Elementary Education
Elementary Education Major
Crossroads views the training of Christian school teachers as a particularly fruitful ministry opportunity. The Elementary Education major is designed to prepare competent teachers for private Christian elementary schools and for teaching elementary-age students on the mission field. A partial list of objectives is given below. Upon completion of this major the student will be able to:
- Appreciate teachers' role of modeling a Christian spiritual and educational lifestyle to students, other teachers, and administrative personnel.
- Present the plan of salvation and principles of Christian growth relevant to students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Understand teaching and teaching methodology.
- Understand the social, spiritual, physical, and educational needs of children in order to teach them effectively.
- Develop measured proficiency in the preparation and delivery of classroom lessons.
- Understand the process and be able to integrate aspects of the curriculum into a unified approach to knowledge.
- Understand the differing learning styles of students and develop teaching approaches to accommodate each learning style.
- Be able to complement actual teaching with proper preparation and follow up, including record keeping, lesson plan preparation, test developing and grading, parental contact, playground responsibilities, and other duties required by contract.
- Become familiar with the legal issues which confront Christian schools.
- Understand the racial and cultural diversity within a given classroom so as to be able to fit teaching to the cultural nuances of the students.
B.S. and B.Min. students majoring in Elementary Education must complete the following courses:
| CS 211 | The Christian Elementary School | 3 credits |
| CS 301 | Christian Philosophy of Education | 3 credits |
| CS 312 | Teaching Language Arts | 3 credits |
| CS 313 | Teaching Mathematics | 3 credits |
| CS 404 | Teaching Natural Science | 3 credits |
| CS 405 | Teaching the Social Sciences | 3 credits |
| CS 499 | Christian School Teaching Internship | 3 credits |
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| CE 212 | Principles and Methods of Teaching | 3 credits |
| CS --- | Any 300-400 level Elementary Education course | 3 credits |
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First Year | ||||
 | Fall Semester | | Spring Semester | |
| GL 100 Crossroads Experience | 1 | CP 101 Personal Evangelism | 3 | |
| BI 101 Old Testament Survey 1 | 3 | BI 102 Old Testament Survey 2 | 3 | |
| GL 101 College Study and Life | 3 | BI 103 Bible Study Methods | 3 | |
| BT 102 Building a Biblical Life | 3 | GL 111 English Composition 2 | 3 | |
| GL 103 English Composition 1* | 3 | GL 112 Public Speaking | 3 | |
| GS 103 Introduction to Computers | 3 | |||
Total Credits: | 16 | Total Credits: | 15 | |
*Students not scoring above a specified level on the ACT or SAT test must take GL 102 English Grammar before registering for GL 103 English Composition 1. | ||||
Second Year | ||||
| Fall Semester | | Spring Semester | |
| CE 201 Intro to Christian Ed | 3 | CU 203 Culture, Race & Church | 3 | |
| CM 201 Introduction to Missions | 3 | BT 204 Systematic Theology 2 | 3 | |
| BT 203 Systematic Theology 1 | 3 | BI 205 New Testament Survey 2 | 3 | |
| BI 204 New Testament Survey 1 | 3 | CS 211 Christian Elem School | 3 | |
| GS 206 Geo & Culture of the Ancient Near East | 3 | GS --- Hist/Soc Science elect** | 3 | |
Total Credits: | 15 | Total Credits: | 15 | |
**B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??. | ||||
Third Year | ||||
| Fall Semester | | Spring Semester | |
| CS 301 Christian Philosophy Ed | 3 | BT 306 Dev of Comp American Evangelicalism | 3 | |
| BT 305 Systematic Theology 3 | 3 | CS 312 Teaching Language Arts | 3 | |
| BI 307 Hermeneutics | 3 | CS 313 Teaching Math | 3 | |
| BI --- Bible elective** | 3 | CC 314 Biblical Counseling | 3 | |
| CS --- Element Ed elective*** | 3 | GS --- Social Science elective** | 3 | |
| GS --- History elective** | 3 | ------ General elective | 3 | |
Total Credits: | 18 | Total Credits: | 18 | |
| **B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??. ***Elementary education electives are listed on page ??. | ||||
Fourth Year | ||||
| Fall Semester | | Spring Semester | |
| CS 404 Teaching Nat Science | 3 | GL 401 Senior Seminar | 2 | |
| CS 405 Teaching Social Science | 3 | CS 499 Christian School Intern | 3 | |
| BI --- Bible elective** | 3 | BI --- Bible elective** | 3 | |
| BT --- Theology elective** | 3 | GL --- Literature elective** | 3 | |
| CS --- Element Ed elective*** | 3 | ------ Worldview elective** | 3 | |
| GS --- Science elective** | 3 | |||
Total Credits: | 18 | Total Credits: | 14 | |
| **B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??. ***Elementary education electives are listed on page ?? | ||||
