Education Blocks
Students must meet requirements for admission to teacher education prior to enrolling in block. To exit block successfully, students must earn no grade lower than a C; must demonstrate mastery of the outcomes, including field experience, for the block; and must receive a favorable recommendation from the block faculty and the supervising teacher.
Some departments offer professional education sequence courses in block semesters. Courses in blocks are taken concurrently and are connected through a common field experience requirement. Check with advisors and program sheets for the schedule of these blocks.
Majors in Early Childhood Education register concurrently for Block I: CEPD 4101, ECED 3271, ECED 3282, PHED 4650, MATH 3803, ECED 3214, and READ 3251; Block II: MATH 3703, ECED 4261, ECED 4262, ECED 4263, ECED 4283, and READ 3262; Block III: ECED 4251, ECED 4284, MATH 4713, READ 3263, READ 4251, and SPED 3715; Block IV: ECED 4286 and ECED 4289; and Summer: MEDT 3402.
Majors in Special Education: General Curriculum register concurrently for Block I: MEDT 3401, READ 4253, CEPD 4101, SPED 3713, SPED 3714, and SPED 3751; Block II: SPED 3702, SPED 3707, SPED 3752, SPED 3761, READ 3262, and READ 3251; Block III: SPED 4710, SPED 4712, SPED 4713, SPED 4751, SPED 4761, and READ 4251; Block IV: SPED 4786 and SPED 4789.
Majors in Speech-Language Pathology register concurrently for Block I: SLPA 3701, SLPA 3702, SLPA 3703, SLPA 3704, SLPA 4704 (may be exempted under certain conditions); Block II: SLPA 3705, SLPA 3760, SLPA 3790, SLPA 4701, SLPA 4703; Summer (Junior Year): SLPA 4724, SLPA 4784; Block III: SLPA 4720, CEPD 4101, SPED 3713, SPED 4710; Block IV: SLPA 4721, SLPA 4722, MEDT 3401, SPED 3714.
Majors in French and Spanish with certification must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking SEED 4271; FORL 4586; and CEPD 4101.
Majors in Music Education must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking the professional education sequence: CEPD 4101; MUSC 4186; MUSC 4187; and MUSC 4188.
Majors in Art Education must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking the professional education sequence: CEPD 4101; ART 4011; ART 4012; and ART 4013.
Majors in Secondary Education must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking the professional education sequence: SEED 4240/ 4240L (Math); SEED 4242/ 4242L (Science); SEED 4243/4243L (Social Studies); ENGL 4238 (English); SEED 4271/4271L, SEED 4286, SEED 4289, and CEPD 4101.
Majors in Physical Education must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking the professional education sequence: Block I: PHED 3500, PHED 3501, PHED 3625, PHED 3670, PHED 4500, and CEPD 4101; Block II: PHED 3503, PHED 3671, PHED 4501, PHED 4603, PHED 3720, and SPED 3715; Block III: PHED 3401 (Summer Senior Year); PHED 3502, PHED 3504, PHED 3710, PHED 3675, PHED 4502, PHED 4605; and Block IV: PHED 4686 and PHED 4689.
Majors in Business Education must be admitted to Teacher Education prior to taking ABED 4507, ABED 4537, ABED 4586, ABED 4589, and CEPD 4101.
College of Education Criminal Background Check
Under no circumstances will any candidate be considered for field experiences or be permitted to begin field experiences in the schools until he or she has submitted the College of Education Criminal Background Check form and the Office of Field Experiences has received a cleared status.
The College of Education has taken steps to assist candidates in meeting schools' requirements. There are two checkpoints at which candidates must complete a College of Education Criminal Background Check form: (1) prior to admission to the teacher education program and (2) prior to internship placement. Deadline dates that must be met prior to placement are as follows: fall term - 1st Monday in April; and spring term - 2nd Monday in September.
The College of Education Criminal Background Check form is located at: http://coe.westga.edu/Forms/default.asp. Select COE Criminal Background Check to print the form. The completed form must be notarized and submitted to the Office of Field Experiences. (To assist candidates, a notary public is available in the Office of Field Experiences at no charge.) Self-reporting of any incidents that occur between checkpoints must be submitted in writing to the CBC Director in the Office of Field Experiences. For additional information, see the Teacher Education Handbook located at: http://coe.westga.edu/Students/TCFP/teacherhandbook.asp
