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Professional Music Education Courses/Student Teaching
Freshman Requirements: The initial exposure to music education begins during the freshman year when students are required to attend group advisement meeting(s)during the second semester to become familiar with the appropriate music education professional sequence and receive instructions about sophomore observations and MUE 201 Music Education Seminar. Signs for the dates and times of these meetings will be posted on the music education bulletin board.
Sophomore Requirements: MUE 201 Music Education Seminar is offered each semester and must be taken the semester prior to entering the professional sequence (MUE 331 Methods and Materials I). See “Course Sequences”
Sophomore Observations: Students are required to spend three (3) FULL days observing music teachers in the public schools. Each experience will be at a different level and district: (1)elementary, (2)middle/junior high, and (3) senior high choral/instrumental. It is the student ’s responsibility to locate the school,contact the principal and music teacher to make an appointment for each observation. It is recommended these observations be undertaken after taking MUE 201. Appropriate observation forms are available in the office of the coordinator. Forms must be completed and submitted at the first class meeting of MUE 331. Students not complying with these requirements will be dropped from MUE 331. The failure to complete the sophomore observations will necessitate an additional semester to complete the professional sequence.
Sophomore Meeting: Students are required to attend a group advisement meeting to determine the semester in which the professional sequence will begin. Dates and times will be posted on the music education bulletin board. At these meetings,students will be advised to complete the following:
Professional Qualifying Test
Child Abuse Clearance Record
Pennsylvania State Police Act 34 Criminal Clearance
TB/Polio
Passing scores as established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the Pre-Professional
Skills Tests,which include reading,writing,mathematics and listening
Pre-requisite courses (see above)
Results of the above materials must be submitted to the Coordinator prior to the first meeting of MUE 331.
Failure to complete the above can result in removal from the course.
Junior Requirements: MUE 331 Methods and Materials I and MUE 332 Methods and Materials II meet from 8-11 a.m.on either Tuesday or Thursday with the alternate day (T/R)reserved for Field Experiences. Field Experience is for classroom observation and participation in assigned public schools for a minimum of two and one-half hours per week. Courses other than MUE 331 and MUE 332 should NOT be scheduled at 11:00 on Tuesday/Thursday in order to allow for travel time. MUE 333 Instrumental Methods and Materials and MUE 335 Choral Methods and Materials are offered each semester. MUE 337 Instrumental Techniques (an elective course)is offered each Spring only. Interruption of the professional sequence requires the permission of the Chairperson and Coordinator of Music Education.
Potential student teachers must file an Application for Student Teaching during MUE 332. The form is available in the Coordinator ’s office. The required (8 hours) CPR/First Aid course, recognized by the National Red Cross,must be completed during MUE 332. The Praxis Series entitled “Principles of Learning and Teaching K-6 ” or “Principles of Learning and Teaching 7-12 ” should be taken at this time. Students planning to teach outside of the state of Pennsylvania might be required to complete BOTH “Principles of Learning and Teaching ” tests.
Senior Requirements: Seniors who have completed all of the above requirements will be assigned tentative student teaching school placements approximately one month prior to teaching. Assignments will be confirmed or revised during Practicum on the first day of the student teaching semester. Student teachers MUST ATTEND ALL practicum sessions. Dates of practica are posted outside the Coordinator ’s office at the beginning of the semester. Requirements and responsibilities are in the Student Teaching Handbook.
Liability Insurance: Teachers and student teachers have been held legally liable by the Pennsylvania courts for the behavior of learners under their direction. For this reason, it is necessary for the student teacher to be covered by liability insurance. Such insurance is sometimes provided by Homeowners policies already held by parents;it is also available through membership in the student PSEA/NEA.
Teacher Certification: The music education degree qualifies students for Pennsylvania Instructional Certification I.
Requirements include: Passing scores as established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the Pre-Professional Skills Tests,which include reading,writing,mathematics and listening, Completion of MUE 431/432 Student Teaching with a “C ” or better.
An “Application for Certification ” must be completed ONE MONTH before graduation and filed in the Certification Office,Recitation Hall,second floor. For students planning to teach outside of Pennsylvania,contact should be made with the Certification office in the state in which employment is desired.
Professional Qualifying Test
Music Education students must successfully pass all parts of the Professional Qualifying Test in order to begin the Music Education sequence (MUE331 — Elementary Methods).Students failing the sight-singing portion should enroll in MUE001 (PQT remediation).
Professional Sequencing
Information for students to help them to prepare to enter the professional sequences can be found at http://courses.wcupa.edu/kalbert/professionalsequence.html
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