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Nov 24, 2024
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2023-2024 UMA Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Early Childhood Teacher (081) Certificate
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UMA Certificate Requirements:
- Minimum 50% of the required courses taken through UMA
- Minimum 2.50 G.P.A. in the Certificate
Certificate Requirements (65-67 Credit Hours):
SEE PROGRAM COMPLETION GUIDES FOR SEQUENCING OF COURSES.
Pre-candidacy phase (14-16 credits)
Pre-Candidacy Phase Requirements:
- Complete all pre-candidacy EDU courses with a grade of B- or better
- Complete all core and general education classes
- Grade of C or better in ENG 101
- Grade of C or better in mathematics (MAT 1xx)
- GPA requirement met: 2.5 overall; 2.75 in education courses
- Demonstrate proficiency on all key assessments
Other pre-candidacy courses:
Additional Requirements:
Candidacy application procedure:
- Complete application to candidacy
Candidacy Phase Requirements:
- Complete all candidacy EDU courses with a grade of B- or better
- Demonstrate proficiency on all key assessments
- Demonstrate proficiency on dispositions
- CHRC approval documentation uploaded to Taskstream®
Candidacy phase (39 credits)
Complete one of the following (3):
Student Teaching Phase (12 Credits)
Additional Requirements:
For full Maine state certification, students must also complete the following:
- A Baccalaureate Degree from a Regionally Accredited Institution (Student teaching is not required for Early Childhood teachers.)
- Complete any English course 3 CR
- Complete any Mathematics course 3 CR MAT 130 and/or MAT 131 recommended
- Complete any Science course 3 CR
- Complete any Social Studies course (anthropology, geography, history or political science) 3 CR
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