Catalog 2005-2006
Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Information found in this online edition of the 2005-06 Catalog is unofficial and for informational purposes only. The official document of record is the printed edition of the 2005-06 Catalog. For more information, please contact the Dean of the Graduate School.
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Early Childhood/Elementary Authorizations
Lewis & Clark offers a full-time, 13- or 14-month program for beginning educators in early childhood/elementary education. There are two areas of emphasis for beginning teachers, each organized around a yearlong internship in a Portland-area school, combined with coursework on campus and additional practicum experiences. The Early Childhood/ Elementary Intern Program prepares students for an Initial Teaching License to teach children age 3 through grade 8 in preschools, elementary schools, and self-contained classrooms in middle schools.
Lewis & Clark College is committed to preparing teachers who will assume leadership roles in their schools and communities, and who link schools to the community through real-world problem solving and curriculum development. Interns and their students learn to work with actual problems, challenging children to develop and contribute solutions to community issues. Students graduate from this program prepared to teach children from age 3 in a preschool through grade 8 in an elementary school, in addition to grades 5 and 6 in a self-contained classroom in a middle school.
The two early childhood/elementary cohorts progress through the same courses and internship requirements, but each emphasizes a distinct theme. One cohort gives in-depth attention to interdisciplinary science, mathematics, and technology education. Interns transfer insights gained from their field-based, community-oriented practica to their school placement sites. Several interns in the math and science cohort complete their internships at Catlin Gabel School, which provides a stipend for their work. The other cohort gives more in-depth attention to language and literacy development in the home, community, and school; to literature; and to issues of language, literacy, and literature across the curriculum.
Licensure Requirements
First Summer
ED 513A/513B Summer Practicum (513A, Early Childhood; 513B, Elementary), 1 semester hour each
ED 550 Social, Historical, and Ethical Perspectives on Education, 2 semester hours
SCI 555 Field Natural History, 1 semester hour
ED 559 Math for Early Childhood, 1 semester hour
ED 561 Child Development, Learning, and Exceptionality, 2 semester hours
CORE 501 The Arts, Culture, and Creativity, 2 semester hours
ED 569 Health and Physical Education, 1 semester hour
Fall Semester
ED 512 Real-World Problem Solving Practicum, 1 semester hour
ED 514 Intern Practicum I (Early Childhood or Elementary), 2 semester hours
ED 562 Elementary School Mathematics, 3 semester hours
ED 565 Reading I: Literacy Development, Pre-K-8, 2 semester hours
ED 567 Language Arts and Literature, Pre-K-8, 2 semester hours
SCI 580 Science and Children, 2 semester hours
Spring Semester
ED 515 Intern Practicum II (Early Childhood or Elementary), 8 semester hours
ED 563 Classroom Management and Inclusion, 2 semester hours
ED 566 Reading II: Literacy Development, K-8, 2 semester hours
SS 578 Inquiry/Teaching/Assessment: A Social Justice and Cultural Framework, 2 semester hours
Summer Session 1
Interns continue school placement for 4 1/2 days per week until the end of the K-12 school calendar. Interns may apply for their teaching license upon completion of these courses.
M.A.T. Degree Requirements
A minimum of 40 semester hours including licensure. Requirements in addition to those listed above for licensure are distributed as follows:
ED 555 Experience and Meaning, 1 semester hour (offered Summer Session 2)
Graduate Elective Requirement
A minimum of 4 semester hours