DESE Extends FREC’s Professional
License Program Authorization
Attention
Teachers in need of your Professional License…
We have good news! The Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has extended our authorization (at least
until June 30, 2013) to offer an approved, district-based professional license
program for teachers holding an initial license in the following: Elementary
Education, 1-6; Early Childhood Education, preK-2/3; and Moderate Disabilities,
preK-8 or grades 5-12.
To date, nearly 200 area teachers have completed this DESE approved
program since February 2006 and earned their professional license – while not
having to enroll in a Masters Program.
Interested? We are enrolling now on a “first come, first serve” basis
for a January 2012 program start. Contact Mike Fields at 508-987-0219, ext. 101
or mfields@frec.org for more information and a
program enrollment packet.
Attention,
Special Education, Classroom, and Inclusion Teachers: we are enrolling now
for…..
SUMMER 2012
PRDV 75017
“Including Special Needs Students in the Classroom”*
Location:
Oxford High School Instructor: Susan Brown
Dates:
Wed., Thurs., & Fri., June 27, 28, & 29; Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Mon., & Tues., July 2 & 3 (five total class days) Tuition:
FREC Members: $550
Credits:
3 credits from FSU Non-Members: $650
*We present this course
now so those interested can make vacation plans accordingly.
As for tuition, send no money now. Registrants will be invoiced on or about May
21, 2012.
Description:
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
provides the foundation for inclusive schooling, requiring that every child
with a disability receive a free and appropriate education and learns in the
least restrictive environment. One approach to achieve the requirements of the
law is to “retrofit”, meaning teachers solve problems after the fact in an
attempt to fit a student into the existing framework. An alternative approach
is “universal design”, meaning that the differentiated materials, methods, and
assessment alternatives are considered and created in advance with the full
range of students’ differences in mind. This course will show participants how
to shift from retrofit to universal design for student diversity and curriculum
access.
NOTE: While this is open to
all K-12 teachers, it is also a required program course for moderate
disabilities
professional license candidates. As
such, the tuition for these enrolled program teachers is $900.
For
more information and a registration form, click here.
Do You Need to Earn Your Professional
License?
If you are teaching with an initial license in elementary education; early childhood education; math, grades 5-8;
general science, grades 5-8; or moderate disabilities, preK-8 or 5-12 and
would like to start your professional license program before the current Department
of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) regulations change (no Masters degree required
now), then contact Mike Fields at 508-987-0219 Ext. 101 or mfields@frec.org.
We are accepting
registrations now for our Professional License Program.
Click here for more information.
Fall
2011 Graduate Course Listing
Fall 2011 graduate course
fliers will be mailed to our member schools the last week of August.
Receive Your Copy of the Graduate
Course Flyer by Email…
If you
wish to have a copy of the Graduate Course flyer and Professional Development
Programs emailed to you automatically, please email your name to: neslusan@frec.org.
Call
for Instructors
French River is now
in the process of scheduling Graduate Courses for the Spring
2012 Semester. If you are interested in teaching a 36-hour graduate course,
please contact Madeleine Dudley at 508-987-0219, Ext. 104 or email mdudley@frec.org.
We are especially in need of instructors to teach courses in high school
English, Math, Science, Foreign Language and Social Studies.
Excellent Teaching and Learning Resources
Are you pursuing a Preliminary License in Elementary
Education, Early Childhood Education, or Moderate Disabilities? If so, the
following may be of interest to you…
If
you are seeking a preliminary license in Elementary Education or Early
Childhood Education, besides possessing a bachelor's degree, a passing score on
the Communication/Literacy Skills and subject matter knowledge tests; and, in
some cases, a competency review, the MA Department of Education's Regulations
for Educator Licensure (603 CMR 7.04 subsections 5a and 5b) outlines
additional requirements for teacher candidates. Unless you have had these
seminar topics as undergraduate courses, or you can document experience in the
areas these seminars address, you must also complete four (4) 10 hour seminars
that address teaching Reading, English/Language arts, Mathematics and Inclusion
with an emphasis on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for
general classrooms. French River has a program designed to satisfy this
requirement. Click here for
the 40 hour Seminar Series Registration Form.
If
you are seeking a preliminary license in moderate disabilities, and you have
not has these seminar topics as undergraduate courses, or you do not have documented
experience in the areas these seminars address, you must also complete three
(3) of the 10 hour seminars that address Reading, English/language arts, and
Mathematics. In addition, you must also complete a seventy (70) hour seminar
series – 10 hours on each topic – designed to meet subject matter competencies
as outlines by the Department of Education. Click here for
the 70 hour seminar series registration syllabus.
