College of Education will add fifth year to program
■ CURRICULUM: The added year will
allow students the opportunity to earn
a master’s degree and to gain more
teaching experience
By Sarah Keech
Higher Education Reporter
Students who wish to teach in middle
schools and high schools will have a new
program at the University’s College of Edu
cation to earn their teaching credentials.
The new program adds a fifth year to a
student’s educational program at the Uni
versity. The fifth year will allow students
who have completed their coursework in
their chosen undergraduate major to spend
an additional year obtaining teaching cre
dentials while also earning a master’s de
gree in education policy and management
instruction.
In previous years, there was no common
curriculum for student teachers to follow.
Now with the state reforming the core cur
riculum for the K-12 grade level programs,
credential programs can now develop their
own curriculum to better prepare student
teachers.
“The goal of this new program is to pre
pare teachers so they will all be at equal
levels upon graduation,” Martin Kaufman,
dean of the College of Education, said.
The College of Education also plans to
integrate the special education and general
education programs so that all future teach
ers will have experience in both fields.
“With only 50 percent of today’s high
school students preparing to go on to col
lege, it is necessary for teachers to know
how to deal with a diverse student body,”
Kaufman said.
Because the University’s program is far
more affordable than similar programs at
private colleges and universities, and be
cause the College of Education was recent
ly nationally ranked by U.S. News and
World Report, student interest in the pro
gram is expected to rise, Kaufman ex
plained.
“The program is expected to increase the
number of students coming to the Univer
sity as undergraduates who plan to stay
here for the additional fifth year to earn
their master’s degree and teaching creden
tials,” Kaufman said.
The 12-month graduate program begins
next school year and is open to students
who wish to teach the subjects they are ma
joring in, including English, foreign lan
guage, math, science and social studies.
Students interested in the program can
still apply for next year.
“Because the program has changed this
past year, the application process is differ
ent as well,” said Linda Kelm of the De
partment of Education Leadership, Tech
nology and Administration.
Applications are usually due in March,
but because the program is new, the admis
sions process will be rolling, and applica
tions will be accepted until June, Kelm
said.
Students interested in the program can
contact the College of Education at 346
1497 to receive additional information and
request an application.
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dent program incidental fees
without cutting programs. In ad
dition, he said he would like to
work with Secretary of State Phil
Keisling on placing the Over-re
alized Fund into an interest bear
ing account.
After the incidental fee process
is finished at the end of each
year, the interest from the Over
realized Fund, which contains
more than $800,000, could then
be applied to the budget to re
duce incidental fees for the stu
dent body. The Over-realized
Fund would not be “dipped”
into to reduce fees and would
still be available for emergency
use, said Ositis.
In addition, Ositis and Terry
plan to make sure all budget
benchmarks are met and the stu
dent senate is kept in line. Ositis
would also like to make sure that
the power to distribute incidental
fee money is not taken out of stu
dents’ hands. Ositis and Terry
would have liked to have worked
toward a “tuition freeze” but next
year the Legislature will be out of
session.
“Our motto is people have a
right to be apathetic, but apathy is
not an option for us,” Ositis said.
Terry and Ositis say they have
worked well together for quite a
while. Terry was Ositis’ campaign
manager for ASUO Executive last
year and is a staff writer for Ore
gon Voice this year.
Ositis is the director of the
ASUO Designated Driver Shuttle
and is in charge of the day-to-day
operations of the shuttle. In part
because of this he said he knows
how to delegate and deal with ad
ministrative duties. DDS is locat
ed in the ASUO office, so he said
he knows what goes on in the of
fice and how things are run. In ad
dition, Ositis was a candidate for
ASUO President last year and a
candidate for Student Senate in
the 1995 elections.
Another goal is a late-night or
24-hour computer lab, plans for
which are certainly feasible, Osi
tis said. The basement of the
EMU may be a late night area in
the near future due to the renova
tion plans.
Although Ositis and Terry do
not plan to make parking a prior
ity, they believe that parking is “a
huge problem” and will work to
ward achieving a tangible solu
tion. Ositis says the trick to in
creasing the number of parking
spaces on campus is to make
parking look appealing to the
University administration.
When asked why students
should vote for the Ositis/Terry
ticket, Ositis said, “I really like
helping people, and this is just
one hell of a cool campus. Dayna
is sharp, she’s on the ball, she
knows her stuff, and she knows
how to get in there and get things
done.”
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