Associate of Arts in Teacher Preparation

Upon successful completion of the education associate program, student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the foundations and concepts related to elementary education.
2. Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of instructional strategies for elementary school students.
3. Demonstrate basic knowledge in the following areas: art, language, literature, science, math and social studies.

Third-year Certificate of Achievement in Teacher Preparation-Elementary

Students completing the Third-year Certificate of Achievement in Teacher Preparation-Elementary will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies:

1. Demonstrate and use knowledge of the FSM elementary school curriculum standards.
2. Apply a variety of teaching approaches to meet learning needs of FSM elementary school students.
3. Assess and evaluate learning of the elementary student at both the formative and summative levels.
4. Organize and manage and elementary classroom environment for learning.
5. Demonstrate and use background knowledge in the following areas: learning theories and principles, human development, language development, educational foundations, sociocultural issues and individual and group motivation.
6. Demonstrate professionalism.