Certification

Students who want to teach in high school seek secondary certification (grades 7-12).  North Georgia has secondary programs in English, Mathematics, History, Social Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.  Those students major in their academic departments.  See below for their web sites.

Certain other programs prepare students to teach in grades P-12.  These are Art, Music, Health & Physical Education, Spanish and French.

The common teacher education requirements for those programs are:

For admission:  Area A with grades of C or better, Psyc 2103 (Human Growth & Development—has a pre-requisite of Psych 1101), Educ 2001 & Educ 2002.

After admission:  Educ 3002 (Educational Assessment—2 hrs), Educ 3003/3003L (Classroom Management & Classroom management lab, 3 hrs).  These two courses are offered fall and spring semesters and are pre-requisite to Educ 4000.  Most programs also require LART 3106, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas, which is offered spring only.

EDUC 4000 is taken spring of the senior year.  EDUC 3002 & 3003 are pre-requisite.  There will be a co-requisite course.  Check with your department as to what that course is.  It will take the morning, because a school placement is also involved.

Teacher Education has a Service Learning Requirement, and additional school experience is required.

 Web sites for the academic departments (click on the department name):