Licensure Options

Heidelberg's Department of Education offers teacher preparation programs that lead to licensure in the State of Ohio and that meet Ohio Department of Education guidelines. While specific elements of teacher licensure vary from state to state, there is sufficient similarity so that the programs offered at Heidelberg will satisfy requirements in many states.
Ohio provisional teaching licenses are awarded to Education Majors in the following areas:

 Early Childhood Education—Pre-K through Grade 3  

This hands-on, classroom-focused program prepares candidates to work in and/or supervise a preschool program along with teaching all subjects in grades K-3 in private or public schools in Ohio. Candidates will graduate with Reading Teacher on their license.

 Advising Sheets

Early Childhood
Early Childhood with Intervention Specialist  

Middle Childhood Education—Grades 4 through 9 

This program focuses on children in the middle grades, specifically grades 4-9. Candidates major in Education with concentrations in two of the academic subjects (Language Arts, Math, Science or Social Studies). We offer all six possible combinations of concentration areas. We also offer the opportunity to obtain the Middle Childhood Generalist license. Candidates will graduate with Reading Teacher on their license. 

Advising Sheets

Middle Childhood
Middle Childhood with Intervention Specialist  

 Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA) Education—Grades 7 through 12 

This content-based program prepares candidates to teach in a specific discipline in grades 7-12. We offer licensure in Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Math, Integrated Social Studies and Integrated Science plus six other single or dual science licenses. Candidates generally major in the academic subject area with Education as a second major.

Advising Sheets

AYA Language Arts Advising Sheet
AYA Math Advising Sheet
AYA Science
AYA Social Studies
AYA with Intervention Specialist  

 Intervention Specialist (Special Education)—Ages 3-21  

This program must be taken as a dual major with one of the above licenses. The program prepares candidates for teaching students with a variety of mild to moderate special needs. 

Advising Sheets

See above

 Multi-Age Education—Pre-K through Grade 12 

This licensure covers students in grades K-12. We offer coursework that leads to licensure in Health Education and Physical Education; candidates can be licensed in either field or can complete a dual (HPE) major. We also offer a Music teaching license that covers all areas of music, although vocal and instrumental (including piano/organ) music concentrations are available. In addition, we offer a foreign language teaching license in both Spanish and German; both programs involve spending two semesters studying in Europe (at The Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Sevilla, Spain, for Spanish majors and at Heidelberg University in Germany for German majors).

 Advising Sheets

Multi-Age German
Multi-Age HPE
Multi-Age Music – Instrumental
Multi-Age Music – Piano
Multi-Age Music – Strings  
Multi-Age Music – Voice
Multi-Age Spanish