Post-Baccalaureate Certification
Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification for Secondary Education in English or Social Studies
This program fulfills the requirements for Secondary Education Licensure in Vermont for individuals who have an appropriate bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and who want to teach either English or Social Studies at the secondary level.
Program Requirements
GED 506 Fundamentals of Education
GSE 510 Teaching for Effective Classroom Management
GSE 514 Reading in the Content Area – Secondary
GSP 503 Behavior and Learning Char. of Students with Special Needs
GSE 518A Secondary Methodology & Technology – English or
GSE 518B Secondary Methodology & Technology – Social Studies
GSE 520 Practicum in Secondary Education
GSE 521 Student Teaching in the Secondary School
Students may complete the proposed program according to the following sequence:
Summer
GED 506 Fundamentals of Education
GSP 503 Behavior and Learning Char. of Students with Special Needs
Fall
GSE 510 Teaching for Effective Classroom Management
GSE 514 Reading in the Content Area – Secondary
GSE 518A Secondary Methodology & Technology – English or
GSE 518B Secondary Methodology & Technology – Social Studies
GSE 520 Practicum in Secondary Education
Spring
GSE 521 Student Teaching in the Secondary School
Students who have successfully completed the Post-Baccalaureate Program may enter the Master of Education in Secondary Education Program (non-licensure track), and apply the following credits to that program:
GED 506 Fundamentals of Education
GSE 510 Teaching for Effective Classroom Management
GSE 514 Reading in the Content Area – Secondary
GSP 503 Behavior and Learning Char. of Students with Special Needs
GSE 518A Secondary Methodology & Technology – English or
GSE 518B Secondary Methodology & Technology – Social Studies
In order to complete the Master of Education in Secondary Education (non-licensure track) Program the student would need to complete the following:
GED 500 Educational Research
GED 501 Contemporary Issues in Education
GED 505 Educational Psychology
GSE 503 Curriculum Development – Secondary
Education Electives
