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Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants for any post-baccalaureate certification program must already hold a bachelor’s degree with a minimum 2.75 cum GPA.
- Any teacher candidate aspiring to enter the Teach Residency accelerated path must first pass the Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA) appropriate to her or his area of certification.
- Candidates who enter the Teach Residency pathway are required to hold a full time placement as teacher of record in an urban Missouri public or charter school.
Program Checklist
Special Education Courses
| Term | Course | Hours |
| Fall I | TCH ED 5310 A/B: Instructional Design | 2 |
| TCH ED 6010 A/B: Examining History, Community, & Social Justice in Education | 2 | |
| ED PSY 6030 A: Instruction, Learning & Assessment | 1 | |
| ED TECH 6135: Tech for Preparing Inquiry-Based Teaching | 1 | |
| Spring I | SPC ED 6346: Reading Instruction & Intervention in Special Education | 3 |
| SPC ED 6412 A/B: Psychology of Exceptional Children | 2 | |
| Summer I | SPC ED 6412: The Law and Special Education | 3 |
| SPC ED 6342: Transition Education for Adult Life | 3 | |
| SPC ED 6325: Advanced Studies in Classroom and Behavior Management | 3 | |
| Fall II | SPC ED 6315 A/B: Understanding Speech & Language Interventions the Assist Children with Special Needs | 2 |
| SPC ED 5989 A/B: Practicum/Internship | 2 | |
| ELE ED 6246: Math Content Pedagogy: Instruction & Assessment | 3 | |
| Spring II | ELE ED 6342 A/B: Addressing Mathematical Needs of Students | 2 |
| ELE ED 6338: Literacy Assessment for Guided Instruction | 3 | |
| ELE ED 6253 A/B: Teaching Social Studies Through Reading, Writing & ELL | 2 | |
| Summer II | ELE ED 6337: Teaching & Learning Literacy in the Elementary Classroom: Teaching Reading & Writing | 4 |
| ED PSY 6220 A/B: Development of School-Age Students | 2 | |
| ELE ED 6241: Science Content Inquiry-Based Instruction & Assessment: STEM Integrated Pedagogy | 2 | |
| For Master's Degree* | TCH ED 6909: Teacher Action Research I | 3 |
| TCH ED 6910: Teacher Action Research Capstone | 3 | |
| ED PSY 6030 B/C: Designing Robust Units | 2 | |
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Certification Only: Certification and Master's Degree: |
42 51* |
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Why Choose Teach Residency?
- Convenient, fast, affordable
- Teach while earning certification
- Two year provisional certification up front
- Interactive course design geared toward practicing teachers in the field
Unique Innovations
- Option of embedded MEd in the certification track, resulting in one additional semester of coursework
- Residence teachers experience ongoing support and success coaching from UMSL faculty throughout the program
- Residence teachers are placed in a cohort, increasing their chance for successful completion
