Transition to Teaching
About the Program | Admission Requirements | Course Descriptions | TTT Faculty & Staff | Student Teaching | Required Testing | Licensing Requirements | Information Meetings | Program Start Dates | Related Links

Course Descriptions

Full Course Descriptions

These are the courses that make up the IWU Transition to Teaching program. Through TTT's eight courses for those desiring to become Secondary teachers and twelve for students desiring to become Elementary Teachers, you will be taught a wide array of teaching strategies, theories, techniques, and methods to prepare you for the classroom.

The Transition to Teaching program at IWU was created to move students quickly through the program, yet at a pace where students can learn the material well and maintain personal time with their families.

To accomplish this, the faculty members have created each Transition to Teaching course in an accelerated format.

• Most courses are four to five weeks long, meeting only on Saturdays.
  
• Students take only one course at a time so they can focus their study on one topic at a time, except during the Student Teaching Experiences which cover the entire semester.
  
• Students stay together as a group while they take the series of eight core classes, twelve if they are seeking an elementary teaching license.
  
• All students will be required to complete daily classroom experiences during the integrated student teaching experience courses. Students seeking an elementary license must complete three student teaching experiences, while students seeking a secondary license participate in two student teaching experiences to put into practice the teaching methods they are learning. Each student teaching Experience lasts the entire semester.
  

Some of the courses are online

Computer Requirements

• Windows 98 or later
• Office 2000 Standard; Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• 366 MHz CPU
• 64 MB Ram
• 56K modem
• 12X CD-ROM
• ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• Sound Card
• 640x480 resolution monitor – 256 colors
• Email

Phase 1
EDU571		Psychology of Learning
EDU573		Assessment & Learning
EDU576		General Methods of Instruction
Phase 2
EDU575		Student Teaching I
EDU580		Reading Instruction in the Elementary School
EDU578		Content Methods of Instruction in the Senior High/Junior High/Middle School Setting 2
EDU574		Facilitating Learning through Technology 1
Phase 3
EDU579		Student Teaching II
EDU577		Methods of Teaching the Elementary School Curriculum
EDU570		The Development of K-12 Education in the US
EDU572		The Exceptional Child
Phase 4 (Elementary only)
EDU581		Student Teaching III
EDU582		Diagnostic Practices and Implications in the Teaching of Reading
EDU570		The Development of K-12 Education in the US