English

To become eligible for North Carolina Level A Licensure for Grades 9-12, you must successfully complete those courses required by Duke in General Studies, courses required for the English major, and certain courses in the area of professional knowledge. Your Long Range Plan should indicate courses you will use to meet the requirements for General Studies and the major. This checklist outlines courses necessary for teacher licensure in English.

The Secondary English Teacher Preparation Program is designed to help candidates master certain Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions in addition to the Duke University Teacher Preparation Knowledge, Skills, and Disposition for all candidates (described here).

Students must meet the requirements of the English major, including

• One course from the following list of introductory courses: English 90, 90AS, 90BS, 91, 92, or 93
• One course in Shakespeare, Chaucer and/or Milton
• One course in British (in addition to Shakespeare)
• One course in world literature, genre and/or criticism
• Two courses in American literature
• One course in the study of the English language: English 111, 112, 115, 119, 205, 208 or 209
• One course in a designated writing course, in addition to Writing 20
• One course in mass media (film/cultural studies)

Students must meet the requirement for general studies

• Trinity College Curriculum requirements, including: 3 or more courses in Arts and Literatures, Civilizations, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. All requirements for Curriculum 2000 must be met.
• One course in Psychology (e.g., Developmental or Adolescent)

Students must meet the following professional studies requirements

• Foundations of Education (EDU 100; must be taken before Senior Fall)
• Educational Psychology (EDU 118; should be taken before Senior Fall)
• Teaching High School English (EDU 196, senior fall)
• Secondary School Issues: Pedagogy, Culture, and Methods (EDU 190R, senior spring)
• Seminar in Secondary School Teaching - (EDU 215S, senior spring)
• Secondary Education Internship (EDU 216, student teaching; offered only in senior spring, counts for two course credits)

Coursework and field experiences in the professional knowledge area are sequenced; please discuss the sequence with an adviser. For example, students complete the Seminar in Secondary School Teaching (Edu 215S) in the spring semester of their senior year as part of the student teaching block. Edu 190R and Edu 215S are accelerated during the spring semester to provide students an opportunity to engage in student teaching for ten weeks.

A course may meet more than one requirement; for example, some Education courses count as Social Science electives. Candidates must acquire professional knowledge and specialty area competencies required by the state of North Carolina. Requirements may be met through advanced placement, Duke course credit, independent study, or other means approved by the Director of the Program in Education.

Secondary English Teacher Preparation Program Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

All Secondary English TPP Candidates will:

1. Know and understand the English language
2. Know and understand the reading process
3. Know and understand the composing process
4. Know and understand a wide variety of literature
5. Understand the role of technology and print in making meaning
6. Use effective teaching strategies and techniques
7. Evaluate and select good resources
8. Encourage students to respond to various media
9. Use assessment as an integral part of learning
10. Promote varied uses of and purposes for language
11. Foster appreciation of students' and others' cultures
12. Recognize commonalities and differences in classroom
13. Respect and accommodate exceptionalities

Adapted from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Program Approval Standards

Any questions?

Contact Dr. Susan Wynn (919) 660-2403 or swynn@duke.edu