Language Arts (Grades 5-9) Certification

CIP Code: 13.1305

NOTE: Middle school candidates may opt to complete certification in one or two concentration areas. In addition, middle school certification may be combined with secondary certification in the same content area, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12.

Subject-Specific Certification Requirements:
NOTE: A 24-credit-hour area of concentration is required for middle school certification. Areas of concentration offered by Missouri Baptist University include Business Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, and Speech/Theatre. Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must satisfy all the subject-specific secondary content area requirements, which will also fulfill the middle school concentration area requirements, except for middle/secondary general science combined.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) ¹
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society (Must be taken with EDUC 201) ¹
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making ¹
EDPS 383 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning ¹
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction ¹
EDUC 573 - Applications of Technology Semester Hours: Three
PSYC 553 - Advanced Human Development Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching) ²
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three

Total: 38-41

¹Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
²Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.
‡Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523 which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 Field Experience with English Language Learners

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

EDEN 453/553 - Teaching Language Arts and Composition in Grades 5-12: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three

Field and Clinical Experiences

*Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must complete EDCL 511 Teaching Field Experience II in a secondary school setting.

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I (must be in grades 5-9) ¹
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211) ¹
EDCL 511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 5-9, different grade than EDCL 211)
EDUC 410/510 - Field Experience II Seminar (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511) *
EDUC 471 - Student Teaching Seminar (must be taken concurrently with EMCL 5712 or EMCL 5709+5703 or EMCL 5709+ESCL 5703) ¹
EMCL 5712 - Student Teaching: Middle School Semester Hours: Twelve (must be in grades 5-9)
OR (for those pursuing two middle school concentration areas)
EMCL 5709 - Student Teaching: Middle School Semester Hours: Nine (must be in grades 5-9 in the primary concentration)
EMCL 5703 - Student Teaching: Middle School Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 5-9 in the add-on concentration)
OR (for those pursuing middle/secondary combined)
EMCL 5709 - Student Teaching: Middle School
Semester Hours: Nine (must be in grades 5-9 in a middle school setting)
ESCL 5703 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 9-12 in a secondary school setting, different grade level than EDCL 411/511) *

Core Requirements

ENGL 283 - Techniques for Writing Tutorials
ENGL 333A - American Literature I (Colonial America to 1865)
ENGL 333B - American Literature II (1865 to present)
ENGL 353A - British Literature I (Middle Ages through the Restoration)
ENGL 353B - British Literature II (1800 to the present)
EDEN 463/563 - Teaching Literature within the Curriculum
ENGL 453/553 - History of the English Language
ENGL 473 - Advanced Grammar

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