Middle Childhood Education, BPS

CIP Code: 13.1203

Students must meet all requirements for certification before this degree will be conferred, including passing the following: 1) all sections of the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA); 2) the Professional Development Folio (semester prior to student teaching); 3) the Missouri Content Assessment(s) (MoCA) for each area of certification sought; and 4) a passing composite score on their summative evaluation in the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES).

Note: Candidates pursuing this major may opt to complete either one or two concentration areas. In addition, the Middle Childhood major may be combined with Secondary certification, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12. Specific requirements are shown below:

Professional Requirements

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

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken second semester of sophomore year or first semester of enrollment if transferring as a junior or senior)
EDUC 203 - Teaching in A Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three † (Must be taken with EDUC 201)
EDCL 200 - Teaching in A Diverse Society Field Experience Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDUC 203)
EDPS 383 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 373 - Technology and Instructional Media Semester Hours: Three
PSYC 313 - Human Growth and Development Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken during the senior year, the semester prior to student teaching)
EDPS 453/553 - the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹ ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three ¹
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ¹

Total: 38-41 Hours

†Students who transfer in a course for that does not include an equivalent field experience must take .
‡Students who transfer in a course for which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete:

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

Candidates should complete only the course(s) which represent the content area(s) of desired certification:

Science

Social Science

Speech/Theatre

Note

¹See the catalog section on for information on earning graduate credit for this course.

Field and Clinical Experiences

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.

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