Students pursuing Library Media Specialist Stand-Alone certification must pass the Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA) 042 Library Media Specialist and achieve a passing composite score on the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES) summative evaluation to be eligible for certification. Candidates may pursue this in conjunction with the Master of Arts in Teaching if they are pursuing initial certification as a library media specialist. Candidates must also satisfy the following professional requirements and field experience core in addition to the Library Media Specialist Core in order to be eligible for their initial professional certificate (IPC) from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE):
Professional Requirements
32 hours (includes 6 hours applicable toward MAT core + 9 hours applicable toward MAT electives)
- EDUC 201 Professional Growth and Folio Development I (Must be taken first semester of enrollment)
- EDUC 203 Teaching in a Diverse Society (Must be taken with EDUC 201)
- ECTA 323 Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making
- EDPS 383 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDUC 303 Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction
- EDUC 573 Applications of Technology
- PSYC 553 Advanced Human Development
- EDUC 401 Professional Growth and Folio Development II (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching)
- EDPS 453/553 The Exceptional Child
- EDRD 423/523 Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience3
- ETOP 423/523 Classroom and Behavior Management
- EDTR 413/513 Trauma Informed Classroom (must be taken concurrently with LBCL 5709 and LBCL 5703)
Field Experience Core
14 hours (includes 12 hours applicable toward MAT electives)
- EDUC 210 Field Experience I Seminar (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211)
- EDCL 211 Teaching Field Experience I (one field experience must be in an elementary school and the other in a middle or secondary school)
- EDCL 220 Transfer Field Experience [required for students who transfer in a course for EDCL 211 who do not have a MEES (or equivalent) evaluation]
- EDUC 410/510 Field Experience II Seminar (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511)
- EDCL 411/511 Teaching Field Experience II
- LBCL 5703 Student Teaching: Library Media Specialist4
- LBCL 5709 Student Teaching: Library Media Specialist3
- EDUC 470 Student Teaching Professional Development Seminar (must be taken concurrently with LBCL 5709 and LBCL 5703)
View the MBU Graduate Bulletin for more information.