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.
- Jennifer Ainsworth ’94 was named the South Carolina Teacher of the Year in 2014.
- Employer survey data indicate a high degree of satisfaction in 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 Language Arts Major
As a middle school language arts major, you will receive an education that prepares you to lead a classroom. Courses like Middle School Philosophy and Organization, Studies in Linguistics and Adolescent Literature provide you will the skill set to teach reading and writing to middle schoolers.
You’ll have the option of taking Film and American Culture, Survey of American Literature, Survey of World Literature and more.
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 language arts teachers, 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 language arts education. During this process, you will learn to read and interpret research articles, plan a research study to complete in a school setting, collect data, analyze data and present research findings to your peers, PC faculty, and your family. The middle school language arts education major prepares you for the licensing exam – required of all education majors- and for the real-world classroom.
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- CO = Co-requisite
- CO = Co-requisite
- POI = Permissions of Instructor
- PR = Pre-requisite
- RE = Recommended
- XL = Cross-listed
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
CAREER OUTCOMES
Middle school language arts teachers work in public, private and charter schools. Those who go on to earn a graduate or doctoral degree also have the opportunity to teach at the college or university levels. According to PayScale, the average salary of a middle school language arts teacher is $46,767.
Eighty-two percent of PC education graduates find employment as teachers upon graduation. 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 become college professors and library media specialists.
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