Secondary Education: Overview
Block I
Required Classes
(17 credits)
PE majors: see your advisor for your sequence of courses.
- EDSE 3204 - Designing Learning Environments and Lessons (3 credits)
- EDSE 4501 - Adolescent Development and Learning Theory (3 credits)
- EDSE 4100 - Teaching in a Diverse Society ( 3 credits)
- SPED 3415 - Special Education in the Secondary School ( 3 credits)
- At any time, you may take:
- HLTH 3202 - Drug Education (2 credits)
- EDUC 3412 - The Computer
in Education (4 credits
Professional Day
- Held on the second Friday of each semester
- All Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary practicium Block I and Block II candidates
are required to attend, unless the time conflicts with a non-education
class
- Professionalism and ethics are discussed
- School placements are given
- Contracts are signed
- Liability insurance is purchased
Field Placement
- All placements will be made locally, in northern Wisconsin, or on
the Iron Range
- School diversity will be considered
- School practicums begin the third Friday of the semester
- Cooperating teachers will evaluate each candidate
- For Early Childhood and Elementary candidates, a
UMD supervisor will visit each candidate at your school
placement
Block II
Required Classes
PE majors: see your academic advisor for your sequence of courses.
- EDUC 4381 - Teaching Indigenous Students (2 credits)
- EDSE 3206 - Apprenticeship:
Secondary School (2 credits)
- EDSE 4214 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas (2 credits)
- EDSE 4525 - Assessment for Secondary Education Majors (3 credits)
- Special Methods Course:
- Each content area has a special methods
course requirement
- Some majors may take this course in Block
I; see your advisor to find out when
the specific methods course is offered for your major
- EDSE special methods courses
are offered as follows: Teaching
Mathematics, fall; Teaching Science, fall; Teaching
Social Studies, fall and spring
Professional
Day
- Held on the second Friday of each semester
- All Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary practicium Block I and Block II candidates
are required to attend
- Professionalism and ethics are discussed
- School placements are given
- Contracts are signed
- Liability insurance is purchased
Field Placement
- All placements will be made locally, in northern Wisconsin, or on
the Iron Range
- School diversity will be considered
- School practicums begin the third Friday of the semester
- Cooperating teachers will evaluate each candidate
- UMD supervisor will visit each candidate at his/her school placement
Ready to Student Teach?
Applications
- Obtain the Student Teaching Application by the first week of
the semester prior to the semester that you plan to student teach.
- The completed
application is due the fourth Friday of the semester (at 4 p.m. in
150 EduE) for the following semester.
Grades, Petitions
and Waivers
- You must have completed all Block I and Block II classes, with no
incompletes, and no grades lower than C-.
- You
must retake any course in your major in which you
received a grade below a C-, and achieve at least a C- prior to student
teaching.
- A minimum of 2.5 grade point average (GPA) is required for student teaching.
(Some majors may require a higher GPA).
- In
instances involving requirements (GPA, grades, required course waivers),
you may petition the program for special
consideration.
The petition or
waiver allows you to explain unusual circumstances
that may exempt you from a requirement. These forms are available
in the CEHSP
Student Affairs office (113
Bohannon Hall).
Block III - Student Teaching
Required Classes
Art, Foreign Language, Music and PE majors: see Program Planning Worksheets, instead.
- EDUC 4500 - Professional Issues and Ethics (1 credit)
- EDSE 4600 - Student Teaching (12 credits)
Placements
Local Placements
- Placements will be made locally, in northern Wisconsin, or on
the Iron Range, within approximately 40 miles of Duluth
- School diversity will be considered
- Cooperating teachers evaluate each candidate
- UMD supervisor will visit each candidate at his/her school placement
Twin Cities Placements
- All placements will be made in schools with high cultural diversity
- Cooperating teachers evaluate each candidate
- UMD supervisor will visit each candidate six times at his/her school
placement
Out of Area Placements
- This excludes the Twin Cities
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