Requirements

• All required coursework
  
• Pre-requisites - Some pre-requisites may be waived if you pass Praxis 0014. We still require that you take an Ohio History course. Ohio History Course will be offered through our Educational Leadership Summer Series program.
  
• Please complete the transcript evaluation form.
  
• Praxis 0014 – Must be passed to be recommended for this endorsement.

Required Courses

Development and Learning in Grades 4 and 5
1.5 Credits (Online)

Candidates will expand their knowledge of theories and research relative to age-appropriate behaviors, development, etc. of typical and atypical students, ages eight to twelve through this online course.  Candidates will gain an understanding of the bio-psycho-social factors and their impact upon classroom management, instruction, and assessment. They will also explore opportunities, responsibilities and challenges encountered when working with pre-adolescent students, i.e., including integrated learning approaches, mutlti-aged pedagogical arrangements, transitioning into the culture, organization, and context of middle school, school-within-a-school structure [house concept], looping, teaming, etc.

Language Arts Instruction for the 4/5 Classroom
3.0 Credits

Course Description: The teachers licensed in Early Childhood will enhance their knowledge and skills in designing language arts instruction appropriate for students in grades 4 and 5.  The Early Childhood educator will use his/her understanding of human development and learning of typical and atypical students as foundation for designing language-based multidisciplinary instruction with an emphasis on the concepts noted within the Ohio Language Arts Standards for Grades 4 and 5.

Science Curriculum Development for Grades 4 and 5
3.0 Credits

Course Description:To empower children to be able to inquire, discover, and understand science requires a foundation of general knowledge about science. In Science Curriculum Development for Grades 4 and 5, candidates will gain understanding how to implement a variety of instructional strategies to teach science content to meet the needs of all students in grades 4 and 5, aged 8-12.  Candidates will learn to integrate different viewpoints, theories, and processes to guide their instruction and assessment in ways to meet the differentiated needs of all learners. Focus will be on providing cross-curricular, inquiry based, learner-centered instruction that promotes active learning.

Social Studies Methods for Grades 4 and 5
3.0 Credits

Course Description: This course builds upon the “scientific method” as applied to social studies.  The candidates will investigate multiple instructional methodologies that can be used to teach the various concepts outlined within the Ohio Social Studies Standards, i.e., economics, geography, government, cultures, citizenship, etc.

Math Methods for Grades 4 and 5
3.0 Credits

Course Description: The candidate in the ECE Generalist Endorsement program must understand what it means to know and do mathematics and about how children come to make sense of mathematics because those two beliefs will affect how he/she will approach mathematics instruction. Consequently, this course will focus on enhancing Early Childhood licensed teachers’ conceptual understanding of the mathematics content related to grades 4-5, including probability, graphing/statistics, algebra/patterning, multiplication, division, problem solving, geometry, logic, etc.