PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SEQUENCE

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Learn about the current requirements for the secondary teacher education program.

SUGGESTED YEAR-BY-YEAR SEQUENCE

While there is great flexibility in how you design your program plan, here is a recommended sequence for those who can start planning early. This follows the updated requirements for the Wellesley Teacher Scholars program.

First Year

There are many good options for taking your first education course. You can enroll in the required licensure course, EDUC 214 in the spring or take EDUC 215 or EDUC 120. Both courses are a good entry point into the licensure program as well as the education studies major, for those who are interested in pursuing both. While PSYC 101 is not required, this might be a good option for first-year students interested in the licensure program.

Sophomore Year

This is a good time to catch up on EDUC 214 (offered spring) if you haven't already. There are plenty of excellent education courses you can explore across our curriculum. Choose a course in an area of education that interests you.

Junior Year

EDUC 325 is a required course for the licensure program. You can take it in the fall with Professor Tutin at Wellesley. She is our licensure officer and works with the secondary education program. You can also take EDUC 325 with Professor Palaia at MIT in the spring. It is important that you try your best to complete EDUC 325 by the end of your junior year.

Senior Year

You will take 6 course units during your senior year. You will enroll in EDUC 300 and EDUC 398H (half-unit) in the fall. You will also enroll in EDUC 399H during Wintersession to start your full-time work in the classroom. In the spring, you will enroll in EDUC 303, EDUC 339, EDUC 340, and EDUC 341. Your senior spring will be fully devoted to licensure courses so all other degree requirements must be completed by the end of fall semester, senior year.

SUBJECT MATTER COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Within each licensure area, we partner with a Designated Advisor in a Wellesley department or program who works with you to understand the expectations for subject matter knowledge established by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Designated Advisor can help you develop a program plan and learn about the Wellesley College courses that support your development of subject matter knowledge in your licensure area.

MASSACHUSETTS TEST FOR EDUCATOR LICENSURE (MTEL)

You are required to take and pass two MTELs - one in your content area and the Communications and Literacy exam.

You can borrow MTEL test prep books from the Career Education Test Preparation Book Loan Program to assist in your preparation.

TITLE II

As required by Title II of the Higher Education Act of the United States, we provide the following information. The number of students enrolled in our state-approved teacher education programs during the academic year 2021–2022 was eight. The number of these students who continued into student teaching was eight. The number who completed all requirements of the program was eight. The student/faculty ratio for supervised student teaching was 4:1. The average number of required hours of student teaching is 360 (12 weeks of at least 30 hours per week). The minimum required is 300.

The pass rates for our students on the Massachusetts Tests for Education Licensure are as follows: 1. Communication and Literacy Skills: a. Reading 100%; b. Writing 100%; Basic skills aggregate (a and b combined) 100%; 2. Academic content areas: Aggregate 100%. Summary (1 and 2 combined) pass rate 100%.

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