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Preparation Team 2 |
Program
Overview:
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Michigan
State University provides teacher candidates with opportunities
to gain the critical knowledge and skills needed to teach all
children. The College of Education is consistently ranked as one
of the leading colleges in the nation for pursuing a career in
education. This ranking reflects, in part, the high esteem in
which K-12 employers hold our graduates. Teachers from MSU are
particularly well prepared in both subject matter knowledge, gained
through strong undergraduate academic coursework, and in classroom
instruction and management, gained through combined bachelor’s
and post-baccalaureate education courses and field-based experiences.
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
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Combination
of a baccalaureate degree, strong teaching major and/or minor
concentrations and teaching certification courses followed
by a full-year teaching internship in a public school.
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Undergraduate
field experiences that build connections between the theoretical
principles of the craft of teaching and the practical situations
that teachers face.
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Dual
concerns for diversity and equity interwoven throughout the
required teacher education courses.
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Support
for learning to use technology in teaching.
Time spent working with special needs students in regular
classrooms.
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Full-year
internship with continued instruction and mentoring from MSU
faculty.
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Graduate-level
professional study during the internship which may be applied
to a master’s degree program.
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Preparation
to fulfill the standards and related proficiencies for entry-level
Michigan teachers as established by the Michigan Department
of Education.
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Instruction
from nationally renowned faculty and classroom experiences
with outstanding K-12 teachers.
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