May 27, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Middle Level Education, BSEd


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The Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) in Middle Level Education degree prepares students to teach to children in grades 4 through 8. Upon successful completion of this program, students will earn a bachelor’s degree and be eligible for Pennsylvania teaching certification. 

Student Learning Outcomes


  • Candidates will develop, implement, assess, and modify curriculum and lessons that integrate research-based pedagogy and are developmentally appropriate to their content area, the PA PreK-12 Academic Standards, and concentration level: Middle school. 
  • Candidates will plan, adapt, and implement developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and strategies that integrate appropriate and effective classroom management in various educational settings.
  • Candidates will communicate deep content knowledge as they plan and implement lessons and instructional practices that use active student engagement and formal and/or informal assessment to measure student responsiveness to instruction.
  • Candidates will develop professional dispositions with respect to students, parents and families, and will demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior and professional conduct as stated in Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice & Conduct for Educators.
  • Candidates will identify, administer, and interpret multiple assessments (formative, summative, benchmark, behavioral, diagnostic, cognitive, and/or affective and psychomotor) that are developmentally appropriate and aligned with content area standards and learning objectives to inform planning and instruction for groups and individual students.

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