University of Southern Maine

Teacher Certification Program in German, Latin, and Spanish

This program, designed in collaboration with the Department of Teacher Education, is for students who want to become certified to teach K-12 German, Latin or Spanish. Upon completion of this 4.5-year program, students will be fully certified to teach, in addition to having a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences, with a major in one of these languages. After completing the program and teaching for a year, students may complete an additional 13 credits and earn a Master of Science in Teaching (MTL).
           

For full details, interested students should contact a language faculty member during their first year of study at USM.
            Requirements for the program:
            1. Completion of the major in German, Classics (Latin concentration), or Spanish
            2. Certain State of Maine requirements (such as Praxis test and finger-printing)
            3. The following courses in the College of Education

HRD 200J Human Growth & Development    
CPI 211I Culture & Community                
EDU 220 Middle School Community    
EDU 320 Applied Skills for Teaching & Learning 
EDU 390 Portfolio Development          
SED 540 Exceptionality             
EDU 514 Reading/Writing            
EDU 550 Instructional Strategies            
EDU 5xx Curriculum Design          
EDU 541 Seminar I              
EDU 542 Seminar II             
EDU 554 Foreign Language Methods       
EDU 613 Internship   

For more information, contact:
Profs. Charlene Suscavage (Spanish), Angela Gulielmetti (German), or Peter Aicher (Latin)

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