Education - Elementary Education Major

Major Requirements

All students completing Rollins’ Florida state approved programs must take the equivalent of a college math course unless they have achieved a grade of C or higher in high school calculus. Students also need a course in U.S. History. Consult with an advisor in the Department of Education for assistance meeting these requirements. Elementary Education majors and Secondary Education minors must complete all of the following:

• foundation courses in professional education,
• elementary or secondary course sequence, and
• clinical experiences, including student teaching.

Foundation Courses

Elementary Education Major

• RED 309 - Fundamentals of Reading #
• EED 319 - Integrated Arts in the Elementary School
• EED 363 - Social Studies for Elementary Schools
• EED 364 - Science for Elementary Schools
• EED 367 - Health and Physical Education for Elementary Schools
• EED 368 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Content, and Methods
• RED 369 - Research-based Practices in Literacy Instruction #
• RED 371 - Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties
• EDU 406 - Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management *
• RED 409 - Differentiated Literacy and Content Area Instruction *
• RED 409L - Reading Field Experience *

Note

*The * courses require concurrent registration: EDU 406 , RED 409 , and RED 409L .

#The # courses require concurrent registration: RED 309  and RED 369 .

Elective Courses:

• EDU 310 - Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom
• EDU 385 - Teaching Children with Exceptionalities
• RED 311 - Teaching Writing in Elementary Schools

Student Teaching

All students seeking a major in Elementary Education or a minor in Secondary Education must complete a teaching internship in the area of certification. Graded on a credit/no-credit basis, Student Teaching involves working full time for fifteen (15) weeks in an approved area school. Students are not permitted to take additional coursework during the student teaching semester and are discouraged from working beyond student teaching.

Juniors may apply for Student Teaching only after meeting the following requirements:

• passing score on the General Knowledge (GK) and Professional Education (PED) sections of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE)
• completion of prerequisites for EDU 490  or EDU 491 , Student Teaching and
• overall GPA of 2.5.

Undergraduates must submit applications for Student Teaching to the Director of Field Internships by February 20 for Fall placement or September 20 for spring placement.

After approval for Student Teaching, seniors enroll in the following courses concurrently.

• EDU 490 - Student Teaching - Elementary  
  OR
• EDU 491 - Student Teaching – Secondary  (14 credits)
   
• EDU 470 - Classroom Management  (4 credits)

Anyone not approved for Student Teaching has the right to appeal to the Education Review Committee. In exceptional cases when a student needs to take a course during student teaching, the student must submit a written appeal explaining the circumstances. This appeal must be submitted to the Director of Field Internships at the same time as the student teaching application.

All Elementary Education majors and Secondary Education minors in English (6-12) must successfully complete the coursework required for the Florida English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) endorsement. Coursework for Elementary Education majors includes EDU 271 , EDU 280 , EDU 324 , EDU 406 , RED 409 , RED 409L , and EDU 490 . Coursework for Secondary Education minors in English (6-12) includes EDU 271 , EDU 280 , EDU 324 , EDU 335 , EDU 407 , EDU 417 , EDU 417L , and EDU 491 . These courses are part of the already existing state approved teacher certification programs in Elementary Education and Secondary Education.