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 D.O.E.
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 September 2010 cohort (Tuesday or
Thursday) with classes held at Oxford High School. Click here for more information.
Fall 2010
Graduate Course Listing
Fall 2010 graduate course fliers will
be mailed to our member schools in mid 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 Fall
2010 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, and
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 a 40 hour seminar
series flyer and 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 sixty (60) hour seminar
series – 10 hours on each topic – designed to meet subject matter competencies
as outlines by the Department of Education. Click here for more detailed
information on the six (6) competencies. Click here
for the 60 hour seminar series registration form.
MA Department of Education Approved Professional
Licensure Programs…
French River Education
Center is now accepting
professional license
program registrations for September 2010
Attention Teachers of:
~Early Childhood Education, PreK-2;
~Elementary Education, Grades 1-6;
~Teachers of Students with
Moderate Disabilities, PreK-8 & Grades 5-12; and
~Math, Grades 5-8
Attention
Middle School General Science Teachers…
we
now have a professional license program for you! - Click here for details
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 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 College (FSC), is pleased to
announce that the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) 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 DOE approved district-based programs, start in January 2010, successfully complete 2 or 3
courses (depending upon your certification field) and complete your Professional Licensure program
requirements by December 2010.
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 FSC 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 inquires 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 Department of Education with just
two Framingham State College 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
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
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 Department of Education with just two
Framingham State College 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
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form for
the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
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 Department of Education with just two Framingham State
College 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
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching
·
Click here for
enrollment information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration
form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
·
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)
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 Department of Education with just
two Framingham State College 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
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration form
for the Thursday math course:
84.937 Connecting Mathematical
Concepts and Teaching
·
Click here for enrollment
information and registration form for the Tuesday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction: Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
·
Click here for enrollment information and registration
form for the Thursday literacy course:
LTRC 907 Literacy Instruction:
Connection Theory, Research, and Best Practice
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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