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Program Advisor: Stacy Martin
Email: martinsp@winthrop.edu
Phone: 803/323-2452
The 12-hour graduate professional certificate in Middle Level education will allow professional educators to gain pedagogical skills specifically focused on working with middle level students while providing the required add-on courses for middle level certification for those who meet the 15-hour content course and content exam requirements as outlined by the S.C. State Department of Education. Additionally, it will provide inservice teachers with the new S.C. DoE requirement of 3 hours in Content Area Reading & Writing in ML/SEC mandated by the Read to Succeed initiative (eff. 2016). This certificate program is appropriate for K-12, early childhood, elementary, and secondary educators seeking middle level add-on certification. The program provides students with the opportunity to expand their knowledge of effective strategies for working with young adolescents as advocated by the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE).
Enrollment is open to:
1. Certified K-12 Educators with a current license who meet the admission requirements below, and
2. Current students in good standing enrolled in the MEd Curriculum & Instruction, MEd Special Education, or MEd Literacy programs at Winthrop University,
To be considered for admission to the Certificate program, applicants must submit the following:
Certificate-only seeking students:
OR
Actively enrolled, degree-seeking Winthrop graduate students:
Courses in the program are not sequential; therefore, once students have met the admission criteria, they may enroll in the courses during any semester in which they are being offered.
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MLED 600 — Philosophy, Organization, and Curriculum of the Middle School (3)
MLED 610 — Early Adolescence in Contemporary Society (3)
MLED 630 — Pedagogy and Assessment in the Middle School (3)
READ 645 — Content Area Reading & Writing in ML/SEC (3)
Total: 12 Credit Hours
Each of these courses will be offered in an online delivery format on a fixed rotation.