Elementary Education | Department of Education

WELCOME TO THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAM AT UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY!

B. S. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEGREE
K-8 WITH ESL ENDORSEMENT
Upon completing the prerequisite General Education and Program prerequisite courses, students are eligible to apply to the Elementary Education Program. The Junior and Senior years include coursework and teaching experiences leading to a Utah Level I Educator License. The Utah Level I license qualifies graduates to teach Kindergarten through 8th grade. Paid employment opportunities while in the program are sometimes available to students through UT’s partnership with school districts. Additionally, students will graduate with the ability to apply for an ESL Endorsement, which gives them the knowledge and skills to teach students who are learning English as a second language. Licensing is not guaranteed or awarded by Utah universities, but by the state they are applying to.

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Admission Criteria:

Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Complete all GE and Program prerequisites courses
C grade or better (no C- credit) in all Program GE and Prerequisite courses
Pass Accuplacer NG Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics for Math (Minimum score of 255). Pass Accuplacer NG Writing for English (Minimum score of 255)
Complete program application the semester before beginning the ELED Program. Application information can be found here. The application process requires an official UT transcript, two Professional Responsibility evaluations completed by Education prerequisite instructors, two recommendation forms, background check clearance, and official Accuplacer score report.
If the above requirements have been appropriately satisfied by the application deadline, students will invited to participate in a Group Interview.
Students who receive an overall admission score of 74 or higher will be accepted to the Elementary Education Program. This score is calculated based on scores from the group interview, evaluations, recommendation forms, and GPA.

GE Prerequisite Courses:

Minimum of 63 college semester hours or an Associate’s Degree including GE’s electives, institutional requirements, and the following GE courses:

MATH 1030 Quantitative Literacy or MATH 1050 College Algebra
PSY 1010 General Psychology or PSY 1100 Human Development or FSHD 1500 Human Development (UT Preschool lab hours required)
HIST 1700 American Civilization or POLS 1100 American Government
Diversity component: Minimum 1 semester of any college-level foreign language course (including ASL) or evidence of having lived in a non-English speaking country or environment for a continuous period of 1 year or more.

ELED Program Prerequisite Courses:

EDUC 1010 – Introduction to Education
EDUC 2010 – Introduction to Teaching Exceptional Learners
EDUC 2400 – Foundations of Multicultural/ESL Learners
EDUC 2500 – Instructional Technology in K-12 Classrooms (within 5 years of application)
EDUC 2700 Graduation Planning, Program Application, & Career Prep
EDUC 3110 – Educational Psychology
MATH 2010 – Math for Elementary Teachers I
MATH 2020 – Math for Elementary Teachers II

ELED Program Professional Courses

*Once admitted to the Elementary Education Program

Semester 1

*Once admitted to the Elementary Education Program

ELED 3100 Curriculum Design Planning and Assessment

ELED 3150 Principles of Early Childhood Education

ELED 3350 Literacy Acquisition of Young Children

ELED 3410 Literacy Acquisition & Cognition ESL

ELED 3550 Curriculum for Early Childhood Education

ELED 3650 Assessment of Young Children

Semester 2

ELED 3250 Effective Classroom Management

ELED 3300 Literacy for the Intermediate Grades

ELED 3420 Assessment for ESL Education

ELED 3500 Healthy Lifestyles & Physical Education

ELED 3900 Differentiated Instruction for Exceptional Learners

ELED 4200 Fine Arts in Elementary Education

Semester 3

ELED 4100 Methods in Teaching Elementary Math

ELED 4300 Methods in Teaching Elementary Science

ELED 4400 Methods in Teaching Elementary Social Studies

ELED 4410 Methods/Strategies/Materials Language Arts ESL

ELED 4430 Family/Parent Involvement Education ESL

ELED 4600 Methods in Teaching Elementary Language Arts

Semester 4

ELED 4440 Integrating Language and Content ESL

ELED 4900 Student Teaching

ELED 4989 Capstone Seminar

Contact

Patrick Schwab, Ph.D.

Department Chair

Email: patrick.schwab@utahtech.edu

Phone: 435-652-7854

Office: COE 166

Zac Olson

Associate Academic Advisor for College of Education

Email: Zac.Olson@utahtech.edu

Phone: 435-652-7846

Office: COE 109/112

Mary McFadden

Administrative Assistant

Email: Mary.McFadden@utahtech.edu

Phone: 435-879-4247

Office: COE Front Admin

Elementary Education Program