Guest Speaker 9/15

Today we were very fortunate to have Karen Bevis and Sharon Brown the elementary education advisors from Emporia State come to our classroom. Karen Bevis oversees both the Johnson Country Community College and Kansas City Community College partnership program that allows students to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Emporia at these satellite locations. Sharon Brown is the Advising Office Coordinator for Emporia State’s College of Education.

They were able to answer many questions and explain the program in greater detail.  They provided information on the options for earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Emporia State: attend all classes at the Emporia campus for all 4 years, beginning at JCCC for 2 years and applying for the 2+2 partnership and complete your last 2 years in Johnson County, begin first 2 years at Emporia, transfer to 2+2 partnership for last 2 years and student teach in Johnson Country or complete any of the options at KCCC.

A benefit of Emporia is that you are in the classroom, working with students each semester in block classes. You will take methods and part time student teaching throughout the program to make sure teaching is really for you. Emporia also requires 2 full semesters of student teaching to prepare you for your 1^st year from beginning to end.

The education program requires 100 hours of contact with children before you are admitted to block 1 and the Teaching Internship hours count towards these hours.

 

Each student was encouraged to schedule a college visit and meet with an Education Advisor to make sure the program was for them.

 They also passed along the following links:

http://www.emporia.edu/teach/ncate/documents/SecondaryEdflierfolded.pdf

Secondary programs at ESU

http://www.jccc.edu/campus-visit/schedule-tour.html

 JCCC campus visits

http://www.emporia.edu/elecse/undergrad/

Undergraduate Elementary Education Home Page