MA Department of Education Approved Professional
Licensure Programs…
French River Education
Center is now accepting
professional license
program registrations for:
~Early
Childhood Education, PreK-2 (January, 2012)
~Elementary Education, Grades 1-6
(January, 2012)
~Teachers
of Students with Moderate Disabilities, PreK-8 & Grades 5-12 (January,
2012)
~Math, Grades 5-8 (January, 2012)
Teacher licensure in Massachusetts is a two step process requiring
teachers to first obtain an Initial License and then go on to
earn a Professional License in the same field within five years.
Do you hold Initial
Licensure in the above referenced fields and do no expect to complete a
Masters in the same field within 5 years? If so, the following may be very important to you.
To obtain Professional Licensure, teachers must satisfy five
additional criteria:
· A Department of Education sponsored Performance Assessment
Program;
OR
· An approved Masters Degree program in the same field
as your initial license;
OR
· A
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education approved,
district-based program with at least 50 contact hours of content-based seminars
beyond the induction year.
As to the latter, French River Education
Center, in partnership with Framingham State University (FSU), is pleased to
announce that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(DESE) has recently designated the Center an “approved site” for District-Based/Content-Based, Professional Licensure programs in the
following:
What does this mean for you?
You do not have to take a State test or “Performance Assessment” to earn Professional Licensure and you do not
have to enroll in or complete a Master’s program in any one of these program
areas within 5 years of hire to earn Professional
Licensure. You can enroll in any one of the Center’s DESE approved district-based programs, successfully complete 2 or 3 courses (depending upon your
certification field) and complete your Professional
Licensure program requirements within one year.
NOTE: All Licensure
Program Courses are held at Oxford High School, Route 12, Oxford,
MA
[Click Here
for Map and Directions]
Interested? Want to learn more? If you would like to learn more about how you can
earn Professional Licensure, in most
cases, after just a few FSU graduate courses, contact Mike Fields, Director, at
508-987-0219 Ext. 101, (email: mfields@frec.org) or Maddy Dudley, at
508-987-0219 Ext. 104, (email: mdudley@frec.org) .
Telephone inquiries are always welcome
so please do not hesitate to call if you have questions. Also, feel free to
share this information with teacher friends in non-FREC districts as these
programs are open to anyone.
Early Childhood
Education Professional License Program
~ Attention Early Childhood
Teachers
Learn how
those currently holding an Initial License in early childhood education can
earn Professional Licensure from the DESE with just two Framingham State
University graduate courses…one in math and one in literacy. Click here for more
details on the program (PDF); Click here for the
math course syllabus (PDF); Click here for the
literacy course syllabus (PDF).
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form for
the Tuesday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical Concepts
and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical Concepts
and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
Elementary
Education Professional License Program
~ Attention Elementary Education
Teachers, Grades 1 through 6
Learn
how those currently holding an Initial License in elementary education can earn
Professional Licensure from the DESE with just two Framingham State
University graduate courses…one in math and one in literacy. Click here for
more details on the program (PDF); Click here for the math course syllabus (PDF); Click here for the literacy course syllabus (PDF).
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form for
the Tuesday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form for
the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
Teachers of
Students with Moderate Disabilities, PreK-8; and 5-12 Professional License
Program
~ Attention Teachers of Students
with Moderate Disabilities
Learn
how those currently holding an Initial License in special education can earn Professional
Licensure from the DESE with just two Framingham State University graduate
courses…one in math and one in literacy – and a special education seminar. Click here for more details on
the program (PDF); Click here for the math course syllabus (PDF); Click here for the literacy course syllabus (PDF); Click here for the special education course syllabus (PDF).
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Tuesday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration
form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment
information and registration form for the Summer special education course:
PRDV 75017 “Including Special Needs
Students in the Classroom”
(Date and Time to be announced
after January 2012)
Mathematics,
Grades 5-8 Professional License Program
~ Attention Math Teachers, Grades
5-8
Learn
how those currently holding an Initial License in mathematics, grades 5-8, can
earn Professional Licensure from the DESE with just two Framingham State
University graduate courses…one in math and one in literacy. Click here for
more details on the program (PDF); Click here for
the math course syllabus (PDF); Click here for
the literacy course syllabus (PDF).
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Tuesday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching (January, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment
information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration
form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice (September, 2012)
Graduate
Course News
~ Receive Your Copy of the Graduate Course
Flyer by Email…
If you wish to have a copy of the
Graduate Course flyer and Professional Development Programs emailed to you
automatically, please email your name to: neslusan@frec.org.
NOTE: We do not sell email addresses to
other agencies or companies.
Recertification News
~ Questions
about the teacher recertification process?
Do you have questions regarding the
Massachusetts Department of Education Recertification Process – then, Click here to better understand State guidelines.
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