Pregraduate Teacher Education
Build
Your Own Professional Development Program: Pregraduate Teacher
Education
General Education Courses If you are planning
to enter a master’s
program to prepare for a career in elementary or secondary
education, the School of Continuing Studies can help you get
started. Based on your undergraduate course work and the
requirements of your chosen master’s
program, you can take general education courses at SCS to prepare
for graduate study while satisfying some teacher certification
requirements.
In the state of Illinois, the requirements for certification
are determined by the certifying institution (http://www.isbe.state.il.us/certification/).
To plan your course of study, you should examine the general
education requirements of the graduate program, or programs,
to which you plan to apply, whether at the School of Education
and Social Policy at Northwestern University or at another
institution. Then you should meet with an academic advisor at SCS who can help you create a customized course of study.
Upon completion of the courses approved by your prospective
graduate program, (a minimum of 5 courses), you will
receive a certificate of completion, awarded by the School
of Continuing
Studies.
Subject-Matter Courses for Secondary Education If
you are a career changer interested in a secondary education
graduate program, you will need to satisfy the course
equivalents
of
a major. In many cases, you can fulfill those requirements
for an eligible major, such as Mathematics or History,
at SCS. Be sure to study the requirements of the graduate
program
that you are interested in before you choose any courses
at SCS.
Requirements vary from school to school. Once you have an idea of the courses in which you are interested, you should meet with an SCS advisor to map out a customized course of study for your Professional Development Program in Pregraduate Teacher Education.
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