The Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Program is designed for students seeking to teach at the middle childhood-early adolescence level (ages 6 – 12 or 13, grades 1 - 8). This program prepares students to work in urban settings and takes place in close partnership with the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), which is the site for all field experiences and student teaching in the program. Fieldwork reflects the School of Education’s commitment to a strong partnership between UWM and MPS and to meaningful links between what students learn at the university and school practice. Students are placed in classrooms in MPS each semester to practice their teaching skills and demonstrate their growth.
Students begin by taking coursework in the College of Letters and Sciences and the Peck School of the Arts to provide the basis for the academic content Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence (MC-EA) teachers need to know, as well as preliminary course work in the School of Education. Upon admission to the School of Education, students enter the professional program made up of four semesters, or blocks. These blocks build sequentially one upon another; students must achieve success meeting professional standards in one block before proceeding to the next.
Undergraduate Degree OfferedBachelor's degree leading to licensure to teach ages 6 – 12 or 13 with two minors in English/Language Arts, or Social Studies, or Bilingual, or English as a Second Language, or World Languages AND Math or Natural Science.
Post-Baccalaureate CertificationStudents who already have a bachelor's degree and are interested in becoming licensed teachers in the state of Wisconsin may earn post-baccalaureate teacher certification to teach ages 6 – 12 or 13 with a minor in English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Bilingual, English as a Second Language, World Languages, Math or Natural Science.
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