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Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education
Program Coordinator and Advisor:
Dr. Dana Wilber, Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education
wilberd@mail.montclair.edu, University Hall Room 3173
Associate School Library Media Specialist (ALMS) Certification
The Associate School Library Media Specialist Program is a 21 credit program designed to provide graduate students with certification as an Associate School Library Media Specialist. Students who apply to this program must hold a bachelor's degree in a liberal arts field, a standard NJ instructional certificate or CEAS, complete The Graduate Admissions & Support Services Application, and meet the Office of Graduate Admissions & Support Services requirements.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
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Required Courses (9 Semester Hours)
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| Number |
Name |
Hours |
| MEDI 503 |
Critical Basics of Media and Technology Production - offered fall semester |
3 |
| MEDI 504 |
The Role of the Media Specialist |
3 |
| READ 503 |
Literature for Adolescents - offered fall, spring and summer Semesters |
3 |
| MEDI 506 |
Evaluation and Selection of Educational Media - offered spring Semester |
3 |
| MEDI 505 |
Access and Application of Educational Media |
3 |
| EDTC 520 |
Integrating Technology across the Elementary Curriculum - offered by the Department of Curriculum and Teaching fall semester |
3 |
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| EDTC 530 |
Integrating Technology across the Secondary Curriculum - offered by the Department of Curriculum and Teaching spring semester |
3 |
| MEDI 615 |
Supervised Field Experience in Educational Technology |
3 |
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Additional Student Responsibilities:
- Students are responsible for seeking advisement from their academic advisor for registration and completion of degree requirements.
- Students are responsible for completing the Physiology and Hygiene requirement and Speech requirement for state certification.
- It is the student's responsibility to be familiar with all policies designated in the Graduate Catalog and the current Center of Pedagogy Teacher Education Handbook.
- In order to complete the program, students must file the proper audit forms in the Registrar's Office: October 1st for May completion, March 1st for August completion, and June 1st for January completion.
- Applications for Certification are required to be submitted to the Registrar's Office during the following period: October 15th to November 15th for January completion, March 15th to April 15th for May completion, and July 1st to August 1st for August completion.
- Any variation from this work program must be approved by the Office of Graduate Admissions & Support Services through the proper filing of a substitution form.
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