Middle School Education

Middle School Certification Program

Within the Middle School major, students must select one of the following. (Note that option areas do not appear on transcripts.)

  • One core area of study: mathematics, science, social studies or english/language arts.
  • One option area of study: mathematics, science, social studies, english/language arts, or art

Middle School Education Majors will spend time in the field of both their core area of study and option area.  They will take Teacher Development Courses that focus on teaching both subject areas.  

For General TDP Requirements, click here.

For specific program courses and requirements, download the one of the core areas below:

General Layout of Coursework:

Phase I

This phase provides students with an immersion into the discipline and culture of teaching and learning before focusing on a teaching specialty. It includes four courses: TDP1100, 1200, 2000, and 2040. Experiences in this phase incorporate the teacher’s roles in facilitating learning at all levels of development, career exploration, general instructional strategies, human development, classroom and behavior management and educational measurement. The emphasis in Phase I is on oral and written communication. All students in the BS Ed degree program complete these courses.

Phase II
This phase occurs over a two - three semester sequence and focuses increasingly on a chosen teaching emphasis and on interdisciplinary teaching. This phase provides students with experience in the methods of teaching in a specific subject area as well as emerging problems and practices within the field of education.Students focus on how problems of schools, family, community and society affect educators. Certain degree programs have limited enrollments. The number of credits is dependent on the selected program.  Phase II generally begins Fall Semester Junior year. 

Application to Phase II is required. Students become eligible for consideration for admittance to Phase II in a specific program after meeting the certain criteria.

Phase III (Internship): 

Phase III occurs during the last semester with student placement in a partner district for the entire semester, for approximately 15 credit hours.Application for Phase III is required. To qualify for the teach ing internship, applicants must meet certain requirements.

Phase IV (Induction Years Program):

Phase IV occurs after the student graduates and begins the first year of teaching and includes follow-up evaluations.