Interns complete 12 credits in the intensive summer component aimed at preparing them with a solid foundation for their full year internshi.

Summer course work includes:

• background studies in adolescent learning
• reading/literacy
• diversity
• subject matter curriculum and pedagogy.

In addition to internship credits, interns take 6-9 credits in supportive course work during the fall and spring terms and 3 credits during the final summer session to complete requirements for certification and the master’s degree.

• studies include a continuous strand of studies in subject matter-based curriculum and pedagogy, an emphasis on working with diverse learners, and a commitment to a class/practice-based inquiry project.

Interns are assigned to a 2/3's time assignment in a participating middle or secondary school for the entire school year as the basis for their “field” experience.

Most graduate courses are offered at Shady Grove or on campus.

• All graduate interns are assigned apprentice teaching duties in elementary schools in Montgomery County or Howard County for 2 full days during the fall semester and for 16 weeks during the spring semester. The full year internship, as required by the Maryland State Department of Education, encompasses 100+ days of school-based experience in a participating Professional Development School.

Support and Guidance within the Internship

• All graduate interns are assigned a school-based mentor, an experienced certified teacher in the student’s area of certification.
• In addition, all graduate interns receive support during the school year from a university-based supervisor who is an experienced educator in the field of elementary education.
· Whenever possible, graduate interns are placed in clusters in a professional development school as part of building a peer-support network in addition to the mentor and university supervisor.

+ Course Model: Elementary

(July: 4 weeks)

EDCI 643 Language Arts Pedagogy (3 credits)
EDCI 461 Materials for Reading Instruction (3 credits)

(August: 4 weeks)

EDCI 765 Proc. And Acquisition of Reading(3 credits)
EDCI 697 Embracing Diversity in Classrooms(3 credits)

Fall

EDCI 611 Studying Students in Diverse Contexts(3 credits)
EDCI462 Elementary Reading Methods (3 credits)
EDCI 643 Teaching Math in Elementary School (3 credits)
EDCI 671 Teaching Science in Elementary School (3 credits)
EDCI 688 Practicum (1 credit)

Spring

EDCI 622 Teaching Social Studies in Elem School (3 credit)
EDCI 696 Conducting Research on Teaching (3 credits)
EDCI 464 Reading Diagnosis (3 credits)
EDCI 688 Apprenticeship in Elementary Teaching (5 credits)

Summer I

EDCI 784 Teaching, Professional Development, and School Change (3 credits)

Comprehensive Examinations and Seminar Papers are due this semester.
Total credits - 42

+ Math Requirement
Students applying for the CITE program or the Master's Certification Program in elementary education will need to have met certain math requirements. These requirements are to be fulfilled prior to enrollment in the mathematics methods course offered in these programs (EDCI 453 soon to become EDCI 652)

Math 212 - Elements of Numbers and Operations

Math 213 - Elements of Geometry and Measurements

Math 214 - Elements of Probability and Statistics

If a student has credit for a college level calculus course (with a C - or better grade or who score a l77 on the math portion of the Praxis I exam), then he/she will be waived from Math 212.

If a student has credit for a college level geometry course* (with a C - or better grade), then he/she will be waived from Math 213.

If a student has a college level statistics course (with a C - or better grade), then he/she will be waived from Math 214.

MATH 212, 213, and 214 are also available credit by exam (CBE) for Graduate students.

• Graduate students will pay the $30 credit by exam fee for each exam.

• Credits for the CBE will be posted onto the student's transcript.

• Students must arrange for CBE with the UM Mathematics Department, well in advance of announced testing dates. Visit http://www.math.umd.edu/undergraduate/credit/creditbyexam.shtml

to learn more about CBE.

• Students must receive a grade of C - or better on the exam.

Students are encouraged to take courses equivalent to MATH 212, 213 and 214 at other institutions prior to the beginning of their program. These courses are generally those whose description indicates that they are for elementary education majors. Official transcripts will need to be forwarded to UMCP. A C - or better must be earned in the coursework.

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* Analytic Geometry or Calculus with Analytic Geometry courses do not meet this requirement.

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