Upon admission to the Education Program, students in elementary education will usually have Professor Plummer or Worthy as their advisor while secondary education students will be assigned to Professor Nystrom. Secondary students will also have an advisor from their major, but they should be certain to go over their registration with Professor Nystrom each term to check on their progress toward certification. All students in Centre's teacher education must demonstrate that they are computer literate. This course is not required, and students may demonstrate computer competency outside this course. What constitutes computer competency is always changing but the current test involves using Word to produce a newsletter with clipart, Excel to make a grade book, a database to print a form letter, Powerpoint to make a slide presentation, the campus network to send e-mail and find web sites.
Students also have to show knowledge of computer terms and issues.
Completing EDU 26 or the computer test or enrollment in EDU 26 is now a prerequisite for admission to the Education Program. This sheet lists the specific course requirements for certification in one's teaching major. Two copies of the appropriate contract are given to each student who applies for admission to the Teacher Education Program. One copy should be retained for personal records and the other should be signed and returned with the application forms. The requirements for certification in each major can be found in section F, Certification Requirements .