In order to successfully complete the B.S. in Music Education Program and be recommended for licensure, students must complete and present their portfolio at a Licensure Roundtable Portfolio Presentation during their final semester at UVM.

The Level I Teaching Licensure Portfolio consists of six entries:

• Entry 1 - Analyzing the Learning Environment
• Entry 2 - Accommodating Students Identified as Having Special Needs
• Entry 3 - Colleagueship and Advocacy
• Entry 4 - Teaching Episodes
• Entry 5 - Teaching Over Time
• Entry 6 - Reflection and Vision

These entries are explicitly aligned with the Five Standards for Vermont Educators and the 16 Principles for Vermont Educators. They provide all candidates seeking licensure as teachers the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

The above Level I Teaching Licensure Portfolio information was taken directly from the Vermont Department of Education website. Detailed information regarding each of these entry areas and how to document them in the portfolio are provided online at the Vermont Department of Education website.

For additional information regarding Vermont Professional Level I Teaching License or licensing procedures for wherever you are planning to teach, students should visit the College of Education and Social Services (CESS) Student Services Office.

Criteria for Recommendation for Licensure
Students will be recommended for licensure upon completion of their program of study and other University of Vermont and licensure requirements.

• Successful completion of Level I Teaching Licensure Portfolio
• Grade of B or better in the Teaching Internship (MU290)
• Recommendation by University Supervisor and Mentor Teacher (Teaching Internship)
• Overall GPA of 3.0*
• Passing of Praxis II

*There is an appeal process for those who do not have a 3.0. Information is available in Student Services, Waterman 528

Music education majors will develop proficiency in the following areas:

• learning
• professional knowledge
• colleagueship
• advocacy
• accountability

Through their academic work at UVM, Music Education majors will demonstrate development in the following 16 Principles for Vermont Educators:

1. The educator has knowledge and skills in the content of his or her endorsement(s) at a level that enables students to meet or exceed the standards represented in both the Fields of Knowledge and the Vital Results of Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities.
2. The educator understands how individuals learn and grow and provides learning opportunities that support intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.
3. The educator understands how individuals and groups differ and creates equitable instructional opportunities that respond to the needs of all students.
4. The educator understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to provide opportunities for all students to meet or exceed the expectations in Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities.
5. The educator creates a classroom climate that encourages respect for self and others, positive social interaction, and personal health and safety.
6. The educator implements, adapts, revises, and, when necessary, creates curriculum based on standards, knowledge of subject matter, and student needs and interests.
7. The educator uses multiple assessment strategies to evaluate student growth and modify instruction to ensure the continuous intellectual, social, physical, and emotional development of every student.
8. The educator integrates students with disabilities into appropriate learning situations.
9. The educator integrates current technologies in instruction, assessment, and professional productivity.
10. The educator understands conditions and actions that would tend to discriminate against students on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, age, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin, and takes proactive steps to address discrimination.
11. The educator works as a Team member and establishes collaborative relationships with school colleagues, parents, agencies and others in the broader community to support students' learning and well being, and to implement the school's goals and articulated curriculum.
12. The educator recognizes multiple influences on students inside and outside the school and accesses appropriate support for students.
13. The educator understands laws related to student and educator rights and responsibilities, and applies current state and federal laws and regulations as they pertain to all children, including those who are at risk and those with disabilities, and treats students and colleagues fairly and equitably.
14. The educator grows professionally, through a variety of approaches, to improve professional practice and student learning.
15. The educator assesses student progress in relation to standards and modifies curricula and instruction, as necessary, to improve student learning.
16. The educator maintains useful records of student work and performance and knowledgeably, responsibly, and effectively communicates student progress in relation to standards in a manner easily understood.

During their time in the Music Education program at the University of Vermont, students will develop proficiency at implementing the National Standard for Music Education. They are:

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.