Secondary Education minor

Academics

Five good reasons to become a high school teacher

According to getthefactsout.org:

  1. You can get a job almost anywhere!
  2. Some schools in Texas are offering starting salaries of $80,000 per year for first year teachers, with performance and retention bonuses in some districts up to $20,000 per year.
  3. There are student loan forgiveness programs and scholarships for teachers!
  4. Teachers have more flexible summer schedules than other professions!
  5. Teachers in the US rate their lives better than all other occupations, trailing only physicians!

How do I become a high school teacher at SFA?

The Department of Education Studies offers several exciting and innovative programs that prepare you for a career teaching in a Texas high school. You can earn your teaching certification through courses in the secondary education program that you take as a part of your major in the content area that you want to teach. For example, if you want to be a high school history teacher, you would major in history, and take the secondary education certification course sequence as a part of that major. All of our instructors have experience teaching in Texas public schools in a variety of contents areas and provide key mentorship and support to all secondary education students as they move through the program and into the public school classroom.

Become eligible to seek a teacher certification

To be eligible for admittance to the Educator Preparation Program at SFA, you will need to maintain a 2.75 GPA in your undergraduate coursework!  Your experience within the program will include content test preparation from your major, 50 hours in a field experience placement, and a year long residency or clinical teaching experience your final year or semester, depending on your content area.

If you are wanting to get certified to teach science or mathematics, JacksTeach is a program that prepares you to seek that certification at the same time you are pursuing a four-year science or math degree with no additional semesters required to graduate.

Certification areas

Secondary certification areas

  • Agriculture, food and natural resources (grades 6-12)
  • Chemistry (grades 7-12)
  • Dance (grades 8-12)
  • English language arts and reading (grades 7-12)
  • Family and consumer sciences (grades 6-12)
  • History (grades 7-12)
  • Life science (grades 7-12)
  • Mathematics (grades 7-12)

All-level certification areas

  • Art (grades EC-12)
  • Music (grades EC-12)
  • Physical education (grades EC-12)

Secondary Education Coursework

  • SEED 3370     Sociocultural and Historical Perspectives in Education
  • SEED 3371     Curriculum and Instructional Design
  • SEED 3372     Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
  • SEED 4350     Assessment for Diverse and Contemporary Classrooms
  • SEED 4360     Motivating and Managing the Active Learning Environment
  • SEED 4343     Education in A Global Society

For more information email SEED.UG@sfasu.edu.

Minor in secondary education

The Department of Education Studies offers secondary or EC-12 certification through general coursework and a secondary education minor. Students may obtain certification through coursework if their major does not accept the secondary education minor.

The secondary education minor includes 24 hours to complement select majors in other colleges for students interested in teaching in upper grades. Prerequisites for admission to the undergraduate minor program include HDFS 2302 and admission to teacher education.

For more information email SEED.UG@sfasu.edu.

Graduate programs

The Department of Education Studies offers graduate degrees for students interested in advanced degrees. While graduate programs can be designed to meet students’ individual needs, most students choose this degree plan.

For more information on graduate course offerings and admission standards, contact the Department of Education Studies to talk with an advisor.