FASTFACTS
- The PC Teacher Education Program is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)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
For each concentration, you’ll take such courses as Middle School Philosophy and Organization, Adolescent Development, and Adolescent Literature to prepare you for instructing this age group.
You can observe real classroom settings before student teaching during the final semester of your senior year. You’ll do everything that is expected of a middle school 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 education major prepares you for the licensing exam – required of all education majors – and for the real-world classroom.
MORE INFORMATION
- Education Course Descriptions »
- Middle School Education Course Descriptions »
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CO = Co-requisite
POI = Permissions of Instructor
PR = Pre-requisite
RE = Recommended
XL = Cross-listed
Middle School - Language Arts
The middle school language arts concentration equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach English Language Arts. You’ll take such courses as Middle School Philosophy and Organization, Adolescent Development, and Adolescent Literature to prepare you for instructing this age group. You’ll also have the option of taking courses such as Film & American Culture, Appalachian Literature, and Women’s Literature.
Middle School - Mathematics
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.
Middle School - Science
Middle school science helps students expand on the fundamentals they learned in elementary school. With this foundation, they prepare for the larger, complex topics that await them in high school. You’ll take Earth Science, Biological Concepts, and General Chemistry to provide you with broad preparation in different science disciplines.
Middle School - Social Studies
When you become a middle school social studies teacher, you’ll introduce students to some of the greatest lessons and events in human history. You’ll also open their eyes to the world around them. To prepare you, you’ll take courses in American history, geography, and political science.
CAREER OUTCOMES
Middle school teachers work in public, private, and charter schools. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary of a middle school teacher is $64,290. 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 find employment as teachers 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 and the world.
PC education majors become school teachers, principals, district office administrators, and school board members. PC education majors may choose to pursue careers outside the classroom. In recent years, some have gone on to become school counselors, library media specialists, and college professors.
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