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Intervention Specialist Licensure in Moderate/Intensive

Introduction     Institutional Requirements 

Teacher Education Requirements for Major     Four Year Course Rotation    Links

Introduction:

Welcome to Ashland University Teacher Education. You have expressed a desire to matriculate in our licensure programs. There are five categories of expectations during your time in teacher education:


This plan outlines those expectations in each of those categories. In addition, the plan provides teacher education or university offices where you can get further clarification. It is your responsibility to understand all expectations and work closely with your advisor in order to successfully fulfill these expectations.

Please keep a copy of this plan in your records and keep it continually updated. You MUST bring your copy with you when you meet with your advisor or other department personnel. An official copy of your academic plan is continually updated and maintained in your Teacher Education cumulative file (Schar Hall).

General Expectations Throughout a Student's Matriculation:
  1. Maintain a 2.5 cumulative, major, and professional GPA. I understand that if I do not have the required GPA's I will be put on Conditional Admittance status. If at the end of two semesters, the required GPA's are still below 2.5, I understand I will be dismissed from teacher education. I also understand that if I do not earn required GPA's, there is an intervention process that can help me earn back full admission status. (The Office of Field and Clinical Experiences and Advisor will assist you with this process.)
    1. Earn a grade of C- or higher in any Teacher Education course (EDCI, EDFN & EDEC).  I understand that I will have to repeat the course if I earn a D+ or lower on any Teacher Education course.
  1. Accumulate at least 128 hours in order to graduate. (This number is different for transfer students.)
  1. It is the student's responsibility to inform the Office of Disability Services and Peer Tutoring if special learning accommodations are required for course and/or field work. Teacher education faculty or administrators are not required to make accommodations unless appropriate documentation is on file with the Office of Disability Services. Personnel from Teacher Education as well as the Office of Disability Services work closely to ensure fair and reasonable accommodations for the teacher education student.
  1. _____ ACT/SAT Score.
  1. _____ (YES/NO) I must take the Praxis I test because my entering ACT or SAT score was lower than the baseline scores for Teacher Education. An ACT composite of 21 or higher OR an SAT composite of 970 or higher are the current Teacher Education Department baselines. If my ACT/SAT scores are below the baseline scores, then I realize I must take and pass all three sections of the Praxis I test before I can be admitted into Teacher Education. The office that can assist me with Praxis I registration, testing dates, fees, and preparation is Teacher Testing and Licensure and Office.
Suggestions/Challenges to the Student:
  1. Teacher Education faculty advisors are assigned to licensure students based on the particular licensure and expertise of the advisor. That advisor should be your first stop when you have questions or concerns. Do you know where you advisor's office is? Do you know his/her phone number? Do you know his/her email?
  1. As faculty members, your advisor holds regular, weekly office hours. Do you know those hours? Do you know that those office hours change each semester?
  1. Your advisor is assigned to you at the beginning of your matriculation. If you change your licensure area (or your major) you must do the following:

    a. ___ Fill out a Change in Major/Advisor form at the Registrar's Office.

  1. You have been assigned an AU email address as well as a mailbox on campus. Do you check your AU email address often? Those are the two methods of communication we use most often when we send out reminders and notices. We do NOT send these same reminders/notices to your other email addresses. Do you check your mailbox often? Hard copies of updates and notices are sent there.
  1. If you make changes to your academic plan and don't inform your advisor, the total responsibility rests on your shoulders.

Institutional Requirements:

Intervention Specialist: Moderate Intensive

Licensure
Institutional Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

 Check Off Tier Course Number Course Description Semester Hours
____

IR

 IUL 101 Introduction to University Life 1
____ IPR International Perspectives Student Choice; recommend: SPE 315 3
 ____ I English 101 Composition I 3
 ____ I English 102 Composition II 3
 ____ I SPE 101 Human Communications 3
 ____
          I received a C- or higher for Communications or an equivalent course.
 ____ I Math 217 Theory Interm Arith. & Geom. 3
 ____ I Religion Student Choice 3
 ____ I FCS/PE 180 Lifetime Wellness 2
 ____ II Aesthetics

Student Choice-NEED TWO; recomm: SPE 104 or SPE 315

 6
 ____ II Humanities Student Choice-NEED TWO 6
 ____ II Natural Sciences Student Choice-NEED TWO 6
 ____ II Social Science Student Choice-NEED TWO 6
 ____ II Historical Reasoning Student Choice-NEED TWO 3
TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT HOURS
 48


Teacher Education Requirements for the Major:

