FASTFACTS

  • The PC Teacher Education Program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and approved by the South Carolina State Department of Education.
  • Employer survey data indicate a high degree of satisfaction with the abilities of PC teacher graduates and programs.
  • Approximately 95 percent of PC educators remain in the teaching profession after three years, compared to the national average of 50%.

What You’ll Study as a Middle School Mathematics Major

Middle school mathematics serves to transition students from elementary to advanced mathematics. As a middle school mathematics major, you’ll take such courses as Middle School Philosophy & Organization, Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and Adolescent Development to prepare you for instructing this age group. 

You’ll also take Calculus, Discrete Math with Graph Theory, and Modern College Geometry to provide you with the skills needed for teaching the technical aspect of the subject. 

You can observe real classroom settings before you student teach during the last semester of your senior year. You’ll do everything that is expected of a middle school math teacher, but you’ll have guidance too. You’ll meet regularly with your cooperating teacher and a faculty member in PC’s Department of Education.

As a capstone to the major, you conduct a comprehensive project or original research in middle school education. During this process, you will learn to read and interpret research articles, plan a research study, collect data, analyze data and present research findings to your peers, PC faculty, and your family. 

The middle school mathematics major prepares you for the licensing exam – required of all education majors – and for the real-world classroom.

MORE INFORMATION

CO = Co-requisite
POI = Permissions of Instructor
PR = Pre-requisite
RE = Recommended
XL = Cross-listed

CAREER OUTCOMES

Middle school mathematics teachers work in public, private, and charter schools. According to PayScale, the average salary of a middle school mathematics teacher is $47,804. Those who go on to earn a graduate or doctoral degree also have the opportunity to teach at the college or university levels.

Eighty-two percent of PC education graduates begin their teaching careers right after they graduate. PC education students are well-prepared for the national licensure examinations and experience a high pass rate. Our graduates are employed in rural, urban, and suburban areas across the United States. Some go abroad to teach. 

PC education majors become school teachers, principals, district office administrators, and school board members. Majoring in education doesn’t mean you can only teach after you graduate. You may choose to pursue a career outside the classroom. In recent years, some PC education majors have become speech-language pathologists, real estate agents, and psychologists.

CAREER PROFESSIONS

FACULTY

Dr. Patricia Jones

Professor of Education & Director of Teacher Education

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Dr. Julia Wilkins

Associate Professor of Education

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