Middle Childhood Education & M.Ed. (MCE)
Grades 4-9
To qualify for a Middle Childhood Education
provisional teaching license you must have met the general education
requirements and have completed enough coursework to fulfill
Ohio content requirements for TWO concentration areas.
Applicants in MCE must qualify for two
concentrations, selected from the following list:
Professional Program Credits: 65 Quarter
Credits
(includes Ohio Provisional License required reading core)
- Two Content Concentration
Requirements
Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement - Returning Students
The MCE Endorsement is ONLY available to candidates that AUM recommended for a Middle Childhood License.
The Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement allows the teaching candidate with two licensure areas to add two more content areas specifically for teaching in a self- contained 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom. This endorsement is not valid for holders of any license other than Ohio Middle Childhood Education.
To have the Middle Childhood Generalist endorsement added to the Middle Childhood License:
- The candidate must have previously completed a Middle Childhood Education program in two content areas and hold a valid Ohio Middle Childhood Education License.
- In addition to successfully completing the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement course work in either one or two additional areas, the candidate must also successfully complete the required Praxis II test(s). The candidate must pass either:
- the Elementary Education Content Knowledge (0014); OR
- the candidate must pass the content area test for each content area added to the Middle Childhood Education License, chosen from the following:
Middle School English/Language Arts (0049)
Middle School Mathematics (0069)
Middle School Social Studies (0089)
Middle School Science (0439)
Candidates who wish to add the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement should contact Dr. Marian C. Glancy, Program Chair for Middle Childhood (937) 769-1827.
