Adding a Specialty Endorsement

Adding endorsements to existing Initial and Continuing Teaching Licenses can be completed in one of the following ways:

Practicum and Praxis (4)
If the specialty area content has previously been acquired through experience or prescribed coursework, the candidate is only required to demonstrate subject knowledge by passing the PRAXIS II test, and instructional skill at the appropriate authorization level via a supervised practicum, completing one work sample, and teaching from that sample.
Coursework and Practicum and Praxis (14-21)
If the specialty area content has not been acquired through experience or prescribed coursework, the candidate is required to A) complete the endorsement coursework; B) demonstrate subject knowledge by passing the PRAXIS II test; C) demonstrate instructional skill at the appropriate level via a supervised practicum; and D) complete and teach from one work sample.

Course Requirements for Practicum and Praxis Option

  • EDU 500 Professional Planning Seminar and completion of the Professional Education Plan (PEP) (1)
  • EDU 599 Practicum (2) (Demonstration of instructional expertise in the additional endorsement area. Includes development of one work sample)
  • EDU 697 Professional Assessment Seminar (1) (Passing score on the Praxis IIspecialty area)

Choose one strand:

Early Childhood Education (ECE) Strand (16 — 17)

  • EDU 503 Issues and Advocacy in ECE (3)
  • EDU 504 Early Childhood Curriculum: A Constructivist Approach (3)
  • EDU 505 Play in Early Childhood Education (3)
  • EDU 589 Emerging Literacy (3)
  • Select at least 3 hours:
    • EDU 582 Diagnosis and Assessment of Reading (3)
    • EDU 584 Young Adult and Children’s Literature (3)
    • EDU 599 ECE Practicum (2)

If the candidate is adding the contiguous authorization level to a license then the practicum with work sample must be selected (EDU 599).

ESOL — English to Speakers of Other Languages Strand (17)

  • EDU 538 ESOL Methods (3)
  • EDU 539 Linguistics (3)
  • EDU 540 Multicultural Counseling andEducation (3)
  • EDU 541 ESOL Curriculum and Technology (2)
  • EDU 543 ESOL Educational AssessmentSeminar (2)
  • EDU 585 Practicum (includes development of one work sample) (2)
  • Passing score on the ORELA ESOL test

Health and Physical Education Strand (17)

  • EDU 514 Instructional Analysis andDevelopment of Teaching Health and Physical Education (3)
  • EDU 515 Current issues and Research inHealth and Physical Education (3)
  • Select at least 3 of the four classes listed below:
    • EDU 516 Authentic and Alternative Assessment in Health and Physical Education (2)
    • EDU 517 Innovative Curriculum inHealth and Physical Education (2)
    • EDU 518 Management and Behavioral Issues in Health and Physical Education (2)
    • EDU 519 Diversity in Health and Physical Education (2)
  • Complete the following:
    • EDU 598 ProDev Activity (Professional Development Activity) (1)
    • EDU 599 Practicum (Includes development of one work sample) (2)

Reading Specialist Strand (15)

The five courses required for the Reading Specialist strand will enhance instructional skills in the area of reading, provide the knowledge and experience base needed to serve as a reading specialist, prepare candidates for the TSPC-required reading test, and meet the content requirements for adding a “Reading Specialist Endorsement” to an initial or continuing teaching license. Passing the Praxis II Reading exam (10300) is currently required. A 90 hour practicum requirement is imbedded within the designated course structures.

Course Requirements:

  • EDU 581 Organization/Managementof School Reading Programs (3)
  • EDU 582 Diagnosis and Assessmentof Reading (3)
  • EDU 583 Advanced Techniques for theTeaching of Literacy (ECE-HS) (3)
  • EDU 584 Young Adult and Children’s Literature (3)
  • EDU 586 Current Issues in Literacy (3)