Apr 30, 2022
2012-2013 Springfield College Graduate Catalog

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The Springfield Higher Pedagogy Department is committed to preparing effective teachers for the 21st century who will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills, knowledge of curriculum, and reflective instruction practices. Our graduates will exist prepared to create dynamic learning environments in which teaching and cess meet the needs of students. The department strives to strengthen partnerships with the customs and foster teaching that empowers students, promotes equity, celebrates variety and demonstrates a delivery to the humanics philosophy.

Graduate study in the Education Department is designed to enable educators to earn their initial educational activity license or to enhance their pedagogy skills in order to ameliorate serve Pre Grand - 12 schools, early childhood education centers, and other educational institutions. Interdisciplinary report characterizes the teacher preparation programs, providing adult students with greater noesis and understanding of their profession, enhancing their ability to piece of work with youth and their families. Licensure programs may be completed as stand alone programs or in combination with a Principal of Teaching (Chiliad.Ed.) or a Master of Science (M.S.) caste. Graduate students in the department must complete a research projection, and present their enquiry endeavor earlier a panel of kinesthesia and peers.

The forcefulness of the Pedagogy Programs at Springfield College is our low faculty-pupil ratio that allows us to support adult learners in their professional development through challenging courses that explore electric current knowledge nigh theory, practice, multicultural bug, educational inquiry, technology and urban education. Continual exploration of effective professional do in the field of education, by the Teaching kinesthesia through research, and participation in professional conferences provides for a dynamic learning surroundings.

Access Requirements
The admissions requirements for the education graduate programs can be found in the Admission Information section of the catalog.

Educator Licensure Information
For those seeking an educator license, the course work volition encompass the competencies required for a teacher under Massachusetts licensure regulations. Graduate candidates may be required to complete prerequisites depending on their undergraduate study, and so that they can satisfy the subject matter knowledge requirements of our canonical programs. Students who seek licensure must as well consummate the fieldwork requirement pertaining to the license for which they volition apply, and laissez passer the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (communication and literacy skills, and subject thing knowledge appropriate to license sought).

Standards for Practicum Placement
To exist eligible for practicum placement, students pursuing an initial license must meet the standards listed under the Policy for Educator Licensure programs and those listed beneath for all educator preparation programs.

  1. Complete all prerequisites for specific program (may be in process).
  2. Take an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. (This includes all undergraduate prerequisite courses taken at Springfield College while enrolled as a graduate educatee.)
  3. Have passed all required MTEL exams for license sought, i.e., Advice and Literacy Skills Test and the appropriate subject tests (where they are required).
  4. Obtain a class of "B" or improve in designated methods courses:
    Early Babyhood - EDUC 555, 627, and 654;
    Elementary - EDUC 627, 652 and 654;
    Secondary - EDUC 628, 640, 671, 675 and 685;
    Special Education - EDUC 642, 673 and EDUC 651
  5. Demonstrate the personal characteristics (dispositions) needed to become an educator (for instance, responsible, dependable, hard working, professional, committed to the field of education, etc.)
  6. Recommendation for practicum placement by department.
  7. CORI check

Those who are seeking a Master'south degree for enrichment of their professional person abilities, without licensure, will consummate the required class piece of work in the Educational Studies Program or the not-license track of the Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary Education or Special Education programs.

For more information regarding graduate programme opportunities in the Education Department, please contact the department directly at (413) 748-3295 or www.spfldcol.edu/Education .

Educational Studies Concentration

Educational Studies is a flexible programme designed to meet the needs of individuals who want to continue their education for professional development or to change careers. Students can choose to follow Plan A (K.Ed.), Plan B (M.Southward.) or Plan C (K.S.). Students have the choice of designing a program (Focus Option) in consultation with their counselor (i.e., experiential education, instructional technology, school athletics, etc.), or choosing a concentration that leads to Massachusetts Educator Initial Licensure in Early Childhood Teaching, Elementary Education, Secondary Educational activity or Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities ane.

All of these licensure programs are State of Massachusetts approved.

i Applicants to the teacher of Special Teaching Initial Licensure Programme demand to take a current license every bit an Uncomplicated or Secondary teacher or exist simultaneously enrolled in the Elementary or Secondary Initial Licensure Programme.

