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T-PREP – Middle School Math – AA to BA in Education & Human Development

The Partnership for Rural Educator Preparation (T-PREP) is a unique and flexible program that provides tomorrow’s teachers who are living and/or working in rural communities with a way to earn a four-year degree and teaching license without leaving home.

4 Year Schedule for Middle School Math – AA to BA in Education & Human Development

4-year plan is designed to be taken in sequence as specified in each year. Exception is core courses which can be shifted between semesters or taken during summer semester during Otero College first two years.

Schedule – Year 1 (31 Credit Hours) Otero College

Semester 1 (14 Credit Hours)Credits
COM 1150 – Public Speaking OR
COM 1250 – Interpersonal Communications: GT-SS3
3
ENG 1021 – English Composition I: GT-CO13
MAT 1260 – Intro to Statistics: GT-MA13
MAT 2410 – Calculus I: GT-MA15
Semester 2 (17 Credit Hours)Credits
⁴ ECE 1088 – Practicum I2
⁴ EDU 2211 – Intro to Education3
EDU 2611 – Teaching, Learning & Technology3
ENG 1022 – English Composition II: GT-CO23
HIS 1210 – U.S. History to Reconstruction OR
Any GT-HI1 approved course
3
MAT 2500 – Intro to Proof and Reasoning3

Schedule – Year 2 (35 Credit Hours) Otero College

Semester 1 (17 Credit Hours)Credits
⁵ EDU 2088 – Practicum II2
⁵ EDU 2401 – Teaching Exceptional Learners3
MAT 2562 –Diff Eq/Engineer Application: GT-MA14
PHY 1111 – Physics: Alg-based I w/lab: GT-SC1
Otero offers this course during fall term, once only every other year
5
PSY 2440 – Human Growth & Development: GT-SS33
Semester 2 (18 Credit Hours)Credits
Any ART prefixed GT approved course3
A Behavorial Science GT approved course.
Recommend:
PSY 2441 – Child Development: GT-SS3
3
EDU 2341 – Multicultural Education3
LIT 1015 – Intro to Literature I: AH23
PSC 1011 – American Government: SS13
SCI 1105 – Science in Society: SC13
AA degree earned with 60 credits
• Gen Ed Courses may be taken in any order
• C or higher required in English Comp courses
• ENG & MAT 000 level courses do not apply to this degree plan
• Apply for CU Denver Year 2, Semester 2 (need a 2.3 GPA)
• Any courses transferred into Otero for AA must also be evaluated by CU Denver Advisor to ensure ultimate transfer to CU Denver
• If student is not Calculus 1 ready there are two additional courses:
o MAT 121 College Alg (4) (F/S/S) and MAT 122 Trig (3 c) (F/S)

⁴ Denotes clinical blocks courses must be taken together
⁵ Denotes clinical blocks courses must be taken together

Schedule – Year 3 (35-56 Credit Hours) University of Colorado Denver (at Otero College)

Summer 1 (3 Credit Hours)Credits
MTED 3040: Math for Elem Teachers3
Semester 1 (Literacy Learning Clinical Block) (17 Credit Hours)Credits
⁶ EDHD - 2930*: Learning & Dev2 or 3
⁶ CLDE - 2000: Foundations of CLDE3
⁶ SPED - 4400: Universal Design for Learning3
Any Core Cultural Diversity Course3
Semester 2 (15 Credit Hours)Credits
⁷ EDHD - 3930*: Diverse Learners3
⁷ EDFN - 4010*: Social Foundations & Cultural Diversity3
⁷ SPED - 4300: Family, Professional, and Community Collaboration3
⁷ CLDE - 4020*: Responsive Classroom Communities3
MTED - 4623: Geom Ways Of Reasg OR one of this sequence3
Take MS Math Praxis #5169
Summer Semester (6 credit hours)Credits
STME 4001*: Intro to Pedagogy for STEM3
MTED 4621: A World of (Different) Numbers Quantity and Operation OR one of this sequence3

Schedule – Year 4 (25 Credit Hours) Professional Year (PY) Residency

PY Residency Semester 1 (13 Credit Hours)Credits
UEDU 4931 – Residency Internship & Learning Comm Sem I 2
UEDU 4932 - Residency Internship & Learning Comm Sem II2
MTED 4622: Expanding Conceptions of Algebra OR one of this sequence3
MTED 4300: Cur & Methods for Tchg Math (Hybrid)3
LCRT 4100: Secondary Literacy Instruction Assessment3
PY Residency Semester 2 (12 Credit Hours)Credits
MTED 4301: Assmt & Eq in Math Instr (Online)3
UEDU - 4050 Capstone: Elem/ECE Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment3
STME 4051: Capstone (Zoom in)3
UEDU 4933: Res Intshp & Lrng Com Sem III6
ALL PY Courses & Residency Internships Must Be Taken Exactly as Shown Above
BA degree & ECE Teaching License earned with 126 credits
⁶ Courses must be taken together
⁷ Courses must be taken together
• Apply to Professional Year Residency in Year 3 Semester 2, 3.0 GPA required
• Pass Praxis (MS Math #5169) before start of Year 4 Semester 2
• All courses during PY Residency and (*) courses must be passed with B- or better
• Student can also take and pass secondary math Praxis (#5161) to add the secondary math 7-12 endorsement to their MS Math License
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