Education
http://www.uwplatt.edu/education/
Teacher Licensure: Teacher Education: Counselor Education Physical Education and Health:
Department Chair: Alison Bunte
Office: 139 Doudna
Phone: 608-342-1131
E-mail: bunte@uwplatt.edu
Professors: Associate Professors: Assistant Professors: Lectures:

About The Department & Major

Undergraduate program areas within the School of Education include Physical Education/Health and Teacher Education. The school also includes graduate programs in Counselor Education and Teacher Education. Programs include:

Counselor Education - Contact Kimberly Tuescher, Ph.D.
email tueschek@uwplatt.edu or phone 608-342-1245
Physical Education and Health - Contact Joe Schmalfeldt, Ph.D.
email schmalfj@uwplatt.edu or phone 608-342-1573
Teacher Education - Contact John Nkemji, Ph.D.
email nkemnji@uwplatt.edu or phone 608-342-1244

The School of Education has a rich history at UW-Platteville. The university has been preparing teachers since the first Normal School was established in 1866. The school takes great pride in this tradition and is committed to the continuation of quality in its educational offerings and programs.

The degree programs build on the School of Education theme Best Practices Make the Difference. Best practices follow a developmental, reflective model. Best practices teachers are defined as professionals who are aware of the developmental stages of their students as well as their own professional developmental needs. Best practices teachers are growing in their skills of providing developmentally appropriate instruction and effective teacher strategies to assist students in becoming reflective thinkers. Best practices teachers are themselves reflective thinkers.

The School of Education administers professional education programs at UW-Platteville and is responsible for the preparation of teachers. The School of Education is responsible for all professional and clinical programs; serves as a resource center for students, faculty, program directors and administrators; maintains appropriate student records; and maintains appropriate records for accreditation and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction program approval, and for National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) approval.

Center of Education for the Young Adolescent

The School of Education is proud of its association with the Center of Education for the Young Adolescent (CEYA) , a national leader in middle level education which provides professional development programs and resources for those involved with the young adolescent. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents designated CEYA as a Center of Excellence in Middle Level Education, the only such designation in the state. CEYA's summer seminar, Teaching the Transescent, is the oldest and largest team-structured seminar for middle level educators in the United States. More information on CEYA can be obtained by calling 1-800-208-7041 or by visiting its web site at http://www.uwplatt.edu/ceya/

Title II Reporting

Amendments to the Higher Education Act signed into law October 1998 require that institutions of higher education and state departments of education supply data to the United States Secretary of Education to be used in an annual report card on teacher preparation. In compliance with reporting requirements, UW-Platteville provides the following information:

UW-Platteville offers teacher education programs leading to licensure for Early Childhood through Middle Childhood (Birth- age 11), Middle Level (ages 10-14), Early Adolescence through Adolescence (Ages 10-21), and Wide Range (Birth - age 21), which applies to special fields such as art, music, agriculture, tech ed. During the 2000-2001 academic year, 308 students who had been admitted to the School of Education were enrolled in education programs at the university. Of these 308 teacher candidates, 129 participated in supervised practice teaching, which required an average of 700 hours to complete. The 129 teacher candidates were supervised by 43 faculty, which resulted in a student to faculty ratio of 17.99 to 1.

Teacher Licensure Requirements

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) makes periodic changes in teacher licensure requirements that may affect teacher education programs. It is the responsibility of all students to contact the Office of the Director of the School of Education to make certain that they have the most current information to ensure proper planning. All students enrolled in teacher preparation programs must proceed through three steps:

  1. Admission to the School of Education
  2. Admission to Student Teaching
  3. Licensure

Note: Any student seeking teaching licensure who has been convicted of a criminal offense must contact the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to discuss eligibility for a teaching license.

Note: The Department of Public Instruction regularly changes licensure requirements. Any requirement changed after publication of this catalog will still be required of the student to be licensed. Students should check with their advisors regularly to determine needed changes in their programs due to changes in licensure rules.



Admission to the School of Education - Level 1 Benchmark

All students intending to become teachers in elementary, middle or secondary school should take the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST/CBT) in their freshman year. All students should file application for admission to the School of Education during their sophmore year at UWP.

Note: Only students who have been admitted to the School of Education may enroll in education courses numbered 3000 and above.

Transfer students must earn a minimum of 15 credits at UWP before admission to the School of Education. Transfer students may apply for admission during their first semester on campus and complete interview(s) and other requirements that semester. Transfer students must file the application for admission to the School of Education before enrolling in any education courses 3000 and above.

