Every attempt has been made to ensure that this form is accurate, reliable, and useful.  However, you should meet with your English Education advisor for formal advising to review your program of studies.  Changes in requirements do occasionally occur.  Talk with your advisor if you have any questions about your courses or the sequence of courses that you will take. 

Program Faculty:

Dr. Susan N. Wood Associate Professor and Program Coordinator *Sabbatical during Fall ’09 and Spring ‘10	644-1909, STB G116 swood@fsu.edu
Dr. Pamela Carroll Associate Dean of Academics	644-0372, STB G125 pcarroll@fsu.edu
Dr. Shelbie Witte  Assistant Professor	644-6738, STB G117 witte@coe.fsu.edu
Dr. Kathy Froelich Assistant Professor	644-2997, STB G118 froelich@coe.fsu.edu
Dr. John Simmons Professor Emeritus	644-2988 jssimmon@mailer.fsu.edu

Please note that each English Education faculty member serves as an advisor for our undergraduate students; please arrange to see one of them in STB during his or her posted office hours, or make a preliminary advising appointment with our undergraduate advisors:

Jessica Todd, STB 2208 L
FSUEngEdAdvising@gmail.com

See our Web page through the School of Teacher Education at http://www.coe.fsu.edu/ste/Programs/English

Outline and Checklist for Undergraduate English Education Majors and Others Seeking Certification in Secondary English (6-12th)

I. Admission requirements:

1. You must complete basic studies and/or hold an AA degree, with a minimum GPA of 2.50. You must complete 6 hours in freshman composition and 6 hours in mathematics, or their equivalents, with at least a C average. If you have CLEP scores in lieu of freshman courses, please discuss these mathematics and composition requirements with an English Education advisor.


2. You must complete a Level II Security Check through the Leon County School Board. This involves having your fingerprints taken. For forms and directions, go to the Clinical Experiences office in room 2301 in the Stone building.


3. You must purchase liability insurance before being admitted to any LAE course. Information about this process is available in Stone 2301.


4. Currently, the College of Education at Florida State University requires all pre-service teacher candidates to pass the General Knowledge Test before entering any pre-service teacher training program. For information on registering for this exam, go to the Florida Department of Education’s Florida Teacher Certification Examinations website at http://www.fldoe.org/asp/ftce/ or visit www.fl.nesinc.com
   
   

   In addition, all English Ed and English majors who are seeking certification must take and pass all the required subtests of the Florida Teachers Certification Exam as part of your Program completion and graduation requirement. The FTCE includes the General Knowledge Test (see above), the Professional Education Test, and the Subject Area Exam.

II. Prerequisites:

The following courses must be taken by all of those who intend on entering the English Education major and the secondary English certification program:

Speech

___3 hours of speech (SPC 1017 or 2608 are recommended.) If you choose to take the speech requirement at a community college as part of your A. A. program, the course will meet this prerequisite requirement. Successful and documented participation on a high school debate team will also meet this requirement.

* A Speech course is heavily recommended. However, students not able to register for Speech, MAY have the option to substitute an additional course from the English Education Undergraduate program guide: Minority American Lit, British Lit, Shakespeare, Multicultural Lit and Advanced Comp. Courses must be approved by an advisor PRIOR TO credit transfer.

College of Education core prerequisites

___EDF  1005  Introduction to Education (3 hours)
___EDG  2701  Teaching Diverse Populations (3 hours)
___EME  2040  Introduction to Educational Technology (3 hours)

III. Application:

When admission requirements and prerequisites are satisfied, visit Room 2301 in the Stone Building and apply for admission to (1) the College of Education and (2) Teacher Education. The first form must be returned to the OASIS Office, and the second form must be returned to the English Education Program Coordinator in STB G116, or to their mailbox.

IV. Completion Requirements: English Education and Certification in Secondary English

Nota bene: English majors who seek certification in secondary English must plan carefully, in their sophomore year, in order to meet English department requirements for literature courses while also meeting English Education program’s requirement for literature courses.  Many of these classes are not offered during every semester. Be sure to talk with an advisor in both English and English Education before planning your choices.  

A. English Courses (12 additional hours of English, after freshman composition and 9 credit hours of literature prerequisites)

(Please speak with an advisor regarding appropriate course selections for these requirements.  Note that no more than 9 hours of English courses may be taken at the 2000 level.  All other English courses [except freshman composition] must be taken at the 3000 and 4000 levels.  You will finish the program with 21 hours of English course credits, in addition to six hours for the freshman composition courses, for a total of 27 English credits.)

