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McMinnville, Oregon
97128
503.883.2236
email: education@linfield.edu
Goals, Requirements and Levels of Admission for Elementary Major and Secondary Licensure
Goals of the Department
As a result of experiences in the Education Department, the major in Elementary Education and those seeking secondary teacher licensure will be able to:
As a result of experiences in the Teacher Education Program, students majoring in Elementary Education are those seeking a middle level or high school teaching license will be able to:
- plan for instruction, including selecting goals and objectives, developing long-term plans, organizing teaching materials, and designing activities;
- establish a classroom climate conducive to learning, including communicating rules and expectations, providing for individual differences, encouraging appropriate behavior, using time effectively, and arranging teaching materials;
- implement instructional plans, including organizing students for instruction, using a variety of instructional approaches, monitoring learning activities, and promoting problem solving;
- evaluate student achievement, including incorporating a variety of assessment means, reporting student progress, and documenting teaching effectiveness; and
- exhibit professional characteristics, including having regular and punctual attendance, displaying tact and courtesy to others, demonstrating knowledge of subjects taught, and adhering to district, state, and federal regulations.
Requirements of the Department
For an Elementary Major with teaching authorizations in Early Childhood and Elementary Education:
EDUC 150, 230, 270, 275, or MUSC 312, 302, 305, 401, 402, 448, 449, 450 and HHPA 388; Additional required courses for an Initial Teaching License: MATH 135 and 136; EDUC 491, 492, 496 and 497.
For an Elementary Major with teaching authorizations in Elementary Education and Middle Level:
EDUC 150, 230, 280, 275 or MUSC 312, 302, 305, 401, 402, 448, 449, and 450; HHPA 388. Additional courses required for an Oregon Initial Teaching License: MATH 135 and 136; EDUC 492, 496 and 497; and EDUC 430 for students seeking a license in Spanis, French, or German.
For Middle Level and High School teaching authorizations:
EDUC 150, 230, 280, 302, 305, 420, 430, 493, 494, 496, and 497. Completion of one of the following Linfield majors: anthropology, art, biology, chemistry, economics, English, French, German, health education, history, mathematics, music education, physical education, physics, political science, psychology, sociology, or Spanish.
Licensure Requirements
1. Bachelor's degree in an approved major for licensure.
2. Student Teaching, including recommendations from Linfield College supervisors and cooperating teachers.
3. Two teacher work samples for the appropriate authorization levels(s) and content area(s).
4. Passing scores on the following tests required for an Oregon Initial License in:
a) Early Childhood/Elementary authorizations
- Basic Skills Tests in Mathematics, Reading and Writing: CBEST, PPST I, or WEST-B
- Content knowledge tests: ORELA-MSE I & II
b) Elementary/Middle Level authorizations
- Basic Skills Tests in Mathematics, Reading and Writing: CBEST, PPST I, or WEST-B
- Content knowledge tests: ORELA MSE I & II
- Content Subject Area Tests: PRAXIS II Test(s) in student's endorsement subject area
c) Middle Level/High School authorizations
- Basic Skills Tests in Mathematics, Reading, and Writing: CBEST, PPST I, or WEST-B
- Content Knowledge Tests: ORELA MSE I & II (for middle level)
- Content Subject Area Tests: Praxis II Test(s) in student's major
5. Minimum 2.75 GPA in major, licensure, and cumulative course work.
6. No grade lower than a C in major and licensure course work.
7. Recommendation from Linfield College Education Department.
8. Additionally, to be recommended for licensure, the student will exhibit:
achievements and unsolved human problems;
b. the ability to communicate specialized and general information
and principles about a chosen subject or subjects, and apply
that knowledge to problem-solving;
c. the ability to describe the typical curricular purposes of public
schools in our society and to relate the student's own subject
area to the implementation of these purposes;
d. the ability to describe typical school problems, propose practical
solutions, and face and solve a number of these problems in
actual school situations;
e. the skills necessary to make use of modern technological tools
in presenting and discovering information and in stimulating
desirable behavioral changes in students;
f. the desire to improve professionally, demonstrated by selfanalysis
and by seeking and assessing evaluations from students and peers;
g. the ability to establish acceptable relationships with pupils,
parents, teachers, and administrators;
h. the ability to apply research on learning and personality
development, and
i. the understanding of federal and state statutes regarding
discrimination.
Only those students meeting all requirements for an Oregon Initial Teaching License are considered "program completers."
ADMISSION TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Level 1. Foundations
- EDU 150, Foundations of Education, (minimum grade of C)
- Thirty clock hours of field experience
- Positive evaluation from the supervising teacher
- Preliminary Application to the Teacher Education Program.
- Consent of the Education Department to continue in program.
Students must complete the preceding requirements before they can enroll in any education course numbered 200 or above.
Level 2. Requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program - EDUC 230, Educational Psychology
- Passing scores on the basic skills tests: CBEST, PPST, or WEST-B
- College math proficiency requirement
- Professional Conduct Expectation form
- Minimum 2.75 GPA in major, lixensure, and cumulative course work.
- No grade lower than C in major and licensure course work
- Education Department approval
Students must complete the preceding requirements before they can enrollin any education course numbered above 230.
Level 3. Requirements for admission to Part-Time Student Teaching - Minimum 2.75 GPA in major, licensure, and cumulative course work
- No grade lower than C in major and licensure course work
- Appropriate coursework for major
- Part-Time Student Teaching application
- Resume
- Professional Conduct Expectations forms
- Recommendation from major advisor (secondary status only)
- Education Department approval
Level 4. Requirements for admission to Full-Time Student Teaching - Successful completion of Part-Time Student Teaching
- Passing appropriate content knowledge test in majors: ORELA MSE I & II and/or PRAXIS II Subject Area Test(s)
- Minimum 2.75 GPA in major, licensure, and cumulative course work.
- No grade lower than C in major and licensure course work
- Appropriate coursework for major
- Full-Time Student Teaching application
- Professional Conduct Expectations forms
- Resume
- Education Department approval
Student Teaching
Student teaching consists of two semesters of classroom experiences during which the student is assigned to a state approved school that cooperates with Linfield College in teacher preparation. The student teacher shares the teaching role with a classroom teacher and completes a work sample at each level of authorization. Part-Time Student Teaching is a four-credit course taken concurrently with designated teaching methods courses and Seminar for Part-Time Student Teaching. Full-Time Student Teaching is a twelve-credit course that is taken concurrently with Seminar for Full-Time Student Teaching, the only other course that may be taken during this semester. Students in both Part-Time and Full-Time Student Teaching are supervised weekly by college faculty. Students must provide their own transportation to their assigned schools.