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QUALIFICATIONS: Teachers
must have a minimum of a 4-year Bachelor's Degree
(Master's or Doctorial Degree also qualifies).
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APPLICATION: Teachers
must apply for Externship when job placement has
been completed to give
Morningside time to process the application. Application
for the program may only be completed on-line.
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Teacher Externship Application Now »
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Teachers
must take nine (9) semester hours as a non-matriculated
student through Morningside College. Should the teacher
choose to apply to the Morningside's Master Degree
in Education, these hours can be transferred
into that matriculated program. Regardless of whether
or not a teacher applies for admission into a Masters
program at Morningside College, the completion of
these nine semester hours is required as part of the Externship.
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COURSE OFFERINGS:
2 Required Courses for Externship:
(3) Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing
Disruptive Behavior
(2) Advanced Classroom Management:
Children as Change Agents
2 Additional Courses for Externship (any
2 courses from list A, B, or C below):
A. Exceptional Education:
(2) Attention
Deficit Disorder: Information & Interventions
for Effective Teaching
(2) Autism & Asperger's Disorder: Information & Effective
Intervention Strategies
(2) Talented & Gifted:
Working More Effectively with TAG Student
(2) Inclusion:
Working with Special Needs Students in Mainstream
Classrooms
(2) Infant & Toddler Mental Health: Issues and Information for Educators
(3) Learning Disabilities: Practical
Information for the Classroom Teacher
B. Classroom Management & Assessment:
(2) Educational Assessment: Assessing Student Learning
in the Classroom
(2) Functional Analysis: An Introduction to Completing
Behavior Assessments
(2) Inclusion: Working with Special
Needs Students in Mainstream Classrooms
(3) Understanding
Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the
Classroom
C. School & Social Issues:
(2)
Child Abuse: Working with Abused and Neglected
Children & Adolescents
(2) Drugs & Alcohol in Schools: Understanding Substance
Use & Abuse
(2) Teaching Diversity: Influences & Issues in
the Classroom
(2) Traumatized Child: The Effects of Stress, Trauma, & Violence
on Student Learning
(2) Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention & Intervention
Strategies
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NON-MATRICULATED COURSE FEES:
Application Fee: $100
Required Courses: $440
(2) semester credits - $195
(3) semester credits
- $245
Additional Courses: $380*
(2) semester credits - $195
(2) semester credits
- $195
*If Additional Course is 3 credits, fee is
adjusted.
Total: $920
Note: Payment may be made
in one or two installments, however, there is a
$50 administrative fee assessed when two installments
are made.
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PAYMENT TERMS AND FEE SCHEDULES: In the event that Morningside College has a Cooperative Agreement with a School, the Teacher is required to pay the Application Fee ($100) and the Required Course Fee ($440) prior to receipt of their final approval notice. The payment for the Additional Courses may be paid at the same time as the Application and Required Course Fee or as an additional installment within the two-year completion period. After On Line Application is made, you will be invoiced for the payment.
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OPTIONAL
MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM: Students may petition
for a maximum of 12 semester credits to be applied
as elective credit in a matriculated program when
accepted into the Master of Arts in Teacher Education
Degree program at Morningside College.
Note: Students may petition for a maximum of 12 semester credits to be applied as elective credit in a matriculated program when accepted into the Master of Arts in Teacher Education Degree program at Morningside College. MASTERS OF ARTS ON-LINE DEGREE PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE BEGINNING FALL TERM 2008. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE ON-LINE M.A.T. PROGRAM UNTIL FALL TERM 2008.
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SCHEDULE: The Externship Program completion schedule begins when a student is sent their first set of course materials or receives their Internet log-in for their first course. This event constitutes the beginning of the Externship course work phase. An Externship student then has two (2) years to complete the required nine (9) semester hours of course work. If questions arise about course work completion time tables students are asked to contact their Teacher Council liaison.
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ARRIVAL
IN THE US: Teachers
should arrive in the US one (1) month prior to the
required teaching date. Starting dates for the
Externship courses are throughout the year. Teachers
will have access to their school transition system
and will be trained in the process for each district.
Schools have orientations at the beginning of the
school year and again in January. Teachers hired
by schools are typically expected to be in the
school 2 weeks or more in advance for an orientation
process, either in the late summer/fall or in January.
Teachers arriving in the US before the school year
begins will go through school district workshops
before school starts. The workshops and orientation
process varies state by state according to the
particular school's system.
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COMPLETION
TIME PERIOD: Teachers must begin one (1) of the two (2) required courses within the first year, and finish all courses within two (2) years of registration for the first course.
Teachers may choose to start with one, two, or
three courses within the first semester. It is
recommended to begin with the following course(s):
Required Courses:
(3) Behavior is Language: Strategies
for Managing Disruptive Behavior
(2) Advanced Classroom
Management: Children as Change Agents.
You may then
continue by registering for two additional courses
at some later date and completing them within the
two-year time period.
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CERTIFICATION: Each
state has its own certification requirements that
must be followed. Courses required by an individual
state, in most cases, are in addition to the Externship
and are not provided by Morningside College.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Morningside College
Graduate Studies
ATTN: Dr. Glenna Tevis
1501 Morningside Ave.
Sioux City, IA 51106
Phone: 712-274-5269
Toll Free: 800-831-0806 ext. 5269
Switchboard: 712-274-5000
Email: tevis@morningside.edu
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