Initial Approval of Specialty Program

Recommendations from Review Panel Regarding Programs to Prepare

Teachers of Integrated Science: Secondary (DI)

January 6, 2005

Institution: Eastern Michigan University

Program Level		Major (# Credits)	Minor (# Credits)		Comprehensive Group Major (# Credits)	Group Minor (# Credits)			Additional Endorsement Only (# Credits)
Elementary
Secondary					52
K-12
Source of Standards/Guidelines: Michigan State Board of Education								Pub. Date: 8-8-02
Program Assessment Summary/Recommendation
X	Meets all standards and requirements			Not all standards and requirements are met			Insufficient documentation for program review
X	Approval			Program is not Approvable as Presented
Standards/Requirements Not Met:
Additional information needed/action to be taken:
Comments: Under Section V. Program Information, the institution states, “A student receiving a DI endorsement is NOT qualified to teach specific content courses in biology or chemistry or earth science or physics.” The reviewers wish to note that a candidate who is DI secondary endorsed is nonetheless approved to teach chemistry, physics, biology, and earth-space science in grades 7-12. The Program Information section stated that “Our comprehensive major has at least 56 science (plus math) content hours…” The reviewers recorded 52 hours in this comprehensive group major. Math courses are not counted in the comprehensive Integrated Science major. The Reviewers were impressed with the amount of detail in the narrative explanations for the matrix. The reviewers were pleased with the interdisciplinary character of the physics labs. The institution is encouraged to begin collecting outcome data related to the Integrated Science: Secondary standards because outcome data will be the basis of subsequent periodic reviews.