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SAFE: Liability Insurance

 

SAFE

All teacher candidates entering their senior year practicum must purchase liability insurance. The following options are available:

  • American Federation of Teachers (Mississippi)

    1-800-227-MAFT or maftpres@aol.com

  • Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE)

    1-888-294-0159 or tmcclay@nea.org
    www.nea.org

    Note: By joining MAE you automatically become of member of UM organizations Teachers of Tomorrow, Teachers of Tupelo & DeSoto, SAME, and the National Education Association

  • Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE)

    1-800-523-0269 or www.mpe.org

Education Minor

(18 Credit Hours)

 

Purpose: To enlighten the general public about the teaching profession with the goal of developing a k-12 educationally literate populace. Issues in education related to pedagogy, child development, philosophy, and foundations are focus areas of this minor.

Students wanting to get a minor in Education must take the following courses:

  • EDFD 209 Foundations in Education (3)
  • EDSP 308 Introduction to Special Education (3)
  • EDAV 427 Educational Technology (3)
  • And 9 additional hours of education courses at the 300 level or higher.

 

Math Education Minor

(18 Credit Hours)

 

[Note:] The Math Education minor is not approved for majors within the College of Liberal Arts.

Students wanting to get a minor in Math Education must take the following courses:

  • EDFD 209 Foundations in Education (3)
  • EDSP 308 Introduction to Special Education (3)
  • EDSE 410 Seminar in Secondary Education (3)
  • Math 245 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (3)
  • Math 246 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (3)
  • Math 390 Techniques in Teaching Secondary Math (3)

 

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