Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation 6 courses 120 total credits
Through the Bachelor of Arts in Education program in middle grades education, you prepare to become certified to teach grades 5-9 in the state of Arizona. You learn the essential knowledge and skills you need to become a highly impactful middle-grades teacher, and you learn to plan and implement evidence-based practices that support the specific needs of adolescents. In addition to general education and foundational courses, you select one content area of focus: middle grades English language arts, middle grades general science, middle grades mathematics or middle grades social studies. The middle grades education coursework emphasizes developmentally responsive curriculum, instruction and assessment practices that are grounded in research, empower teachers and students, and prioritize equity. Extensive professional experiences are built into the program to prepare you to enter the teaching profession after graduation. Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation has developed a team-based approach to teacher preparation, enabling you to participate in professional experiences --- internships and student teaching --- with a team of peers while receiving guidance and support from ASU faculty members and highly qualified certified teachers. Team-based professional experiences are designed to prepare you to work with mutually supportive colleagues to address the academic and social-emotional needs of learners. Clinically embedded courses and professional experiences provide you with multiple opportunities to apply the knowledge gained in coursework to practice in the classroom. You complete a series of internships before a semester-long, full-time student teaching experience with the support of a certified mentor teacher and ASU faculty. You earn an institutional recommendation from ASU for Arizona teacher certification in Middle Grades Education, and an endorsement in Structured English Immersion, PreK-12, from the Arizona Department of Education. To teach in an Arizona public school, you must pass the appropriate Arizona educator exams: National Evaluation Series or Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments.
| Total Credits | 120 credits |
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