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Welcome to GSU's Secondary Education Program for Biology, Chemistry, English, and Math

NCATE logoThe College of Arts and Sciences, in cooperation with the College of Education, offers students four programs that include the option of earning teacher certification in secondary education. We are proud to claim state and national accreditation.

Scholarships are available through the Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnership Grant. For more information, please click the link above, or contact Professor Cheryl Hague at 708.534.4587 or c-hague@govst.edu.

New Student Orientation/Advising Sessions

All new students to the Secondary Education program at GSU must attend an orientation/advising session before enrolling in courses.

Next Session

  • Tuesday, February 9, 2010
  • 3–4 p.m.
  • F1565 

Please confirm your attendance at c-hague@govst.edu.

Resources for New and Continuing Students

Advising Checklist

Calculate your own Core GPA to see if you are qualified to apply for student teaching:

Open the Excel spreadsheet for your program as a "Read Only" file. Once the file is open, choose "save as" and rename the file under another name.  Changes can  then be saved to the renamed file.

Mapp Test

The College of Education has added an additional MAPP testing session for the Fall 2009 term. The MAPP examination is required for all students in the following programs:

* BA Early Childhood Education
* BA Elementary Education
* BA English with Teacher Education
* BA Mathematics with Teacher Education
* BS Biology with Teacher Education
* BS Chemistry with Teacher Education

Candidates who did not sit for the MAPP exam in October can click here to pre-register <http://www.govst.edu/coe/t_coe_resources.aspx?ekfrm=4652>  for the added Nov 13, 2009 session. The test will be administered on that date in Room D34160 from 8:30 AM until 12:30 PM.

If you have questions about the MAPP exam and how it fits into your plan of study, please contact your advisor.

Student Teaching

Deadlines for Student Teaching Applications 
Student Teaching Application 
Student Teaching Application Tips
Sample Student Teaching Application 
Printable Student Teaching Forms and Handouts

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