Elementary Education (K-6)
Wake Forest Students who would like to be certified to teach in elementary classrooms must major in Education and minor in any department or earn a concentration in Spanish, French, or German.*
Prior to formal admission to the program, students must take the following courses:
- EDU 201 – Educational Policy and Practice
- EDU 201L – Field Lab I
- EDU 311 – Learning and Cognitive Science
These courses are usually taken during the sophomore year or fall of the junior year. EDU 201 and EDU 201L should be taken concurrently. An Elementary Education Advisor can assist you with special circumstances.
Formal admission to the Major occurs when the following requirements have been met:
- Successful completion of EDU 201, EDU 201L, and EDU 311
- A minimum ACT score of 24 or an SAT total score of 1100 or a passing score on the Praxis I test
- Possession of a grade point average of 2.50 or higher (minimum 2.50 must be maintained throughout the program)
- Successful completion of an interview with the Elementary Education Committee or a faculty designee
- Positive recommendations as a strong candidate for teaching by the instructors of EDU 201, 201L, and 311 and by the public school teacher who supervised Educational Policy & Practice Lab (EDU 201L)
Once admitted to the program, students become teacher candidates, form a cohort, and are immersed in Education coursework during the spring semester of their junior year and fall semester of their senior year. Recommendation for licensure in North Carolina occurs upon completion of all program requirements, usually in the spring of the senior year.
Teaching licenses are issued through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. All licensing questions should be addressed to Tracy Stegman (stegmath@wfu.edu), the WFU Department of Education Licensure Officer.
Elementary Education Course of Study
Elementary Education students should be formally admitted to the program by January 1st of their Junior year.
Spring Junior Year
- EDU 205 – Developing Literacy and Communication Skills in Elementary Schools
- EDU 307 – Instructional Design, Assessment, and Technology
- EDU 203 – Methodology and Management Lab
- EDU 295 – Teaching Elementary Social Studies
- EDU 296 – Elementary Mathematics Methods: Inquiry Teaching and Learning
- EDU 298 – Elementary Science Methods: Inquiry Teaching and Learning
- EDU 312 – Teaching Exceptional Children
Fall Senior Year
- EDU 204 – Integrating Literacy, Technology and the Arts across the Elementary Curriculum
- EDU 206 – Assessment for Positive Student Outcomes
- EDU 250 – Student Teaching/Seminar: Elementary
Spring Senior Year
- EDU 300 – School Collaboration, Service, and Leadership
Choose one or both from:- EDU 221 – Children's Literature
- EDU 315 – Literacy Interventions
In addition to or as part of lower division requirements, all education majors take at least one course in science (Biology, Chemistry or Physics), one course in mathematics, and ANT 111.
*Foreign Language Concentration: 18 hours including:
- EDU 354 – Content Pedagogy
and - French 212 or 213, 216, 315, 319, and 320
or - Spanish 213, 316, 317, 318, and 319
or - German 210 or 212, 218, 317, 320 or 321, and 349 or 381, and 383 or 385.
For information or advising, please contact Janet Littleton.
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You may download the Elementary Education Course of Study in PDF form, or for more assistance, Prospective Elementary Education majors should contact Janet Littleton.
The Elementary Education Application can be downloaded and filled out using Adobe Acrobat [How to type on a PDF], and should be then submitted to Janet Littleton.