To be eligible for admission to the School of Education, a student must meet certain minimum requirements. At the time this catalog was published, programs were under revision. Please check with the School of Education before enrolling in any education courses 3000 and above.

A student may be denied admission to the School of Education on the basis of either a low grade point average (GPA) or unsatisfactory scores on any subsection of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST/CBT). In addition, a student might be denied admission based on faculty assessment of the applicant's capacity to complete successfully the requirements of a professional teacher education program and to carry out the responsibilities of beginning teachers.

A student who has been denied admission on the basis of any of the established criteria may file an appeal with the chair of the Teacher Education Committee.

Level 2-3 Benchmark

After admission to the School of Education, students complete course work that includes the Professional Semester, a block of courses including methods courses and pre-student teaching field assignments, which give students the opportunity to demonstrate content knowledge, teaching skills and professional dispositions.

Student Teaching as Part of Level 3 Benchmark

Student teaching is the final component of the teacher education program and is scheduled for a full semester based on the local school calendar. Normally student teaching is completed in a school district within a 70-mile radius of Platteville.

Intern Teaching

A limited number of students are permitted to complete an internship in lieu of regular student teaching. Intern candidates must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Intern candidates are carefully screened by faculty and are interviewed by school districts as part of the selection process. The intern works in a team relationship with one or more teachers in the school system, spends a full semester under contract with the school district, is licensed by the Department of Public Instruction, and receives compensation for duties performed. Contact the Coordinator of Clinical Experiences for more information.

Teacher Placement

Teacher placement services are provided by the Placement Services Office. Students are expected to develop a showcase portfolio. Students will be assisted in portfolio development in various education courses. Assistance in finding employment is provided by Placement Services.

Licensure

To become licensed to teach in the state of Wisconsin students must complete the following steps before an application form is submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction or other state.

  1. Complete the teacher education program with the minimum required grade point average in the major, minor and professional education courses.
  2. Meet the minimum overall GPA of 2.75 required to complete the program.
  3. Be judged as meeting all required performance standards reflected in the Wisconsin Teacher Standards and the knowledges, skills and dispositions of the UW-Platteville School of Education program. Initial teacher candidates must have evidence of successful review of a portfolio of artifacts reflecting their teaching performance.
  4. Obtain a license application from the Office of the Director of the School of Education.
  5. Pay the required fee and submit the completed application to the Director of the School of Education.

After transcripts have been reviewed, the School Director may recommend licensure to the Department of Public Instruction.

Students who seek licensure in states other than Wisconsin should contact the Director of the School of Education for information on how to obtain the appropriate application form.

Note: Some states may require a background character verification such as that required by the State of Wisconsin.

Approved Licensure Programs

Programs were under revision at the time this catalog was published. Please check with the School of Education office to be certain that you have current revisions in the following programs:

All licensure programs require the completion of a major and a professional education component.

At the time of this publication, programs in the School of Education are undergoing extensive revision to comply with changes in regulations promulgated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Programs have been submitted to university governance committees for review and will be available following final approval. For program details, contact the School of Education.

Approved comprehensive majors, academic majors and minors are listed below. More detailed information on individual majors and minors (and the course descriptions) can be found by looking under the department or school that houses the major or minor. The listing will also include the college in which the department is housed.

Approved Comprehensive Majors Approved Majors * Requires completion of a second major because of extremely low teacher demand.

Approved Minors Approved Concentrations

Statutory and Administrative Code Requirements

Conservation

Teachers of science, social studies, early childhood, elementary and agriculture education programs are required to complete course work in environmental education. GEOGRPHY 3330 Environmental Conservation partially fulfills this requirement. A specified field experience completes this requirement.

Cooperatives

Wisconsin statutes specify that "in granting certificates for the teaching of courses in economics, social studies and agriculture, adequate instruction in cooperatives shall be required." AGINDUS 2500 Producer and Consumer Cooperatives fulfills this requirement. Also, HISTORY 1430 History of the U.S. since 1877 includes a unit on cooperatives which satisfies this requirement for social studies teachers.

Reading

For teachers in B-11 programs, Wisconsin requires course work in the teaching of reading and language arts using appropriate instructional methods, including phonics.

