在伊利诺斯州, secondary schools in districts with enrollments between 3,000和5,999名学生, the salary range for beginning teachers with bachelor's degrees is $40,032 to $47,694. Source:"Illinois Teacher Salary Study 2008-2009," Illinois State Board of Education 

At Governors State University, the 英语 Education certificate program enables you to turn your undergraduate degree in 英语 into a rewarding career as a teacher on the secondary level. 英语 teachers guide their students through the world of writers who use the power 和 scope of words to explore the joys 和 struggles of life 和 humanity. Our 21st century world is filled with new options for sharing information - 脸谱网, Twitter 和 Instagram are changing the way we communicate - but it is still necessary to learn writing skills so that the words on the computer screen have meaning.

杰出的准备
The sequence of course work is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education 和 leads to an initial high school licensure in 英语 Language 艺术s. You can also obtain an endorsement for teaching in middle school. To be recommended for an Illinois State Board of Education teaching license, you must present evidence of having passed the Test of Academic Proficiency (formerly Basic Skills), Subject Matter Knowledge 和 Assessment of Professional Teaching examinations of the Illinois Certification Testing System. You must complete a student teaching requirement in 英语 和 meet other requirements for certification through approved programs in the teacher education 和 certification section of the GSU目录.

节目概览

Admission, Certificate 和 Graduation Requirements

学位要求

Students must meet all university requirements for a license,, 除了, students must complete the general education requirement for teacher licensure Initial High School License listed in the teacher education section of this catalog.

In addition, students must:

  1. 有一个累积的G.P.A. of 2.5或以上;
  2. earn a grade of "C" or better in all general education courses;
  3. 有个G.P.A. of 2.75 or higher for all general education courses, if applicable;
  4. 有个G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher in 英语 courses with a grade of "C" or better in each course;
  5. 有个G.P.A. of 3.0或更高 建造- 3440edcp - 6101 和 加速- 6101 with a grade of "C" or better in each course;
  6. earn a grade of "B" or better in 建造- 2310建造- 4465英格兰- 6580英格兰- 6575英格兰- 6080.
  7. earn a grade of "B" or better in EDUC-4999 Student Teaching: Senior Capstone;
  8. complete a minimum of 100 clock-hours of supervised pre-student teaching experiences;
  9. provide evidence of successful completion of Illinois 和 U.S. Constitution examinations;
  10. complete at least one three-hour course in nonwestern or third world cultures;
  11. show evidence of having passed the Assessment of Professional Teaching;
  12. meet any additional requirements listed in the Teacher Licensure section of this catalog; 和
  13. receive a positive recommendation from the Secondary Education Student Progress Committee.
 
 Professional Education (minimum of 24 Hours)
 
额外的需求

Students may need to complete additional general education or 英语 courses if their degree requirements do not meet the requirements of the approved Governors State University program for the endorsement in 英语 Education.

Minimum Total - 24 Hours at GSU

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