___American Literature (a minimum of 3 hours)

*AML 2010 American Authors to 1875
*AML 3041 American Authors Since 1875
AML 4121 20th Century Amer. Novel
AML 3311 Major Figures in American Literature
AML 4261 Lit. of the Amer. South
AML 4111 The 19th Century American Novel
*LAE 4384 Survey of Am. Lit. for Sec. Teachers

Note: You may take other AML courses in order to meet this requirement with an English Education advisor’s approval.

___Minority American Literature (a minimum of 3 hours)

AML 2600 Intro. to African-American Literature
AML 3682 American Multi-Ethnic Literature
AML 4604 The African-American Lit. Tradition
AML 3630 Latino/a Literature
AML 4680 Studies in Ethnic Literature
LIT 4329 African-American Folklore

Note: You may take other AML/LIT courses in order to meet this requirement with an English Education advisor’s approval.

___British Literature (a minimum of 3 hours)

*ENL 2010 British Authors: Beginnings to 1790
*ENL 2022 Brit. Authors: Romantics to Present
ENL 3210 Medieval Literature in Translation
ENL 4112 18th-Century British Novel
ENL 4122 19th Century British Novel
ENL 4132 Modern British Novel
ENL 4161 Renaissance Drama
ENL 4171 Restoration and 18th Century Drama
ENL 4218 Middle English Romance
ENL 4220 Renaissance Poetry and Prose
ENL 4230 Rest. and 18 C. British Literature
ENL 4240 British Romantic Literature
ENL 4251 Victorian British Literature
ENL 4273 Modern British Literature
ENL 4311 Chaucer
ENL 4341 Milton
*LAE 4363 Survey of Brit. Lit. for Sec. Teachers

Note: You may take other ENL courses in order to meet this requirement with an English Education advisor’s approval

You will select one course from each of the four categories:

___Shakespeare (a minimum of 3 hours)

ENL 3334 Shakespeare
ENL 4333 Advanced Shakespeare

___Multicultural literature (a minimum of 3 hours that reflect multicultural emphases, chosen from the following or advisor-approved substitutes)

LIT 2189 Postcolonial Literature
LIT 3043 Modern Drama
LIT 3383 Women in Literature
LIT 4033 Modern Poetry
LIT 4044 Readings in Dramatic Literature
LIT 4385 Major Women Writers
LIT 4134 European Novel through WWI
LIT 4144 Modern European Novel
LIT 4184 Irish Literature
LIT 4322 Folklore
LIT 4093 Currents in Contemporary Lit.
LIT 4304 Literary Expressions of Modern Popular Culture

___Language Study (a minimum of 3 hours in language study or other advisor-approved course)

LAE  4332      Applied Linguistics for Teachers of English (This course is offered through the Department of Middle and Secondary Education’s English Education program, not through the English Department, but will count as an English credit for English Education majors.)

Note: Other courses approved in writing by the English Education Program Coordinator.

___Advanced Composition (a minimum of 3 hours of advanced composition, selected from these or other advisor-approved courses)

ENC 3310 Article and Essay Workshop
CRW 3110 Fiction Technique
CRW 3410 Dramatic Technique
CRW 3311 Poetic Technique
ENC 4500 Theories of Composition
ENC 4020 Rhetorical Theory and Practice
ENC 4311 Advanced Article and Essay Workshop

B. General Education Courses (6 hours of course work)

Required upper-division courses; it is recommended that these courses be taken during the junior year:

____ EDF 4210 Educational Psychology Dev Learners, or advisor-approved substitute (3 credit hours) (Listed among Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in the course bulletin)

____ EDF 4430 Classroom Assessment or advisor-approved alternative, such as EDF 4440. (3 credit hours) (Listed under Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in the course bulletin)

C. English Education Courses (27 hours of course work; 12 hours student teaching)

Note that most English Education courses require “field experiences” in which you will work with local middle or high school students and their teachers in roles as respondent, observer, tutor, lesson participant, and teacher.  The instructor of each course will arrange the field experiences.  Save all evidence of your field work for your portfolio.  

