2024-2025 Academic Catalog
Associate of Science in Education
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The Associate of Science in Education degree is a fully transferrable degree for students who are planning to transfer to a four-year university to complete a program of study to teach at the elementary or middle levels. Because each four-year university’s degree plan is very different, students must meet with an education advisor to plan their appropriate program of study. Articulation agreements are available with most of the surrounding universities.
Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses taken to satisfy the Associate of Science in Education degree. This program of study includes special program fees beyond current tuition and college fees.
Note: All students are required to have a current, clear maltreatment background check, a clear criminal and FBI background check and a UA-PTC Education ID badge in many education courses. If a criminal background check is returned with a felony conviction, the student will be immediately dropped from all courses with an EDHP prefix. There will not be a refund of fees or tuition. This also may affect financial aid awards.
In addition to satisfying the Institutional Learning Outcomes, Education program graduates are expected to successfully address the following program learning outcomes:
- Apply developmentally appropriate standards to the daily classroom practices and instructional practices.
- Demonstrate ethical behavior and principals drawn from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
- Apply culturally competent practices with children, families, colleagues, and the community.
- Apply developmental domains, developmental learning theories, learning theories, technology learning theories, and instructional practices to a variety of formal education activities.
The InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards are:
- Learner Development: The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.
- Learning Differences: The teacher uses an understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards.
- Learning Environments: The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
- Content Knowledge: The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
- Application of Content: The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
- Assessment: The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
- Planning for Instruction: The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross- disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
- Instructional Strategies: The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop a deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
- Professional Learning and Ethical Practice: The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.
- Leadership and Collaboration: The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.
Teachers in Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree earn an average beginning salary of $35,000 in their first year.
This salary ranks in the middle of teacher salaries in the United States. Additional occupations for graduates with education degrees include Educational Liaisons, Museum Educators, Educational Suppliers, Educational Textbook Representatives, and Corporate Learning and Professional Development.
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