This major meets the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners’ requirements for English Language Arts grades 5-12 teaching license (Endorsement 120) with a 5-12 Reading Endorsement (Endorsement 149). Teachers are credentialed to teach all English Language Arts programming and reading interventions.
Secondary education focuses on adolescent and young adult learning. Students interested in a teaching career working with learners in this age range must, in addition to studying content within a discipline (identified as a teaching licensure area by the State of Iowa), meet the requirements for curricular and instructional coursework, and affiliated field experiences, to develop their skills as professional educators.
Students completing this major program will be well prepared to enter the teaching field and to develop the strong knowledge-based critical thinking skills needed by middle and high school students.
Students pursuing the multidisciplinary major English Language Arts for Secondary Education must be accepted into the BVU Teacher Education Program (TEP) and meet the progressive requirements throughout the program as outlined in the description of the TEP Checkpoints. See the Education section of the catalog for the TEP Checkpoints.
Education - General Program Information
The Teacher Education Program