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URI’s School of Education

Dr. Kern Freshman Orientation

Summer 2009

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4 Year View--BIG Picture Year 1--foundations, early field

experience, explore majors(s) Summer--take admission test or 1100 SATs Year 2--apply to School of Education,

develop content expertise, experience working with adolescents (perhaps study abroad)

Year 3--build content and teaching knowledge, more field experiences (perhaps study abroad)--apply to SOE if you did not get in your sophomore year

Summer--take teacher licensure tests Year 4--Fall methods and begin work in

your student teaching placement; Spring Student Teach full-time and seminar

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Teach!! Teach??

Why do you want to teach? Why I wanted to become a teacher… Why I have never regretted this path…

What knowledge, skills and dispositions do you think you’ll need to teach adolescents and be happy in this career?

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Many paths to teaching

1. Undergraduate double major at URI2. Undergraduate Arts & Sciences major at

URI, then either:a. complete teacher certification as part of a Master’s degree program (URI offers this)b. earn alternative teacher certificationc. teach in a private school for 2 years, fulfill other requirements and become licensed through the RI Department of Education.

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No need to decide today…beauty of Gen Eds!

Focus: Year 1--foundations, early field experience, explore majors(s), time Summer--take admission test OR have SATs 1100 or higher

Year 2--apply to School of Education, develop content expertise, experience working with adolescents (perhaps study abroad)

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Open door to the School of Education..even though UC is home!

Chafee Hall, 7th floor, 705 main office Meet faculty and staff…Dr. Byrd, Director Office of Teacher Education, 701 Chafee Advisor office hours at UC and Chafee Emergency contact email dkern@uri.edu

or call 874-4068 School of Education Website Emails from Dr. K if your email is correct

on eCampus Bulletin Boards to keep you updated

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5 easy steps to make your 1st URI schedule of classes!

1. Choose a learning community (be sure to think about any “special” areas to consider…AP credits, TD courses, sports/clubs, honors

2. Grid the times of these classes M-F3. Pick 2 more classes--grid them and write

them on your white sheet4. Ask Dr. K or Tina to check your draft--

get pink sheet5. Copy white draft onto pink sheet

carefully. Give pink sheet to Dr. K and head out to home spot on the QUAD-3:30

CONGRATS! You’ve drafted your 1st URI class schedule.