors only) | |
| EDU | 356 | Middle and Secondary School Level Special Education Practice | |
| EDU | 363 | Literacy Across the Curriculum | |
| EDU | 373 | Issues in Middle and Secondary Health Education |
Three additional pedagogical content knowledge courses in the certification area, the third of which is taken simultaneously with Practicum, and is understood as belonging to Curriculum Level II:
Secondary Mathematics only:
| EDU | 390 | Teaching Secondary Mathematics through Inquiry | |
| EDU | 391 | Teaching Secondary Mathematics: Geometry, Data, and Trigonometry | |
| EDU | 414 | Capstone: Mathematics Education |
Secondary Science only:
| EDU | 392 | Teaching Secondary Science through Inquiry | |
| EDU | 393 | Standards-Based Science in the Secondary School | |
| EDU | 411 | Capstone: Science Education |
Secondary English only:
| EDU | 394 | Teaching Reading and Literature in the High School | |
| EDU | 395 | Teaching Writing in the High School | |
| EDU | 412 | Capstone: Multicultural Adolescent Literature |
Secondary History and Social Studies only:
| EDU | 396 | Historical Thinking in Context | |
| EDU | 397 | Historical Inquiry in Context | |
| EDU | 413 | Capstone: Ways of Knowing – History and Social Studies |
Secondary Foreign Language only:
| EDU | 398 | Teaching Standards-based World Languages and Culture | |
| EDU | 399 | Teaching Literacy to World Language Learners | |
| EDU | 415 | Capstone: Foreign Language Education |
PK-12 Dance only:
| DANCE | 460 | Teaching Techniques, Musical Concepts, and Rythmic Analysis | |
| EDU | 388 | Teaching Ethnology and History of Dance | |
| EDU | 416 | Capstone: Applications in Dance Methodology and Best Practices |
Level III: Performing in the Classroom Coursework
| EDU | 376 | Secondary Education Practicum | |
| EDU | 450 | Student Teaching | |
| EDU | 451 | Student Teaching Seminar |
All students are required to have field experiences in a variety of settings, including experiences in urban schools.
Middle School Certificate Course Requirements
Successful matriculation in an Elementary or Secondary Education Program and the
following coursework:
| EDU | 381 | Young Adolescent Development | |
| EDU | 382 | Middle School Curriculum and School Organization | |
| EDU | 383 | Applied Middle School Instruction and Assessment |
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