Middle Grade Math
Middle-Grade Math
Any teacher candidate applying for an initial IL teaching license and seeking a subsequent middle-grade mathematics endorsement to be added to an elementary or secondary/high school initial Professional Educator License will need to meet Illinois middle-grade mathematics requirements of
- 18 semester hours, including the 2-hour MATH 325 methods course
- Pass the middle level mathematics content exam
Any mathematics course counted toward the middle-grade endorsement must have a final grade of C- or higher.
Required for Math and Secondary Education Majors
- Complete mathematics major and secondary education major, including MATH 324 Theories and Methods of Teaching High School Mathematics and MATH 325 Theories and Methods of Teaching Middle-School Mathematics
Required for Elementary Majors (10 hrs.)
- Mathematics courses toward general education (4 hrs. required toward CatC’s AAQR tag):
- MATH 107 Finite Mathematics (4 hrs.)
or
MATH 263 Introduction to Statistics (4 hrs.)
- MATH 107 Finite Mathematics (4 hrs.)
- MATH 125 Mathematics for Elementary and Middle-School (4 hrs. for elementary education majors) Offered only in fall semester, must be taken prior to EDUC 315 and only required for Elementary education majors seeking the middle-grade math endorsement
- MATH 325 Theories and Methods of Teaching Middle-School Mathematics (2 hrs.) Offered spring semester of junior or senior year
Additional Course Options (8 hrs)
Select hours from the following areas:
- MATH 263 Introduction to Statistics (4 hrs., if not taken as CatC’s AAQR tag)**
- Calculus (MATH 231- 4 hrs.; MATH 232-4 hrs.); [Math 233, 234 if granted as AP Credit]**
- Modern Algebra or Number Theory or Linear Algebra
- Geometry (MATH 362- 4 hrs)**
- Discrete Mathematics (MATH 243- 4 hrs.)**
- MATH 301 Introduction to Upper-Level Mathematics
- MATH 333 Differential Equations
** Recommended, due to middle-grade math content
Practica Options
- Students who already know by sophomore year that they are majoring in Mathematics and Secondary Education or are getting the Middle-School Mathematics Endorsement should be placed in a middle- school for their 225L practicum.
- If not placed in a middle-school for 225L, students have the option of taking the Middle-Grade Practicum 405L/507L or of student teaching in a middle-school to fulfill the requirements of the middle grade endorsement.