General Education Requirements (53 credit hours minimum)

TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES

Pre-Professional Component (10 credit hours)

For the freshman and sophomore years, or until requirements for admission to teacher education have been satisfied, students in the College of Education will enroll in the appropriate  pre-professional curriculum: elementary (EDPPE) or secondary (EDPPS). These students are advised by a College of Education advisor in 13 Bluemont Hall concerning the courses essential for entry into the teacher education program.

Students transferring to K-State after earning credit at another institution will be enrolled in a pre-professional program until it has been determined that requirements for admission to teacher education have been satisfied. Students attending community colleges are encouraged to plan their degree programs in a four-year sequence. The College of Education invites students to seek advice from the Center for Student and Professional Services in 13 Bluemont Hall concerning course selections.

Admission to teacher education is not required for enrollment in the following:

• DED 075 - Orientation to Teacher Education at KSU Credits: (0)
• EDEL 200 - Teaching as a Career Credits: (1)
• EDEL 230 - Early Field Experience Credits: (1)
• EDEL 250 - Health and Movement Education in Elementary Classrooms Credits: (2)
• EDEL 310 - Foundations of Education Credits: (3)
• FSHS 110 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: (3)

Professional Component - Admission to Teacher Education is required (42 hours completed for admission)

All students must file an application for admission to the teacher education program. When a student’s application has been approved, he or she is admitted to the professional program and is permitted to take the Block A courses, followed by the other blocks and the professional semester.

A grade of C or higher is required in all courses and practica in Block A (EDEL 320, EDCEP 315, EDSP 324, DED 318), Block B (EDEL 410, 411, 412, 413, 414), and Block C (EDEL 460, 461, 462, 463, 464).

Students receiving a grade of less than a C in a Block A course will not be permitted to proceed to Block B until a grade of C is recorded (i.e., must retake the Block A course first). For students who receive a grade of less than a C in a Block B or Block C course or practicum, the student’s instructors will meet to discuss the situation and determine which courses and/or practica are to be retaken or if additional actions are needed; these students will not be permitted to proceed to the next Block until the higher grades are recorded.

To proceed to student teaching, a 3.0 GPA is required in the content methods courses and practica in Block B (EDEL 410, 411, 412) and Block C (EDEL 460, 461, 462, 463), and the EDEL 585 Internship must be completed at K-State.

Block A

 Must be taken concurrently and prior to Block B.

• DED 318 - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning Credits: (1)
• EDCEP 315 - Educational Psychology Credits: (3)
• EDEL 320 - Core Teaching Skills and Lab Credits: (3)
• EDSP 324 - Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom Credits: (3)

Block B

 Must be taken concurrently and prior to Block C.

• EDEL 410 - Block B Practicum: K-6 Credits: (1)
• EDEL 411 - Teaching Literacy: K-2 Credits: (3)
• EDEL 412 - Teaching Science: K-6 Credits: (3)
• EDEL 413 - Classroom Assessment: K-6 Credits: (1)
• EDEL 414 - Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners Credits: (3)

Block C

 Must be taken concurrently and prior to the Professional Semester.

• EDEL 460 - Block C Practicum: K-6 Credits: (1)
• EDEL 461 - Teaching Literacy: Grades 3-6 Credits: (3)
• EDEL 462 - Teaching Social Studies: K-6 Credits: (3)
• EDEL 463 - Teaching Mathematics: K-6 Credits: (3)
• EDEL 464 - Classroom Management and Discipline: K-6 Credits: (1)

Professional Semester

Requirements for admittance to student teaching: Minimum 3.0 GPA in all Block A and Block B courses, with no grade lower than a C in any blocked course or field experience. Students may re-take blocked methods courses one time only.

• EDEL 585 - Teaching Internship in Elementary Schools Credits: (Variable)

• (with seminar)

Area of Concentration

Requirement: 15 credit hours in one area in addition to general education requirements.  One of the following areas must be selected:

• English
• English as a Second Language
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Science
• Special Education

Total credit hours required for graduation (125-126)