General Program Requirements:
In addition to coursework, STEP teaching candidates complete two field experience placements (Block 1 and 2, respectively) in their licensure area prior to their semester of student teaching. For each field experience, candidates are placed with a cooperating teacher to experience the full range of classroom teaching. The field experiences are carefully planned and scaffolded to engage candidates in preparing, planning, and instructing lessons and units, assessing students’ learning, and reflecting on their learning to teach. Candidates spend 100 hours in the classroom prior to student teaching (Block 3), providing an exceptional opportunity to develop their pedagogy under the guidance of their UMD course instructors and cooperating teachers.
| Block 1: Semester 1 | Block 2: Semester 2 | Block 3: Semester 3 |
| EDSE 4204 – Designing Learning Environments & Lesson Plans (3 credits) | EDSE 3206 – Apprenticeship Secondary School (2 credits) | EDSE 4600 – Student Teaching (12 credits ) |
| EDSE 4100 – Teaching in a Diverse Society (3 credits) | EDUC 4381 – Teaching Indigenous Students (2 credits) | EDUC 4500 – Professional Issues & Ethics (1 credit) |
| EDSE 4501 – Adolescent Development & Theory (3 credits) | EDSE 4525– Assessment for Secondary Educ. majors (3 credits ) |  |
| SPED 3415– Special Education in the Secondary School (3 credits) | EDSE 4214 – Teaching Content-Area Reading (3 credits ) |  |
|  | EDSE 42xx* – Teaching Content Area: Grades 5-12 (3 credits ) |  |
Notes:
- EDSE 42xx: Each content area has a special methods course requirement. Some majors may take this course in Block 1. Students, see your advisor to find out when the specific methods course is offered for your major.
- PE, Music, and Communication Arts Majors: see your advisor for your sequence of courses.
Grades, Petitions, and Waivers
- Students must have completed all Block 1 and Block 2 classes, with no incompletes, and no grades lower than C-.
- Students must retake any major course in a grade below a C- has been earned and achieve at least a C- prior to student teaching.
- A minimum of 2.5 grade point average (GPA) is required for student teaching.Â
- In instances involving requirements (GPA, grades, required course waivers), students may petition the program for special consideration. The petition or waiver provides an opportunity to explain unusual circumstances that may exempt a student from a requirement. These forms are available in the CEHSP Advising and Academic Services office (120 Bohannon Hall).
| Major | Pre-Block Volunteering | Block 1 Field Experience | Block 2 Field Experience | Block 3 Field Experience | MN State Requirement in statute |
| Art Education | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Grades 5-8 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Grades 9-12 | Student Teaching 8 weeks grades K-6 AND 8 weeks grades 9-12 or grades 5-8 | Must have field experience in grades K-6, 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. Â |
| Music Education Instrumental Vocal | 30 hours experience | Mu 3606 ElEd Field Placement 30 hours-Grades K-5 Mu 2605 2 hrs Mu 3607 + Mu 3702 - 8 hrs Total: 40 hours | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs)Â Grades 5-8Â OR Grades 9-12 | Student Teaching 8 weeks ELED 8 weeks 9-12 Grade or 5-8 Grade | Must have field placement in grades K-6, 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Physical Education | 30 hours experience | Field Experience PETE 4100 + PETE 4125 Entire Semester 50+ hours Elementary grades K-6 | Field Experience PETE 4200 + PETE 4225 Entire Semester 50+ hours Middle School grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 8 weeks grades K-6 AND 8 weeks grades 9-12 or grades 5-8 | Must have field placement experience in grades K-6, 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Public Health | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 16 weeks 9-12 Grade or 5-8 Grade | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Public Health/PE Double Major | 30 hours experience | Field Experience PETE 4100 + PETE 4125 Entire Semester 50+ hours Physical Ed and 50 hours Health Education. | Field Experience PETE 4200 + PETE 4225 Entire Semester 50+ hours Physical Ed and 50 hours-Health Education | Student Teaching 12 weeks PE --grades K-6 AND 4-6 weeks Health Ed grades 5-12 Grades | PE: Must have field placement experience in grades K-6, 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. Health: Must have field placement experience in experience in grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Tch Comm Arts & Lit | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Comm Arts Lit grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Comm Arts Lit grades 5-8 | Student Teaching Comm Arts Lit 16 weeks 9-12 Grade or 5-8 Grade | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Tch Earth & Space Science | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Earth & Space Science grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) General Science grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 16 weeks 5-12 Grade Earth & Space Science | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Tch Life Sci | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Life Science grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) General Science grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 16 weeks 5-12 Grade Life Science | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Tch Math | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Math grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Math grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 16 weeks 5-12 Grade Math | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
Tch Physical Sci Chemistry | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 9-12Â Â Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Physics grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 5-8 Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 5-8 | Student Teaching 16 weeks grades 9-12 Chemistry | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| 9-12 Chemistry (Post Bac Standalone) | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 9-12 | Student Teaching 16 weeks grades 9-12 | Must have field placement experience in Grades 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Teaching Physical Sci Physics | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Chemistry grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Physics grades 9-12 | Student Teaching 16 weeks grades 9-12 | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching |
| 9-12 Physics (Post Bac Standalone) | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Physics grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Physics grades 9-12 | Student Teaching 16 weeks grades 9-12 Physics | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
| Teaching Social Studies | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) Social Studies grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Social Studies grades 9-12 | Social Studies 16 weeks grades 9-12 Social Studies | Must have field placement experience in Grades 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |
World Lang & Culture Spanish, French, German | 30 hours experience | Field Experience EDSE 4204 (60 hrs) grades 9-12 | Field Experience EDSE 3206 (60 hrs) Grades 5-8 / Grades K-6 | Student Teaching 16 weeks grades 9-12 or grades 5-8 (if ElEd placement done during block field experience) OR 12 weeks grades 9-12 or grades 5-8 AND 4 weeks grades K-6 | Must have field experience in experience in grades K-6, 5-8 and 9-12 through the combination of field placements and student teaching. |