Undergraduate prerequisites: Depends on programme focus.

Programme Focus or Concentration Requirements (21-25 credits)

Focus or Concentration courses and electives are selected in consultation with a faculty advisor.  If seeking teacher licensure, 1 of the programs listed beneath must be followed:

  • Early Childhood Education
    Instructor of Students With & Without Disabilities (PreK-2)
  • Elementary Educational activity (1-6)
  • Secondary Didactics (8-12)
  • Special Education (Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities - TSMD)
    (PreK-8 or 5-12)

See the sections below for licensure program requirements.

Research requirements (2-9 credits)

Early Childhood Education (PreK-two) Concentration

Teacher of Students With and Without Moderate Disabilities (PreK-2)

The Graduate Level Initial Licensure Program in Early Babyhood Education prepares early babyhood educators to assume teaching positions in public schools, kid care programs, private preschools and kindergartens, early intervention programs, family support and domicile visiting programs and inclusive early on childhood settings. The cognition base for the early on babyhood field has expanded substantially in the past v years, and the Springfield Higher program that leads to Licensure as an Early Childhood Teacher of Students With and Without Disabilities is established on that new noesis base. All students entering the plan will be required to meet the content surface area requirements as identified by the Massachusetts Department of Unproblematic and Secondary Education.

In the Graduate Level Initial Licensure Program, early on childhood educators gain the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to provide all immature children (from preschool through second class) the kind of early didactics they deserve. The plan addresses the need for tomorrow'due south teachers to be prepared to serve and to value a far more than diverse grouping of immature children and families than at any time in the past. Our program gives students the opportunity to student teach in inclusive early childhood settings which welcome young children with increasingly challenging disabilities and medical conditions.  With the foundation provided past the required courses, including the pre-practicum and practicum field experiences, individuals completing the Graduate Initial Licensure Programme in Early Childhood Teaching draw from a continuum of teaching strategies in gild to back up the learning and development of all children.

Prerequisites:
An undergraduate caste in the liberal arts or in a field related to early childhood education (eastward.chiliad., Psychology); a broad background in coursework related to the primary grade knowledge of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks; documented experience in working with children between the ages of 3 and eight and a course in kid evolution.  A transcript review will determine whether there are additional prerequisites.

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure Required:
All students in the Early on Childhood Graduate Initial Licensure Programme are required to pass the post-obit exams:

  • Communication and Literacy Skills exam (prior to practicum)
  • Early Childhood Field of study exam (prior to practicum)
  • Foundations of Reading exam (prior to practicum)

Elementary Pedagogy (i-6) Concentration

The Graduate Level Initial Licensure Program in Uncomplicated Educational activity prepares simple school teachers to create learning environments that support children in their transition to boyhood. The program offers a combination of courses that will atomic number 82 to the Elementary Initial license upon successful completion of plan requirements. All students entering the program will be required to run into the content area requirements equally identified by the Massachusetts Section of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The plan prepares educators to have increased awareness of the social and emotional needs of elementary students and the principles for creating safe and effective schools. Educators must not but be proficient in content knowledge and pedagogy; they must too be able to sympathize the circuitous social and emotional context of their learners.  With the foundation provided by the required courses, including the pre-practicum and practicum field experiences, individuals completing the Graduate Initial Licensure Program in Simple Education will be able to create a learning environs which supports the positive social, emotional development and high academic standards that are at present required within public schools.

Prerequisites:
A course in child evolution and Arts and Sciences coursework covering the Elementary Teacher Subject Thing Knowledge requirements in the Massachusetts Regulations for Educator Licensure. In general terms, this includes specific coursework in English language, Mathematics, History and Social Scientific discipline, Science, Technology/Engineering, Child Development, Visual and Performing Arts, Physical Education, and Health.  A transcript review will determine whether there are boosted prerequisites.

