Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential (California)

Lead Faculty: Dr. Luis Acebal

Faculty Advisor: Luis Acebal * (530) 226-4003 * lacebal@nu.edu

(13 courses; 58.5 quarter units)
The Bachelor of Art in Spanish with a Preliminary Single Subject Credential provides a rigorous education that prepares candidates for a career as a teacher of Spanish at the middle and secondary school levels. The program stresses foundation Spanish and its application. This program prepares candidates for professional work as single subject teachers in a changing cultural and economic environment. Students majoring in Spanish can enroll in this program at any time prior to the completion of SPN 490 or 491. This program prepares students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for entry into the teaching profession.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate application of educational technology to meet the needs of all learners including those with special needs linguistically and culturally diverse students.
• Demonstrate knowledge of adolescent development in order to explain how to support growth in cognitive, social, physical and emotional domains
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the learning needs of students to create positive learning environment that ensure healthy human growth.
• Utilize systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies in a responsible manner to facilitate and account for learning and to support positive growth.
• Design, implement, and evaluate standards-based lesson plans for learning and achievement in content areas.

Requirements

Education Orientation, Theory and Methodology Requirements
(7 courses; 31.5 quarter units)

Students must complete TED 305 prior to TPA 1.
All Teacher Education (TED) courses include a field experience component.

It is strongly recommended students take the following courses in the order they are listed.

TED 305 - Teaching as a Profession
TED 300 - Fundamentals of Education
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 430 - Special Needs Students
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 310 - Development and Learning
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 420 - Diversity in Schooling
   Prerequisite: TED 305
LTL 504B# - Teach Methods: Sec Schs
LTL 524S# - Lang Teach & Assess: Spanish

# = Courses may not be taken until all Upper Division SPN courses are completed.

Student Teaching Requirements (4 courses; 18 quarter units)
Please see clinical practice requirements for the Credential under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential programs section of the website.

TED 465A - Student Teaching I
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465B - Student Teaching II
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465C - Student Teaching III
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465D - Student Teaching IV
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.

Credentialing Requirements (2 courses; 9 quarter units)
Students must have senior standing to enroll in these two classes. The EDX1201X class is considered graduate level. These courses will not transfer to any graduate level program (at National University or elsewhere).

EDX 1201X -  Computer Tech in Classroom
HEDX 1201X - Health Education for Teachers

Please see additional completion requirements for the Credential under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential programs section of the website.

Candidates must meet all state of California requirements for the multiple and single subject credential to be recommended to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Further information on both the TPA requirements and the Credential requirements can be found in the Credentials Program section under the School of Education.

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