Education, B.A.

Career Outlook

以下是美国劳工统计局(Bureau of Labor Statistics)给出的教师工资中位数. 从事特殊教育工作的教师工资更高.

• kindergarten teachers: $60,900
• elementary teachers: $61,400
• middle school teachers: $61,320
• high school teachers: $61,820

Career Paths

除了课堂教学，教育专业的学生还可以寻求以下职位:

• Guidance counselor
• juvenile correctional officer
• preschool director
• corporate trainer
• human resource specialist
• curriculum developer
• and more

Additional Degrees and Programs

Immaculata also offers a 教育领导专业硕士学位，学生可以在第五年学习. 学生可以在Immaculata完成他们的教育 Ed.D. 教育领导与管理.

Certifications are available in:

• Pre-4
• Special Education PK-12
• Biology (grades 7-12)
• 工商管理与商业、计算机和信息技术(K-12)
• Chemistry (grades 7-12)
• English (grades 7-12)
• Music (grades 7-12)
• Social Studies/History (grades 7-12)

学生专注于他们感兴趣的领域，并在大二和大三期间获得真正的课堂经验.

Immaculata还提供教育领导硕士学位，学生可以在第五年学习.

Teaching Certification

Immaculata提供的教育课程将帮助您在以下领域之一获得教师证书:

• PreK-4 certification:了解从幼儿园到4年级的教学资源和教学方法^th grade classes. Explore the importance of play, relating to parents of young children, and children’s emotional, physical, social, intellectual and creative development.
• Special Education PK-12 certification: Explore categories of disabilities, legal issues, 以及学校人员合作的方法, families, students, and community programs. Learn how to develop, implement, 管理个人教育计划，以及如何在包容性学校环境中调整您的教学以适应有特殊需要的学生.
• Secondary or K-12 education对教生物学感兴趣的学生, business and computers, chemistry, music, 中等水平的英语或社会研究/历史将主修这些学科领域中的一个，并参加教育课程以获得证书.

教师还帮助学生准备在宾夕法尼亚州以外的州教书, 虽然学生最终负责确定各个州的要求.

Student Teaching

学生教学被纳入标准的四年期, 而不是被添加到程序的末尾. 学生在高年级开始他们的学生教学. Immaculata的学生因其对学生教学作业的准备而受到高度赞扬.

Accreditation

Immaculata的所有教师教育项目都获得了宾夕法尼亚州教育部(PDE)的批准。.

Program Cost

Tuition per credit is $465, 学生可以将以前的大学学分转到同等的工作经验中获得学分.

各种类型的融资选择可以帮助学生. 欲了解更多信息，请联系财政援助办公室在484-323-3028，或电子邮件 finaid@chinaqinyu.com.

Curriculum

主修课程:PK-12特殊教育专业96学分，PK-4教育专业78学分

• Basic Skills Requirement
• Sophomore I Field Experience
• Sophomore II Field Experience
• Junior I Field Experience
• Junior II Field Experience
• Educational Psychology
• Orientation to Teaching
• 40-hour field experience required
• Student Teaching: Elementary
• Introduction to Special Education
• Adapting Instruction
• 40-hour field experience required
  

Concentration in PK-12 Special Education

• Science for Elementary Education
• Multicultural Education 
  
• 40-hour field experience required
  Language Arts Methods
• Social Studies Methods
• Mathematics Methods
• Reading in the Content Area
• Creative Thought and Expression
• Children’s Literature
• Fundamentals of Reading Instruction
• Differentiated Reading Instruction
• Educational Testing
• Early Childhood
• Technology in Education
• Composition I
• Composition II
• 英语100或200级文学，或WI:青少年文学(推荐)
• Math for Educators I
• Math for Educators II
• Child Development
• Procedures/Process In Special Education
• Strategies for High Incidence Disability
• Characteristics/Causes of Disabilities
• Strategies for Low Incidence Disability
• Sociology of the Family

Concentration in PK-4 Education

• Science for Elementary Education
• Multicultural Education
• 40-hour field experience required
• Language Arts Methods
• Social Studies Methods
• Mathematics Methods
• Science and Technology Methods
• Creative Thought and Expression
• Children’s Literature
• Fundamentals of Reading Instruction
• Differentiated Reading Instruction
• Educational Testing
• Early Childhood
• Technology in Education
• 英语100或200级文学-英语272强烈推荐
• Math for Educators I
• Math for Educators II
• Child Development
• Sociology of the Family

LIBERAL ARTS CORE – 36 credits, 15名完成PK-12特殊教育专业，9名完成PK-4专业

• 作文(写作)6学分，达到特殊教育专业要求
• Natural & 物理世界(实验科学)3学分，满足专业要求
• 定量推理(数学)3学分，满足专业要求
• 人类创造力(艺术、文学、音乐)3学分
• 社会意识(社会学、心理学、经济学)3学分，满足专业要求
• 历史意识(历史)3学分
• 全球社会(外语/文化)3学分
• 信仰追求(宗教、神学)6学分
• Pursuit of Wisdom (Philosophy) 6 credits

选修课:PK-12特殊教育专业9学分，PK-4专业18-21学分

TOTAL – 126 credits

你可以申请Immaculata的成人专业课程 in four simple steps. 如果您有任何疑问，请通过以下方式与我们联系 admiss@chinaqinyu.com or by phone at 484-323-3060.