English Education, Certification (7-12)

Professional Education Courses Tier 1

• ED 503 General Foundations of Education in the U.S. (3 credits)
• ED 580 Introduction to Inclusive Education (3 credits)
• ED 565 Introduction to Instructional Technology (3 credits)
• ED 622 ESL: Teaching Multilingual and Multicultural Literacies (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 2

• ED 523 The Teacher and the Classroom, Secondary (3 credits)
• ED 606S Strategic Instruction for Emergent and Content Literacy, 7–12 (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 3

• ED 512 Differentiated Instruction in the Inclusion Classroom (3 credits)
• ED 511 Stage 3 Fieldwork
• ED 605 Writing to Improve Literacy (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 4

Requires completion of all professional education and content area courses.

• ED 471 Graduate Student Teaching, Secondary (6 credits) (credits not applicable to master’s degree or culminating activity)  OR   
• ED 583B Fieldwork (3 credits) (for candidates who hold an active and valid Instructional I or II level certification - credits not applicable to the degree or culminating activity)

English Content Area Required Courses

• EN 199 Interpreting Literature
• EN 320 Classical and Medieval European Literature
• EN 321 European Renaissance and Enlightenment Literature
• EN 422 Modern British Literature
• ED 624 ESL: Understanding Language Learning (3 credits)

• Speech Communications Course (CM 100 level)

• Advanced Writing Course (EN200 level) 
• Advanced Writing Course (EN300 level) 
• Advanced Literature Course (EN200 or EN300 level)

Exit Requirements for Teacher Certification Candidates

https://www.arcadia.edu/school-education/current-students/teacher-certification