Minority Relations

Wisconsin requires that all students completing teacher preparation programs demonstrate knowledge and understanding of minority group relations including all of the following:
  1. The history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin.
  2. The history, culture, and contributions of women and various racial, cultural, language and economic groups in the United States.
  3. The philosophical and psychological bases of attitude development and change.
  4. The psychological and social implications of discrimination, especially racism and sexism in American society.
  5. Evaluating and assessing the forces of discrimination, especially racism and sexism on faculty, students, curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the school program.
  6. Minority group relations through direct involvement with various racial, cultural, language, and economic groups in the United States.
In addition, students must demonstrate knowledge of conflict resolution including all of the following:
  1. Resolving conflicts between pupils and between pupils and school staff.
  2. Assisting pupils in learning methods of resolving conflicts between pupils and between pupils and school staff, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflicts between pupils.
  3. Dealing with crises, including violent, disruptive, potentially violent or potentially disruptive situations that may arise in school or activities supervised by school staff as a result of conflicts between pupils or between pupils and other persons.
Children With Disabilities (CWD)

All applicants for teaching licenses must meet the code requirements with regard to CWD learners. TEACHING 3320 Psychology of Learning Encompassing the Exceptional Child meets this requirement.

School Setting Field Experiences

Effective teacher preparation demands that pre-service teachers have laboratory experiences with children/ adolescents during their preparation. These experiences are designed to acquaint teacher candidates with a variety of schools and settings and to encourage them to connect educational theories with practice. Experiences are developmental, structured, and supervised by university and school faculty. Teacher candidates will spend more than 150 hours in school settings prior to student teaching.

Many laboratory experiences are included as requirements in professional education courses such as TEACHING 2220 Introduction to Education and TEACHING 3320 Psychology of Learning Encompassing the Exceptional Child.

Teacher Education Programs

Students seeking teaching licensure must be sure that courses taken for university general education requirements also satisfy the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) requirements. The following are general guidelines. Specific requirements and suggestions are included with the licensure areas that follow this section.

General Requirements

Communication Skills Mathematics

Students must complete mathematics courses as required by various programs.

Physical Education

Students must complete an approved wellness class (1-3 credits) and an approved physical activity class (1 credit).

Humanities

Education students must complete four approved courses (12 credits) satisfying the following humanities guidelines:

  1. There must be at least one course from each of the three areas of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Historical Perspectives. HISTORY 1020 satisfies the DPI non-western culture requirement and the Historical Perspectives requirement. If possible, students should select other Humanities courses to satisfy other General Education requirements (e.g., ENGLISH 2930 Minority Women Writers of the U.S. satisfies both the General Education Ethnic/Gender Studies requirement, and Humanities requirement).

  2. Students must complete a second course from one of the three areas listed above:
    Middle Level (Age 10-14) and Early Adolescence/Adolescence (Age 10-21):
    1. Social science and agriculture students can satisfy this requirement and the "cooperatives" requirement by electing HISTORY 1430.
    2. Students in other disciplines must select either a second course in one of the disciplines or a class designated as "second course only." Early Childhood, Elementary, Elementary/Middle or Middle Level.
    3. Students are encouraged to take a second course in fine arts to complete both a music and a fine arts art class.
Social Sciences

Students must complete three approved General Education Social Sciences courses (9 credits) satisfying the following:

  1. Students must complete a course in state, local and national government. POLISCI 1230 satisfies this requirement.
  2. Students in early childhood, elementary, elementary/middle, middle level programs, agriculture, any science major/minor or any social sciences major/minor must complete a course in environmental conservation. GEOGRPHY 3330 Environmental Conservation partially satisfies this requirement. A specified field experience completes this requirement.
  3. All students must complete a second course in one of two disciplines selected for this area.
Natural Sciences

All students must complete a 4-5 credit course in physical science and a 4-5 credit course in biological life science (for a 9 credit total). Both must be lab courses.

International Education

Students must complete an approved course in International Education (3 credits). HISTORY 1020 satisfies this requirement.

Ethnic/Gender Studies

Students must complete an approved course in Ethnic/Gender Studies: TEACHING 3630 Ethnic & Gender Equity in Education (3 credits).

Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Education (B-Age 11)

The curriculum in the Early Childhood Education program is designed to develop resourceful, creative and competent teachers to work with young children in educational settings. The program, which integrates theory and practice, meets the requirements for preschool through grade six (PreK-6) teaching licensure for the State of Wisconsin. Academic course work is enriched by involvement with children and families beginning in the sophomore year, with observation/participation experiences in the UWP Children's Center. Graduates are employed as preschool, kindergarten and elementary teachers; administrators of child care centers; curriculum specialists; and resource and referral specialists within private corporations and the public sector.

General Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree
Total for graduation: 129-130 credits
General Education: 48-57 credits
Elementary Education Major: 27 credits; Minor Studies: 24 credits
Professional Education: 31 credits

Licensure requires a GPA of at least 3.00 in major, minor and professional education; 2.75 overall.


General Education (B-11) (48-57 credits)

Overall GPA 2.75 or better

Communication (C's or better required) (8 credits) Math (C's or better required) (8 credits) Physical Education (2 credits) Humanities, Fine Arts, & Historical Perspective (12 credits) Social Sciences (9 credits) Natural Sciences (9 credits) International Ed./Ethnic and Gender Studies (6 credits)

Elementary Education B-11 Major (27 credits)

GPA 3.00 or better and grade of C or better in all courses listed below:

B-11 Early Childhood Minor (24 credits)

GPA 3.00 or better * Note: Course double counts for Special Education/Inclusion Minor

Professional Education B-11 (31 credits)

GPA 3.00 or better

Special Education/Inclusion Minor

The special education/inclusion minor will lead to Adapted education licensure, which means the holder of a regular education license will also be certified to address children with disabilities (CWD) in the "regular" education classroom.

Courses in this program should be taken in a set sequence by a cohort group that begins each fall semester.

Semester 1 (Fall) Semester 2 (Spring) Summer
  1. PSYCH 3330 Psychological Measurement 3 cr
Semester 3 (Fall) Elective: choose from Semester 4 (Spring)

Early Adolescence (Ages 10-14)


A program leading to licensure in middle level education is under revision at the time of this printing. Please see the School of Education office in Doudna 139 for details of this program.



Early Adolescence/Adolescence (Age 10-21)


A program leading to licensure in middle/secondary education is under revision at the time of this printing. Please see the School of Education office in Doudna 139 for details of this program.



Early Childhood through Adolescence (B-Age 21)


Programs leading to licensure across grade levels in agriculture, foreign language, art, music, and technology education are currently under revision. Please see the School of Education office in Doudna 139 for details of these programs.

Counselor Education


Program Contact: Kimberly Tuescher, Ph.D.
Office: 424 Warner
Phone: 342-1252
E-mail: tueschek@uwplatt.edu
Professors: Associate Professors: Assistant Professors:

About The Department

The School of Education offers a Counselor Education program which is primarily responsible for preparing students for a Master of Science in Education (MSE) degree in school and community counseling. Undergraduate course offerings also support the teacher education curricula and are valuable to undergraduate students interested in careers working with people. More information can be obtained by calling the department or visiting its web site.


Physical Education and Health
Program Contact: Joe Schmalfeldt
Office: 110A Williams Fieldhouse
Phone: 342-1573
E-mail: schmalfj@uwplatt.edu
Associate Professor Assistant Professor: Lecturers

About the Program

The School of Education offers a major in physical education with a State of Wisconsin 860 certification in adapted physical education, a minor in physical education for elementary education majors only, a minor in health education and an emphasis in health promotion.

General Requirements


Bachelor of Science Degree
Total for Graduation 125 credits
General Education 33 credits
Major Studies 39 credits
Minor Studies 28 credits
Professional Education 25 credits


Physical Education Major (44 credits)

Grades of "C" or better are required in all physical education major courses. Students must have a 2.50 overall GPA for admission to teacher education and 2.75 in major, minor and professional education courses for admission to student teaching.

Required Courses: Elective Courses: Science Requirements: Professional Education Requirements:

Health Promotion Emphasis (72 credits)

An overall GPA of 2.75 is required to qualify for an internship.

A minor must be approved by the advisor and the physical education program coordinator.

Recommended: business administration, psychology Internships: Science Requirements: In order to be assigned to an off-campus internship, the student must meet the following criteria:
  1. Senior standing
  2. Overall GPA of 2.75 or better
  3. Attainment of grade "C" or better in all health and physical education courses
  4. Successful completion of Level I and II internships
State of Wisconsin 860 Licensure/Adapted Physical Education
The following courses will satisfy the Department of Public Instruction requirements for an 860 Physical Education/Special Education three-year licensure (licensure in adapted physical education):

Health Education Minor (28 credits)

Science Requirements: