CAS Faculty and staff met with Ms. Keith Hembree, Dr. Celia Anderson and Dr. Nichelle Robinson to discuss the Education minor. The zoom recording will be posted here.
Attached are the updated Education Minor Flyer, Course Sequence Advising Sheet and website for Praxis study support.
- K-12 in Education Minor Flyer_f22_update
- k12_educationminor_advising_f22
- https://www.memphis.edu/tep/praxis/index.php
The zoom recording will be posted here: http://Ed Minor Zoom Meeting 11_28_22
The road to licensure is broken down in two steps. The third step will lead to a masters degree
- The undergraduate student can pursue a minor with 18 hours of undergraduate coursework
- The student enters Graduate school and completes 15 hours of coursework
- 15 more hours of graduate work will lead to a M.S. degree. this will allow the teacher to receive masters pay.
Declaring the K-12 minor
Any CAS major can purse the K-12 minor. To add the minor, email casgraduation@memphis.edu. The CAS dean’s office will add the minor. Student will receive the license to teach in Tennessee at the end of the minor.
Sequence of classes
ICL 3000 is taught once a year in the summer only. All the other courses are offered in both the fall and spring. There are substitutions available for ICL 3000. We will verify the course with the education department, but any course that teaches how to teach your content area will be considered. In our English department we have an English course, ENGL 4531, on how to teach English as a Second Language to non-native speakers. This is a wonderful option. History uses HIST 3001: Teaching Historical Thinking
Advising K-12 minors
Ms. Lofties in Education will advise K-12 minors through their undergraduate coursework and will remain their advisor when the student enters graduate coursework.
Internship model
The history department uses HIST 4020 History Internship as a substitution for the ICL 3001 what is offered only in the summer. This gives the student 150 hours of teaching experience in the classroom with students and a teacher mentor. This is an excellent way to prepare the student. The Education department really likes this model and would love for more departments to follow suit. The 150 hours really work well to prepare the student to enter the field
TEP Admission
The applications are open February 1-15 and again July 1-15. Students must apply to TEP before beginning their graduate work. Students should not wait until after they graduate to test the licensure exams. If a student plans to graduate in the May, the student should apply and test the earliest test in January. Many students have to retest so preparing and taking the Praxis exams early is most beneficial.
Practice Resources
In order to apply to TEP, student must meet three requirements:
- Have a 2.75 undergraduate GPA. they need a C- or higher in all education classes.
- Pass all Praxis II Content Exams
- Have a cleared background check
Although the content exams will focus on information the student learned in the major, students should not take the test cold. On the K-12 minor advising sheet the right hand column has a suggest timeline to begin to prepare for the licensure exams. Students should prepare to take the test by using the resources located on the Praxis Resources website, https://www.memphis.edu/tep/praxis/index.php. There are many supports such as videos, 240 tutoring, library resources and practice tests. The Education department strongly encourages students to take the practice tests. Students should notice things like:
- the structure of the test
- how many questions
- how much time is given
This is a job embedded license, so once students have passed TEP, they should secure a teaching position and begin graduate coursework. Student can contact Ms. Mary Lanier with the Intent to Hire Letter.