English (9-12) Education, B.A.

Educational Outcomes

English language arts (ELA) teachers know what it means to be a literate citizen in the 21st century, acknowledging that the parameters of literacy are constantly shifting and expanding. ELA teachers know and are able to apply the language of the discipline of English language arts appropriate for the developmental level of students and different grade level expectations. Teachers of ELA know and understand literacy processes to facilitate continuous growth in and beyond the classroom. ELA teachers recognize the importance of language practice in contexts within and beyond the academic environment of the classroom in preparation for success in a global society.

1. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied theories and teaching applications for texts representing a global, multicultural, historical, and contemporary spectrum of literature.
2. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied teaching applications for a range of works of literacy theory and criticism and an understanding of their effect on reading and interpretive approaches.
3. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied theories and teaching applications of a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts appropriate to high school.
4. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied theories and teaching applications of print and non-print texts.
5. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied teaching applications that integrate time for and practice of composition in all aspects of writing.
6. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied theories and teaching applications of aesthetic and rhetorical conventions.
7. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to connect reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing processes.
8. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use varied theories and teaching applications of the conventions of English appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context.
9. Graduates will demonstrate and in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use individual language acquisition and development, recognizing the impacts of cultural, economic, political, and social environments upon language.
10. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to integrate a variety of instructional strategies and assessments to develop understanding of media, visual, aural, and critical literacies.
11. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to use multimodality as a way to enhance or transform the meaning of composing, reading, and analyzing print and non-print communication.
12. Graduates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and an ability to acquire, organize, evaluate, and creatively use multimodal information.

GPA 2.75