Middle School Principal Add-On (Grades 5-9) Certification

CIP Code: 13.0408

1. Missouri Professional Certificate

A valid Missouri professional elementary or secondary, initial, transition, or career principal’s certificate

2. Teaching Methods – Undergraduate or Graduate Level

a. Methods of Teaching Reading

(minimum of five (5) semester hours to include one (1) course in Techniques of Teaching Reading in the Content Fields)

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

b. Methods of Teaching Elementary Mathematics

ELED 433/533 - Integrated Mathematics Concepts for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three

3. Middle Level Education

a. Middle School Philosophy, Organization, and Curriculum

EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDMS 463/563 - Middle School: Curriculum, Instruction, and Field Experience ¹

b. Transescent Child

The Intellectual, Physiolgoical, Emotional, and Social Development of the Transescent Child (10-14 years old)

PSYC 553 - Advanced Human Development Semester Hours: Three

4. A Recommendation

A recommendation for certification from Missouri Baptist University

Note

¹Must be completed at the 500-level to be applicable toward the Special Education Director Certification.

NOTE: Students must earn at least twelve (12) hours from Missouri Baptist University in order to be recommended for any certification with the exception of students seeking add-on certifications in the areas of Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education.

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