Elementary Education
There are two pathways for completing licensure in Elementary Education:
- Completing a content major and the list of required education courses, or
- Completing the Elementary Education: Teaching for Social Justice Major.
All Elementary Education licensure candidates complete requirements for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Endorsement as a part of their program. The two pathways are listed in the following sections.
Elementary Education: Teaching for Social Justice Major
Successful completion of the following program at Regis may qualify a student to be recommended for licensure as an elementary teacher in Colorado. Students pursuing this major complete coursework for a Special Education Generalist Endorsement and also the required coursework for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse endorsement.
| Code | Title | SHs |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division Requirements | ||
| ED 204 | Foundations of Ed for Diverse Learners | 3.00 |
| ED 306 | Assessment of Learning | 3.00 |
| ED 380E-W | Field Experience | 0.00 |
| MT 225 | Mastery of Foundational Mathematics | 3.00 |
| PSY 250 | General Psychology | 3.00 |
| Physical Education and Health Science Course | ||
| Upper Division Requirements | ||
| ED/EDSP 401 | Introduction to Special Education | 3.00 |
| ED 403A | Teaching Reading and Writing | 3.00 |
| ED 403C | Emergent Literacy | 3.00 |
| ED 410 | Writing Instruction- Elem Educators | 3.00 |
| ED 417 | Elementary Student Teaching | 11.00 |
| or ED 416 | Elementary Student Teaching-5th Yr Stdnt | |
| ED 419 | 6.00 | |
| ED 439 | Field Exp Culturally Linguistically Div | 0.00 |
| ED 447 | Reading Multicultural Lit Elem Classrm | 3.00 |
| ED/EDLD 485 | Strategies TESOL/TEFL/CLD | 3.00 |
| ED 495 | Student Teacher Seminar | 0-1 |
| EDLD/EDSP 403 | Assessment in the Inclusive Classroom | 3.00 |
| EDLD 451 | Diversity Equity and Social Justice | 3.00 |
| EDLD 475 | Linguistics TESOL/TEFL/CLD | 3.00 |
| Teaching for Social Justice Component | ||
| Academic Discipline Concentration | ||
| ED 300 | Physical & Cultural Geography | 3.00 |
| ED 407 | Social Studies for Elementary Teachers | 3.00 |
| RCC 430M | Search for Meaning | 3.00 |
| Special Education Focus | ||
| EDSP 380 | Special Education Practicum | 0.00 |
| EDSP 402 | Collaboration and Partnerships | 3.00 |
| EDSP 404 | Methods & Strategies- Special Education | 3.00 |
| EDSP 405 | Literacy Intervention- Special Education | 3.00 |
| EDSP 406 | Social and Behavioral Interventions | 3.00 |
| Total SHs | 77-78 | |
Additional Elementary Education Licensure Requirements
Candidates for teacher licensure in Elementary Education in the State of Colorado must have received liberal arts preparation in the following areas (courses are taken through Regis College Distributive Core):
Art
Music
United States History
Two Sciences (one Biological and one Physical Science)1
Physical Education and Health (Nutrition, Wellness, Fitness, or First Aid Responder)
General Psychology
- 1
In order for the science courses to meet both the Regis College Core Studies requirements and the teacher licensure requirements, one science course must include a laboratory.
Elementary Education Teacher Licensure Requirements
Successful completion of the following program at Regis may qualify a student to be recommended for licensure as an elementary teacher in Colorado. Students completing this pathway must complete a B.A. or B.S. in a content are in addition to the following courses.
| Code | Title | SHs |
|---|---|---|
| MT 225 | Mastery of Foundational Mathematics | 3.00 |
| ED 204 | Foundations of Ed for Diverse Learners | 3.00 |
| ED 300 | Physical & Cultural Geography | 3.00 |
| ED 306 | Assessment of Learning | 3.00 |
| ED 380E-W | Field Experience | 0.00 |
| PY/PSY 250 | General Psychology | 3.00 |
| ED/EDSP 401 | Introduction to Special Education | 3.00 |
| ED 403A | Teaching Reading and Writing | 3.00 |
| ED 403C | Emergent Literacy | 3.00 |
| ED 410 | Writing Instruction- Elem Educators | 3.00 |
| ED 417 | Elementary Student Teaching | 11.00 |
| or ED 416 | Elementary Student Teaching-5th Yr Stdnt | |
| ED 419 | 6.00 | |
| ED 439 | Field Exp Culturally Linguistically Div | 0.00 |
| ED 447 | Reading Multicultural Lit Elem Classrm | 3.00 |
| EDLD 451 | Diversity Equity and Social Justice | 3.00 |
| ED/EDLD 485 | Strategies TESOL/TEFL/CLD | 3.00 |
| ED 495 | Student Teacher Seminar | 0-1 |
| EDSP/EDLD 403 | Assessment in the Inclusive Classroom | 3.00 |
| EDLD 475 | Linguistics TESOL/TEFL/CLD | 3.00 |
| Total SHs | 59-60 | |
Additional Elementary Education Licensure Requirements
Candidates for teacher licensure in Elementary Education in the State of Colorado must have received liberal arts preparation in the following areas:
- Art
- Music
- United States History
- Two Sciences (one Biological and one Physical Science)1
- Physical Education and Health (Nutrition, Wellness, Fitness, or First Aid Responder)
- General Psychology
- 1
In order for the science courses to meet both the Regis College Core Studies requirements and the teacher licensure requirements, one science course must include a laboratory.