Pre-Service

Here is an excerpt from the NCHE Final Position Paper on TAH related to Pre-Service Teaching

THE PRESSING NEED FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING IN HISTORY AND FOR ONGOING PROFEESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING BOTH HISTORICAL CONTENT AND HISTORICAL THINKING

In 2008, fewer than 1/3 of current history teachers had both majored in history and were certified to teach History at the high school level (as opposed to 71% of English teachers and 64% of Math teachers)

Moreover, 1/3 of high school history teachers had not even majored in history. In 2001, 59% of elementary school students and 44% of middle school students were taught by teachers with neither a major nor minor in history in college.

All of the major professional organizations in history and history education (AHA, OAH,NCHE, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History) have published studies persuasively arguing that this lack of background in history means that teachers are not prepared to teach American history to the nation’s students.

Join professional organizations and network with teacher leaders who can help you get jobs and provide guidance

Know your professional organizations; they are a good source of help for new teachers:
ECONOMICS - Oklahoma Council on Economic Education
GENERAL - Oklahoma Council for Social Studies
GEOGRAPHY - Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
GOVERNMENT - Law Related Education - Oklahoma Bar Association
HISTORY - Oklahoma Council for History Education

Resident Teacher Program

OSDE Resident Teacher Program

UCO History and Geography Department Alumni

Elementary
Middle School/Junior High

Ty Beasley - (Western Heights)
Reed Dees - Jones MS
Shane Sanders - (Mid-Del)

High School

John Baldridge - Mount St. Mary's HS
John Childress - Northwest Classen HS
Abby Frick - Edmond Santa Fe HS
Lacey Goodger - Edmond North HS
Stacey Sill - Midwest City HS

OKCouncilForHistoryEducation

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