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure Required:
All students in the Simple Graduate Initial Licensure Plan are required to pass the post-obit exams:

  • Communication and Literacy Skills examination (prior to practicum)
  • Full general Curriculum Multi-Subject exam (prior to practicum)
  • Full general Curriculum Math examination (prior to practicum)
  • Foundations of Reading exam (prior to practicum)

Secondary Pedagogy (8-12) Concentration

The Graduate Level Initial Licensure Program in Secondary Education prepares loftier schoolhouse teachers to create learning environments that back up immature people in their transition to adulthood. The program offers a combination of courses that will lead to the Initial license in one of the post-obit content areas: Biological science, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, History, Mathematics, Political Scientific discipline/Political Philosophy, and Visual Arts. All students entering the plan will be required to run into the subject matter cognition requirements stated in the Massachusetts Section of Uncomplicated and Secondary Education licensure regulations.

Information technology is recommended that students in this graduate level initial licensure program have feel working in an educational environs. Fieldwork, pre-practicum and practicum feel is embedded throughout the curriculum.

The interdisciplinary nature of the graduate level initial licensure program courses provide a wider frame of reference for the students as they develop a foundation in the theoretical, historical, social and political foundations of education. Kinesthesia instruction courses inside this program will use the field experience of the students to deepen the students' understanding of behavior management; reading strategies for content area learning; education methods; curriculum design; assessment and evaluation; inclusion of all students; special didactics; and learning and teaching through technology.

Prerequisites:
A Bachelor'south caste in (1) a content area appropriate to the license sought and (two) a course in kid development.  A transcript review volition decide whether there are additional prerequisites.

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure Required:
All students in the Secondary Graduate Initial Licensure Program are required to pass the following exams:

  • Communication and Literacy Exam (prior to practicum)
  • Content exam appropriate to license sought (prior to practicum)

Special Education

Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (TSMD) (PreK-8 or five-12)

The Special Instruction Program prepares teachers to work effectively with students with balmy and moderate disabilities. The programme offers a combination of courses that lead to the Initial Licensure every bit a Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities. The interdisciplinary nature of the programme provides a broad frame of reference for the students as they develop a foundation in the theoretical, historical, social and political foundations of special education. These bookish courses and the pre-practicum and practicum provide aplenty opportunity for the graduate student to participate in cocky-evaluation, peer evaluation, and discussion with faculty and public school teachers. Because students are participating in the field placement while taking the bookish courses, students are able to use these practical experiences to deepen their understanding of the skills and responsibilities of the teacher of students with moderate disabilities. A special accent is placed on: Reading and Language Arts pedagogy; Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks; assessment of physical, social, emotional, intellectual and social evolution of children and adolescents; educational terminology for students with balmy and moderate disabilities; preparation, implementation and evaluation of Individualized Education Programs; pattern and modification of curriculum, instructional materials, and educational environments for students with moderate disabilities; behavior management and transitional assistance for students with mild and moderate disabilities; services provided by other agencies and federal and country laws and regulations pertaining to special education.

Prerequisites:
A Massachusetts Initial License as an Uncomplicated or Secondary Teacher or simultaneously enrolled in the Springfield College Graduate Initial Licensure Programme at that level and a grade in child development.  A transcript review will determine whether there are additional prerequisites.

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure Required:
All students in the Special Instruction Graduate Initial Licensure Plan are required to laissez passer the post-obit exams:

  • Communication and Literacy Skills exam (prior to practicum)
  • Content Area examination depends on class level (prior to practicum)
  • Foundations of Reading exam (prior to practicum)

Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study

Special Teaching Licensure

The Certificate of Advance Graduate Study (CAGS) in Education is provided for those graduate students who wish additional study across the main'south programme and intend to qualify for Special Education Licensure. Students must complete a minimum of 32 graduate credits for the CAGS.

Prerequisites:

  • Earned primary's degree in Education or related content field
  • Initial teacher license at the simple or secondary level or concurrent enrollment in the Simple or Secondary Initial Licensure Program
  • A transcript review will determine whether in that location are additional prerequisites

Contact:

Kate Snyder

413-748-3432

Electronic mail: ksnyder@springfieldcollege.edu

or

www.spfldcol.edu/educational activity

Electives: Total 1-4 credits

To full 32 credits

Curriculum Summary

Note: Students must pass all required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure to satisfy program requirements.

Total number of courses required for the program: eleven

Total credit hours required for the CAGS: 32

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