Single Subject Credential - Dance

Single Subject Credential - Dance Teaching Credential Requirements

Single Subject Credential (2042)
Education Building, Room 100
559.278.0300
http://fresnostate.edu/kremen/teaching-credential/singlesubject

Program Description. The Single Subject Credential authorizes the credential holder to teach in the subject area specified on the credential in departmentalized classrooms commonly found at middle schools, high schools, and adult educational settings. The Kremen School of Education and Human Development offers the Preliminary Single Subject Credential in cooperation with various academic subject matter area departments. The cooperating departments are responsible for developing subject matter competency; the Kremen School of Education and Human Development is primarily responsible for developing professional education competency.

The teacher credential program is overseen by the Single Subject Coordinator and the Academic Subject Matter Area Coordinators/Advisors. The Single Subject Coordinator provides general advisement for Single Subject Credential Candidates and supports the placement of “initial” student teachers. The Academic Subject Matter Area Coordinators/advisors provide academic advisement for credential candidates majoring in their respective departments, teach the methods courses in their subject fields, assign and supervise “final” student teachers, and act as official liaisons between the subject matter departments and the Single Subject Coordinator.
Students will earn their Preliminary Teaching credentials through the Kremen School of Education and Human Development.

A Preliminary Single Subject Credential provides authorization to teach a specified subject in a departmentalized classroom for a maximum period of five years. Requirements for completing the Professional (Clear) Single SubjectCredential will be provided by the employing school district.

Requirements for Admission

Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or have completed 90 units towards an integrated degree program from Fresno State.
Have a GPA of 2.67 or higher overall; or 2.75 in the last 60 units.
Successfully complete the pre-admission requirements: 45-hour pre-program field experience or EHD 50; and CI 149 at the time the program application is submitted or before “officially” admitted into the credential program.
Successfully met the California Basic Skills Requirement (BSR).
Be subject matter competent (SMC) in the academic subject matter of the intended, selected credential.
Obtain a CTC Certificate of Clearance including a Live Scan.
Submit a current TB Risk Assessment
Obtain a Mandated Reporter School Personnel Training Certificate
Complete an admission interview FORM and obtain an interview from a Single Subject Academic Subject Matter Area Coordinator/Advisor, and submit a personal narrative.
Obtain two current (within 1 year) letters of recommendation.

All interested applicants MUST submit a “complete” Fresno State university application and a teacher credential program application. Application instructions for both applications are available online at https://kremen.fresnostate.edu/teaching-credential/credapp.html.

Note: Due to the specific credential academic subject matter area requirements required by the state and the state mandated assessment expectations of the FAST for Single Subject Credential Program Candidates, credential option exchanges within the program are NOT allowed.

Program Completion Requirements (University and State Credentialing)
Successful completion of the program courses, dispositional assessments, and all performance assessment tasks associated with the Fresno Assessment of Student Teachers (FAST).

Requirements for a Preliminary Single Subject Credential

Note: Teacher candidates must have earned a GPA of 3.0 with a C or better, or a CR (Credit), on all professional preparation courses to be recommended for the credential including the following:

Successfully Completed the prerequisites and 34-unit program courses.
Successfully demonstrated subject matter competence and received clearance from the academic subject matter area coordinator/advisor that subject matter competency has been met.
Possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in subject matter other than education.
Verify completion of CPR training.
Complete a course in the provisions and principles of the United States Constitution or pass an examination in the subject given by a regionally accredited junior college, college, or university, or verify meeting the interstate agreement requirements.

Requirements for the Preliminary Teaching Credentials can change, and subject matter tests can be revised. For an update or other information, contact the Certification Programs Office in ED 100.

Time Restrictions. Education courses required for a Preliminary Credential must be completed no more than five years prior to credential application and/or preliminary credential recommendation.

Program Courses

CI 151 - Social Contexts of Teaching and Learning Units: 3
CI 152 - Adolescent Learning and Development Units: 3
CI 161 - Content Area Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching, Dance Units: 3
LEE 156 - Content Area Literacy and Communication in Secondary Classrooms Units: 3
LEE 157 - Teaching English Learners in Secondary Classrooms Units: 3
SPED 158 - Differentiated Instruction in Inclusive Secondary Settings Units: 3
EHD 154A - Initial Student Teaching Seminar Units: 1
EHD 154B - Final Student Teaching Seminar Units: 1
EHD 155A - Student Teaching in Secondary School Units: 4
EHD 155B - Student Teaching in Secondary School Units: 5-10

Total (34 units)

Requirements for Admission to Initial Student Teaching (EHD 155A)

Receive notification of initial admission to the Single Subject Credential program.
Submit an EHD 155A School District Placement form by the specified deadline.
Maintained a 3.0 GPA on all professional education courses. All courses (except those offered for CR/NC only) must be taken for a letter grade.
Have completed or be enrolled concurrently CI 161 and EHD 154A.

Requirements for Admission to Final Student Teaching (EHD 155B)

Submit an EHD 155B Clearance application form by deadline.
Demonstrated subject matter competence.
Maintained a 3.0 GPA on professional education coursework. All courses (except those offered for CR/NC only) must be taken for a letter grade.
Have completed or be enrolled concurrently in LEE 157, CI 161 or EHD 154B; and/or successfully passed first phase courses and the Site Visitation Project (SVP).
Available to student teaching “full-time.”

Note: Students who receive a “No Credit” grade in any student teaching course are required to petition the Admission and Standards Committee for approval to retake the course. Students who receive a grade of “No Credit” for a second time will be dismissed from the Single Subject Credential Program. Student teachers whose placements are terminated after the date for refund of tuition are responsible for full tuition regardless of circumstances leading to termination.