Secondary Education

Description

Secondary education is a career in which you can realize the satisfaction of helping others while working in a supportive, educational setting that will constantly challenge you to grow and learn.As a secondary teacher, you will be called upon to:

• Teach the basic skills, content and methods of learning in your field.
• Respect the individual differences in development, attitude and learning needs of teens as they respond to new situations.
• Work with other educators to plan for a learning environment that will challenge all students.
• Share yourself and your commitment to teaching with the community as you work on behalf of its youth.

Kansas State University’s College of Education offers a secondary education program that combines some of the best features of both large and small schools. Because K-State is a large, multipurpose university, its colleges offer strong, specialized course work in your chosen content area.

Careers

In today’s market, teachers prepared to teach in more than one field are in great demand. Career and Employment Services can advise you which teaching fields or combination of fields are currently in greatest demand. Severe and moderate teacher shortages are occurring in several secondary fields.Many career opportunities other than classroom teaching exist for those trained in secondary education. These include:

• Athletic coach
• Community/junior college teacher
• Counselor
• Curriculum director or developer
• Reading specialist
• Researcher
• School administrator or director
• Special education teacher or coordinator
• State or federal agency staff
• Vocational technical school staff
• Youth or recreation agency staff
• Training and development
• Human resources
• Sales
• Customer service
• Publishing and technical writing
• Consulting
• Nonprofits

Depending on your teaching field, many other careers that demand specialized communication, technical or vocational skills may be open to you. Teachers have opportunities to work closely with people in the media, the arts, business and industry, sports and government.

Degree options

The College of Education offers a degree in secondary education for all teaching fields previously listed except those noted here:

• The music teaching degree is earned through the College of Arts & Sciences.
• The family and consumer science teaching degree is earned in the College of Human Ecology.
• Agricultural education teachers earn a degree in the College of Agriculture.

A list of the courses you should take to be licensed in a given teaching field may be obtained from the College of Education student website.
The professional portion of your program will include courses introducing teaching as a career, learning and development, educational psychology, methods of teaching, foundations of education, special education, and multicultural and interpersonal relations. You will learn about the uses of a variety of technologies in the classroom, how to help students with reading in your content field, and how to adjust teaching methods to the needs of exceptional students.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline February (for scholarships), May (for Fall intake), October (for Spring intake) Tuition fee

• USD 274 Module (National)
• USD 727 Module (International)

Tuition fee per 1 credit.

Start date January,August 2015 Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

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English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

International admission:

• Online international student undergraduate application
• $80 USD application fee
• A copy of your passport photo page
• Affidavit of Financial Support (pdf) and bank statement
• High school and university transcripts

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Kansas State University.

Funding

Earn part of the $21 million K-State awards each year in scholarships. They're awarded based on academics, activities, service and financial need.

Students are awarded only one academic or leadership scholarship, where the highest eligible dollar amount is given. Supplemental awards can increase these awards, but the prestigious Presidential Scholarship replaces any other award.

Accreditation

Kansas State University has been providing quality education to the residents of Kansas, the country and the world for the last 150 years.

Located in a community with nearly 60,000 people and more than 24,000 students, we are able to provide a safe and supportive environment for our students.

Kansas State University has 3 campus locations, two of which, Manhattan and Salina, have complete academic programs and on-campus housing. Olathe is the third and newest extension of the university, focusing on collaborating with industry and Kansas City K-12 schools.

Accreditation

Kansas State University has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools since 1916.