Secondary Teacher Preparation Program
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The College of Education offers two Secondary Teacher Preparation Programs – the Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary Education (PBCSE) and the B.Ed. in secondary education. The purpose of the secondary program is to develop teacher-leaders, who are capable and ready to prepare students to meet the requirements of life in the 21st Century. Both secondary teacher preparation programs offer a cohesive, field-based experience that encourages students to integrate educational theory and practice in cooperating secondary schools. The program prepares teacher candidates to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a classroom teacher as demonstrated through
- understanding the foundations of the education profession, content implications for curricula, and the characteristics of diverse learners,
- planning and implementing curricula grounded in pedagogical and psychological theory,
- becoming reflective, collaborative and responsive decision-makers, and
- serving as a role model within the classroom, school, community and global environment.
The College of Education offers teaching majors in the following fields: career and technology education (agriculture, family and consumer sciences, industrial arts, marketing, office education, and trades and industry), art, English, English as a second language, languages (Chinese, French, German, Hawaiian, Latin, Ilokano/Filipino, Japanese, Russian, Spanish), health education, mathematics, music, physical education, science (biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, general science, physical science), and social studies (with concentrations in American studies, anthropology, economics, geography, Hawaiian studies, history, political science, psychology, or sociology). The PBCSE offers a cohesive, field-based experience that encourages students to integrate educational theory and practice in cooperating secondary
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary Education (PBCSE)
The PBCSE is a post-baccalaureate certificate program for the preparation of secondary school teachers. It is designed for students who have a BA or BS degree and wish to obtain initial basic teacher certification. To enroll in PBCSE, student must have completed an academic content major appropriate to their proposed teaching subject and pass the PRAXIS Content Knowledge test. The PBCSE program consists of nine interrelated courses totaling 36 credits. Students who complete this initial basic teacher certification program are encouraged to continue their professional growth. They may be able to apply up to 12 course credits from the PBCSE to a master’s degree program. Students must negotiate course transfer at the time of application to the master’s program.
B.Ed. (Secondary Education)
The Secondary Education B.Ed. program qualifies graduates to teach in grades 7-12. Students are admitted to the B.Ed. program after completing the majority of their academic major. Requirements include completion of the General Education Core specified for education majors, a major in a teaching field, foundations and methods courses in secondary education, and student teaching, for a minimum of 126 credit hours.