Licensure – Intervention Specialist: Moderate Intensive
Teacher Education


 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
____
 EDFN 130 Workshop in Teaching 2 Must take w/ EDCI 131
____
 EDCI 131 Instructional Technology Lab 0 Must take w/ EDFN 130
____
 I have completed an "intent to enroll in Teacher Education form," and it has been submitted to the Office of Field/Clinical Experiences in 240 Schar
____
 I have signed a "Good Moral Character" statement, and it has been submitted to the Office of Field/Clinical Experience. NOTE: Both forms are distributed in EDFN 130 and extras are available in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences
____
 EDEC 140 Phonics and the English Language 3 None
____
 EDFN 202 Teaching and Learning Process 3 EDFN 130
____
 EDCI 232 Intro. to Principles of Instruc. Tech. 3 EDCI 131
____
 EDCI 250 Intro. to Educ. Intervention 3 None
____
 EDCI 251 Intro. to Deaf Culture in America
3
 None
____
 EDCI 261 Language Arts for Middle Grades
3
 EDFN 202
____
 EDCI 262 Foundations of Literacy
3
 None
____
 EDCI 392 Content Area Reading 3 None
____
 EDFN 402 Social/Professional Issues 3 Senior Education Student
____
 EDCI 411 Assess. & Interv. Integ. Lang. Arts
3
 6 Sem Hrs. in reading & L.A.
____ EDCI 441 Creating Effect Learn. Envir. 3 EDCI 250
____
 EDEC 448 Biomedical Aspects
3
 Waived for Interv. Specialist
____
 EDCI 450 Lang./Commun. Dis. & Interv.
3
 EDCI 250
____
 MATH 208 Elem. Statistics
3
 2 yrs. H.S. Algebra
____
 Speech Speech 105 Recommended
3
  
____
 FCS 270 Lifespan Human Development
3
 None

___ (If applicable) I have passed all three tests of the Praxis I, and have submitted those scores to the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences prior to enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below).

BLOCKED COURSES (Courses which MUST be taken together.)

 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
____
 EDCI 230 IS Intervention Specialist Field Exp.
2
 EDFN 130
____
 EDCI 253 Assistive & Instructional Tech.
3
 EDCI 131, 232
____
 EDCI 257 Sensory/Motor
3
 EDCI 250

MUST HAVE TAKEN EDCI 232 by FALL OF SOPHMORE YEAR

Also, taking EDCI 312 will meet requirements for reading endorsement

___ I have applied for and have been accepted into the Teacher Education program prior to enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below). I have met all Teacher Education requirements up to this time. (The application form can be picked up in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences.)

___ I have submitted my teacher portfolio for Teacher Education Induction. It has been approved before my enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below)

 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
 ____ EDCI 342 Assess/Tech. Child Mild/Mod. 3 EDCI 250, take w/EDCI 442
 ____ EDCI 442 Commu./Consult./Teaming 3 EDCI 250, take w/EDCI 342

___ I have applied for the EDUC 330 field experience prior to registering for EDUC 330 blocked courses. The application form can be picked up in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences. I understand that part of that application involves a background check with an attendant fee. This background check is good for one year.

 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
 ____
 EDCI 330 IS Workshop Multicultural Field Exp.
2
 EDCI 250
 ____
 EDCI 343 Curr./Meth./Career/Daily Living
3
 EDCI 342

___ I have requested a free junior audit of coursework completed from the Registrar’s Office. I understand that this audit is the official record of coursework completed and coursework remaining prior to graduation.


 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
____
 EDCI 430 Wkshp. Teaching IS Mod./Intn
2
 EDCI 330 IS
____
 EDCI 451 Communication IS Mod./Intn.
3
 EDCI 241, 450

___ I have applied for the EDCI 464 student teaching. As part of my application I developed a resume. (The Office of Field and Clinical Experiences as well as the Career Development Office can assist you with this expectation.)

___ I have submitted my Teacher Education Portfolio for a second time prior to enrollment in student teaching coursework (below). It has been approved.

 Check Off
Course Number
Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
____ EDCI 445 Advanced Behav. Management
3
 EDCI 441
____ EDCI 464 I.S. Mod/Inten. Student Teaching
10
 Successful completion of all Methods & Fields

___ I have applied to take the required Praxis II tests prior to or during my final semester. (The Office of Testing and Licensure can assist with applications, deadlines, costs, and preparations.)

___ I have contacted the Career Development Office to discuss job search strategies and opportunities.

___ I have applied for state teaching licensure. (The Office of Testing and Licensure can assist with the applications, deadlines, and costs.) I understand that part of the application will be a background check if one calendar year has passed since my last background check.

___ I have applied for graduation within the time frame of the Registrar’s Office. I have attached the completed “Undergraduate Degree Graduation Check sheet to the graduation form. For May graduation, applications are due the previous November. For December graduates, applications are due the previous September.

Four Year Course Rotation:

See the Four-Year Rotation in Microsoft Word

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