Program Overview
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Site: Extended Campus/Distance
Mode: Online
Start terms: Summer, Fall, Spring
Director: Jingzi (Ginny) Huang, Ph.D.
Location: McKee 216
Telephone: 970.351.2908
Website:www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/
Program Requirements
This licensure program requires an intensive field component that necessitates students to have means of transportation. UNC may provide transportation for a transportation fee of $500 to $700 per semester of practicum and student teaching.
Location of offering:
The program will be offered on UNC campus and through distant learning format to those who cannot be physically in Greeley. International students may more likely take the courses face-to-face though they may, if they choose, take courses online via technology in their own countries.
PTEP Program Requirements
Teacher candidates who complete an approved content degree and the UNC professional teacher education program, as well as pass the appropriate Colorado Department of Education designated PRAXIS exam (if applicable), will be eligible for recommendation from UNC for a Colorado Department of Education teaching license.
If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program.
- Complete paperwork for Application for Initial Graduate Admission to PTEP
- Complete paperwork for Application for Student Teaching
- Successfully pass content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
- Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
- All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
- Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved. Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
- Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.
- Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Please work with your program coordinator or advisor to determine when these requirements will be completed throughout your program.
*Please note: Federal student loans are not currently available to students who are pursuing a CO state license (initial or additional ) through UNC’s stand-alone, graduate level licensure programs without also being simultaneously enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral degree program.
Admission
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
Program Requirements:
For admittance to the program, students should be successfully admitted to the University as a degree seeking graduate student: An earned Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; GPA of 3.00 or better, on a 4.00 point scale, from the most recent degree earned or current degree in progress; English proficiency requirement for international students: TOEFL at 80 or above; IELTS at 6.5 or above.
Degree Requirements — 33 Credits
Candidates must successfully pass a comprehensive exam at the end of the master’s degree program.
Candidates will also, prior to student teaching, provide proof of evidence of meeting the State requirement for professional competency in the content area through one of the following options:
- A degree in the target world language; or
- Passing score of state recognized test: Praxis, NES, or Place depending on the specific target language; or
- 24 semester hours of college level coursework that meet the minimum requirement in each of the areas as required by the State.
Required Courses — 33 Credits
| ECLD 501 | World Language Practicum | 3 |
| ECLD 523 | Academic Language/Literacy Development for Diverse Learners in School Settings | 3 |
| ECLD 541 | Methods of Language Teaching in Multilingual Settings | 3 |
| ECLD 592 | Second Language Acquisition Theory | 3 |
| ECLD 594 | Foundations of Language and Linguistics for ESL/Bilingual Educators | 3 |
| ECLD 605 | Seminar in Multilingual Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| EDF 500 | Conceptions of Schooling | 3 |
| EDFE 555 | Supervised Student Teaching | 1-9 |
| EDSE 679 | Interventions for Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences | 3 |
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| EDSE 510 | Foundations of Special Education | 3 |
| SRM 600 | Introduction to Graduate Research | 3 |
| | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
Note:
For EDFE 555, students should take 6 credits
Students who possess an active Colorado teaching endorsement in a world language may waive EDFE 555, but will be required to complete minimum 30 credits to earn the degree.