The sequence of courses listed below is designed to allow you to gradually acquire more advanced teaching experiences while working with adolescent students and their teachers in actual school settings.  Your instructors will evaluate your progress in the program as you complete each set of courses; they will use evidence provided by your work in the courses during the evaluations.  For that reason, and so that your schedule will be manageable, we highly recommend that you follow the recommended sequence of courses. You will need to schedule two graduation checks in the first semester of your senior year: one with the FSU registrar’s office, and one with your English Education advisor. 

Set One:

Set One (These courses are ONLY available in fall semesters): 

___LAE 3331 Teaching Literature and Drama in High School (3 hours)

Projected field experience:  two-three hours of instruction in a MS or HS classroom as a member of a small group of teachers.  You must have a fingerprint clearance.

___LAE 3333 Teaching Writing and Language in High School (3 hours)            

Projected field experience: work from FSU as a composition partner with a local MS or HS student; engage in a case study of an adolescent writer, at a local MS or HS

___TSL 3330 Teaching Students with Limited English Proficiency (3 hours)
*FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJORS ONLY! 

Field experience: Ten hours in-class experience of working with an ELL student.

Set Two (These courses are ONLY available in spring semesters): 

___LAE 4323 Teaching English in Middle School (3 hours)

Projected field experience: small group instruction in a middle-level classroom.

___ LAE 4530 Teaching Reading in Secondary English Language Arts (3 hours) 

Projected field experience:  Development of an assessment/instruction plan for a single student.  (This field experience might be linked to that required for LAE 4323.)

___ TSL 4331 Second Language Principles and Acquisition (4 hours)
                *FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJORS ONLY!

Projected field experience: One hour per week either tutoring a non-native
speaker of English, or working in an English as a Second Language Classroom, or working in a regular classroom that includes students who are non-native speakers of English, under the supervision of an ESOL specialist. 

 

Set Three:

___LAE 4860 Technology for Teachers of English, or approved alternate in educational technology (3 hours)

Projected field experience:  one session teaching a technology-based lesson to students in a MS or HS classroom, with one follow-up session
(This field experience might be completed at the school in which you do a field experience for LAE 4941 or TSL 4240.)

___LAE 4360 Classroom Management and Planning Instruction in Middle/High School English (3 hours)

Field experience:  combined with that of LAE 4941 (Note:  You will register for your student teaching internship as part of this course.  You will also compile a professional portfolio.) This course must be taken the semester before your teaching internship.

___LAE 4941 Methods and Observation/Participation in Middle/Secondary
English (2 hours)
                               
Projected Field Experience:  As the “pre-internship,” this course requires that you spend a substantive amount of time in local MS and HS classrooms.  You will observe and participate in small group and whole class instruction, and will be involved in assessment and evaluation of student work as you compile a teacher work sample, where appropriate. This course must be taken the semester before your teaching internship.

 

Set Four: Your Final Semester

___ LAE 4942 Student Teaching in Secondary English (12 hours)
This is the student teaching internship.  You will work with a cooperating teacher, following his/her schedule and the schedule for the school to which you are assigned.  You will gradually assume full responsibility for the duties of a teacher during your internship, and will be evaluated by your cooperating teacher, a university supervisor, and yourself. 

***A note about qualifying to student teach: 

You must have the following grade point average (GPA) or grades, by category, in order to be allowed to engage in a Student Teaching Internship:

_____ 2.75 in English courses (a minimum of 21 hours of English in addition to the 6 hours of freshman Composition, at least 18 of which must be taken at the 3000 and/or 4000 level)

_____ 2.75  in upper-division Education courses (non-English Education) (6 hours)

_____ 3.00  in English Education courses (23 hours of campus-based course work to be completed prior to the 12-hour student teaching internship)

_____ Passing score on all required subtests of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (The FTCE General Knowledge Test; The FTCE Professional Education Test and the FTCE Subject Area Exam in English 6-12).  For more information on these exams, go to the Florida Department of Education’s website at http://www.fldoe.org/asp/ftce/.

_____ Have NO grades below a C+ in any English Education and TSL courses (Any course for which a grade below a C+ is earned must be retaken prior to student teaching).

_____ Have completed all prior coursework and earned the approval of the English Education faculty. We recommend that students consult the overview of the programs offered by the College of Education in the Florida State University General Bulletin; the overview indicates the five regions across Florida in which student teaching internships may be arranged.

