The preparation program ensures that individuals recommended for certification have an acquaintance with the substance, concepts, and methods of the principal areas of human knowledge, and skills essential to communication and inquiry in modern society, by requiring not less than 40 semester hours in a program of general or liberal education. Elementary preparation shall focus on the developmental needs of preadolescents and early adolescents.
Secondary preparation focuses on the developmental needs of early adolescents and adolescents.
All study includes the needs of the exceptional child, including those with handicapping conditions, the gifted and talented, and those with cultural differences. The methods and materials of instruction appropriate to the elementary and middle levels of the middle and secondary levels. I.C. Content Studies 1. Advanced preparation programs are identified. See details under I.B. a major of not less than 30 semester hours or a group major of 36 semester hours, and a planned program of 20 semester hours in other fields deemed appropriate to elementary education.