Program Overview

Graduate Conditional Licensure Certificate for Secondary Teaching

About

The Conditional Licensure Certificate for Secondary Teaching program is a graduate certificate program designed for individuals who want to acquire secondary school teaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet the needs or demands of teaching in secondary schools. The certificate program is suitable for students with no prior secondary background. The certificate provides candidates with meeting conditional licensure course requirements so that they may be eligible for hire in Nevada. Please note that in order to be eligible for hire in Nevada, candidates must also meet testing and other requirements beyond this coursework.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• Explain the strength and weakness of different teaching strategies and their research bases.
• Recognize the relationship among teaching strategies, needs of individual students, and assessment of student learning.
• Recognize the influences of teachers' beliefs on their decisions about teaching strategies.
• Discuss history, perspectives, process, components of curriculum development, and research bases for curriculum development.
• Observe, reflect, and analyze different teaching strategies in action and choose proper teaching strategies for particular teaching goals and objectives.
• Meet conditional licensure course requirements so that they may be eligible for hire in Nevada.

Requirements

Plan Description

The Conditional Licensure Certificate for Secondary Teaching program required coursework will adhere to the InTASC standards enacted by CCSSO (2011) and/or the standards enacted by each national association of the content area. Partnerships involve field placement and mentoring.

The certificate provides candidates with meeting conditional licensure course requirements so that they may be eligible for hire in Nevada. Please note that in order to be eligible for hire in Nevada, candidates must also meet testing and other requirements beyond this coursework.

Plan Admission Requirements

(a) Graduate College Admission Requirements

• Completed application in the Application Portal and non-refundable application fee.
• Bachelor's Degree – You must hold a four-year baccalaureate from a regionally accredited institution or an approved equivalent.
• Grade Point Average – You must have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.75 (4.00=A) for the bachelor's degree or a minimum 3.00 (4.00=A) for the last two years (60 semester credits).
• All applicants are required to submit an unofficial transcript from each postsecondary institution attended, showing all degrees and coursework, the dates awarded, and grades received. Official transcripts required upon admission.
• Credentials not in English must be accompanied by an English translation certified as true by a university official, an official representative of a United States embassy or consulate, the United States Information Service, the United States Education Foundation, or an approved professional translating service. Notarized copies of originals or translations are not considered official.

(b) Department Admission Requirements

Each applicant for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Secondary Teaching program must comply with Graduate College requirements for admission. In addition to meeting the requirements of the Graduate College, applicants must also meet the requirements established by the Department of Teaching and Learning:

• Hold at least a regionally accredited Bachelor's degree in a field other than education.
• Pass the Praxis Core (Reading, Writing, and Math).
• Must pass Praxis II in appropriate subject areas (e.g., English, Math, Science, etc.).

Plan Requirements

Total Credits Required: 12

Course Requirements

Core Courses – Credits: 9

• CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
• CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
• CIT 602 - Technology Fundamentals for Computer Science Education: Secondary

Secondary Subjects Courses – Credits: 3

Complete 3 credits from the following list of courses:

• CIS 533 - Teaching Secondary English
• CIS 553M - Teaching Middle School Mathematics
• CIS 553S - Teaching Secondary Mathematics
• CIS 563 - Teaching Secondary Science
• CIS 573 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies

Certificate Requirements

• Acceptance to the Conditional Licensure Certificate for Secondary Teaching program.
• Completion of 12 Credits in the Certificate required courses with an overall GPA of 3.0.
• Students in certificate programs would be subject to the continuous enrollment policy. Non-compliance to this enrollment policy will result in the separation from the certificate program.
• No more than one grade of less than B- will be permitted in the Certificate Program of Study.

Plan Certificate Completion Requirements

The Certificate program requires all coursework as outlined on the Certificate Program of Studies for a total of 12 semester credit hours (in the Certificate required courses). Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of Graduate Certificate in Secondary Teaching program courses.

Students must earn a "B" or better on the primary assignments.

A grade point average of at least 3.00 for course work required for the certificate. No more than one course with a grade lower than a B- will be permitted in the Certificate Program of Study.

Students with unsatisfactory progress toward the certificate requirements are subject to dismissal. A student with a grade of C or lower in any of the required courses will be put on probation for one semester. A student with a grade below a C will be required to retake the course. Conditions and deadlines for the removal of probation will be specified. Failure to meet the condition will result in separation from the program. A student with two grades of C or lower will be dropped from the program.

Students in the certificate program would be subject to the continuous enrollment policy. They would have to enroll in at least six credits each in consecutive semesters (including summer).

Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.