Important Program Notes:

About Planning Your Program of Courses:  We highly recommended that you create schedules in which courses in English, Foundations of Education, and English Education courses are well-balanced during your junior year, and that you create schedules in which English and English Education courses are well-balanced during the senior year.  

You will continually compile evidence of your professional development as you participate in your English Education courses; when you finish the program, you will have solid documentation of your growth toward being a teacher, and you will have materials from which you can construct a professional portfolio to show others what you know and are able to do as a teacher.  Each instructor will discuss your professional growth with you, and will incorporate it into his/her courses. 

You will request a county and school level (high school or middle school) for your internship as part of the LAE 4360 course.  You cannot request a particular school or cooperating teacher, and are limited to requesting one of the many counties that are identified in the FSU General Bulletin. Only in very rare cases are FSU students allowed to engage in student teaching in a state other than Florida. 

About Extra Expenses:

There are fees associated with registering to student teach, including the purchase of a student teaching handbook, school insurance, fingerprint checks, and counties’ individual requirements.  There are also expenses you might incur for having photographs made for your student teaching application.  Plan ahead for these extra expenses.

*New in 2007-2008:
Every student in the FSU Teacher Education Unit is required to purchase a Chalk and Wire account at the FSU Bookstore. The fee is $90 for a 3-year account, and after purchase the student will receive a card containing login instructions. Chalk and Wire is a web based e-portfolio system that you will use to create your FSU Program Assessment Portfolio. The Chalk and Wire FSU Web Site is http://www.coe.fsu.edu/chalkandwire . If you have any questions concerning this requirement, please talk to an advisor.

About Summer Classes:

In order to insure that you have enough time to process the information in courses, you may take no more than 6 hours of required courses in English Education during the summer of any one year.  Also, those who student teach in the fall can have no more than six hours to complete during the prior summer term.  If you have more than six hours to complete in the summer, you will have to postpone student teaching from fall until the following spring semester. 

About Graduation:

Those who complete this program of studies will graduate with no fewer than 120 credit hours; a bachelor of science or bachelor of arts degree in English Education (or in English, if you are an English major who is adding the certification track to your program); all course requirements for certification to teach English/language arts, grades 6-12; and all course requirements for certificate endorsement for teaching English as a Second Language, grades 6-12. 

• In order to graduate from the English Education program, you are required to earn a passing score on all required subtests of the Florida Teachers Certification Examinations (which you will sign up for and take as an addition to your course work). 
• Toward the end of your program, prior to your student teaching internship, you will need to apply for Florida Teachers Certification Examination (FTCE).  Information on the FTCE is available at the Florida Department of Education website: http://www.fldoe.org/asp/ftce/.  Also note that you will apply for certification during the semester of your student teaching internship; the application form comes from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), not from FSU.

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Before you finish our program and graduate, you will have to have had the following:

___ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM (You must take the General Knowledge Exam in order to be formally admitted into Teacher Education)
___ Florida Teachers Certification Exam (including the General Knowledge Test, Professional Education Test, and the Subject Area Exam)

IN ADDITION TO FSU LIBERAL STUDIES and COLLEGE OF EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (including 2 math classes, etc.), you will need these major prerequisites and program requirements:

___ Intro to Education
___ Intro to Ed Technology
___ Teaching Diverse Populations

___ A Speech class
___ An American lit class
___ A Minority American Lit class
___ A British Lit class
___ A Shakespeare class
___ A multicultural lit class
___ An advanced composition class
___ A linguistics or applied linguistics class
___EDF 4210: Ed Psych Dev Learners
___EDF 4430: Classroom Assessment
___LAE 3331: Teaching Lit and Drama…
___LAE 3333: Teaching Writing and Language…
___TSL 3330: Teaching Students with Limited English Proficiency
___LAE 4323: Teaching Middle School English
___LAE 4530: Teaching Reading in Secondary English Language Arts
___TSL 4240: Second Language Principles and Acquisition
___LAE 4860: Technology for English Teachers
___LAE 4941: "Preinternship"
___LAE 4360: "Methods" (You'll apply to student teach in this course.)
___LAE 4942: Student Teaching In Secondary English
___Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE—Including all required subtests) You will finish with certification to teach English grades 6-12 and endorsement to teach English as a Second Language, grades 6-12.

You will finish with certification to teach English grades 6-12 and endorsement to teach English as a Second Language, grades 6-12.