What content areas are available as minors in an elementary education program? Does the board have to approve elementary education content minors?
The board identified the instructional content areas available as minors in an elementary education program as Adaptive PE, Computer Education, English as a New Language (ENL), Exceptional Needs, Fine Arts, World Languages, High Ability, Health, Physical Education, Journalism, Language Arts, Library/Media, Math, Reading, Life Science, Physical Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth/Space Science, Economics, Geographical Perspectives, Government and Citizenship, Historical Perspectives, Psychology, and Sociology. Not all teacher training institutions have approved programs in all content areas. If you are interested in a particular content “minor” as part of your elementary education program you need to research which institutions can offer that content area. 28. Since the teacher education institutions will be responsible for ensuring proficiency in basic skills of the students admitted to their teacher preparation programs, will those institutions have a process to address proficiency dem
