Tuesday, September 26, 2000 The University Daily Kansan --- Section B · Page 13 for chosen professions Students must pass the PreProfessional Skills Test. Kansas requires this to ensure the public that teachers have basic skills in reading, writing and math. Students enter the School of Education after they complete 45 hours in the college. Continued from page 12B The school also looks at students' character, their extracurricular activities with children, volunteering, and paid or unpaid jobs with children, such as the Special Olympics. Pay for teachers starts at $27,000 and can go to $50,000. Occasionally, districts offer signing bonuses to new teachers, such as the Johnson County Blue Valley school district. Ann Hartley, associate director of University Career and Employment Services, said school districts couldn't offer competitive salaries because they couldn't set teacher salaries. Students in the School of Education for elementary, middle and K-12 have an average 3.40 GPA. Hartley said that Kansas was experiencing it's worst teacher shortage ever. "It ited to be that a teacher had a hard time finding a job, but not anymore," she said. Hartley said the pool of teachers was shrinking, making it hard for school districts to find all the teachers they need. Laurie Nathan, Germantown. Township. ate student, agreed. She graduated with a degree in education from the University and now is in the educa "It used to be that a teacher had a hard time finding a job, but not anymore." Services University Career and Employment Ann Hartley University Career and Employment mistic about prospective jobs. "Everyone is looking, for teachers," she said. 928 Mass. • 843-0611 Burton The School of Education in 1999 had 705 students,which is 3.7 percent of the undergraduate population. But enrollment is up 9.5 percent from 1998 to 1999. 5. School of Journalism Student can enroll in the School of Journalism and Mass Com-munications only after they Associate Dean Linda Davis said the school was popular because of its reputation and its small size. "It's really great to have a smaller group," she said. "It's a home within a home, a smaller social and professional setting." Davis said journalism students at the University make valuable contacts and have an advantage in the professional world. She said that students leaving the journalism school had professional experience with internships The News/Information track has a new curriculum that converges the print and broadcast aspects into one degree, giving students a well-rounded multimedia emphasis. "We've noticed students who graduate with multimedia skills are going for premium money in the marketplace," Davis said. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM advertising. Nathan said she was very opti ■ Enrollment: 699 students. ■ Degrees awarded: 300 in 1999/2000. ■ requirements: 60 hours in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a mini- mum 2.5 GPA. have 60 hours in the CLAS. Ninety percent of the spaces are filled by the students with the highest GPA. The other 10 percent will be chosen among students who petition. A GPA of 2.5 and other factors will be take- SCHOOL OF EDUCATION tion graduate school. She said that she believed the school was popular because there was a demand for good teachers. Katie Jaeger, Columbus, Ohio fifth- year business com- munifications student, came to journalism after Degrees awarded: 705 students in 1888/6/24 Requirements: 45 hours in the College of Liberal Arts and a passing score on the Pre-Professional Skills Test. into account. The school has a new curriculum, involving two tracks. T h e news/infor- used to be called print and broadcast journalism. The strategic communications track includes public relations and leaving the School of Business. She said the school definitely helped with job placement. Jaeger will graduate in May and said she was confident a decent job awaited her because of the strong economy. Regardless of what field a person works in, Jaeger feels a journalism degree is helpful. "I think any kid going into any profession needs communication skills," she said. "It helps in anything you do." The school of journalism had 699 students, 3.67 percent of the undergraduate total. The school granted 300 degrees in the 99-00 school year. Enrollment went up 16.3 percent from 1998 to 1999. — Compiled by Melissa Freedman, Lauren Lenter, Joshua Richards and Veronica Rosas. - Edited by Erin Adamson The Etc. Shop Farmers Insurance is accepting applications for Office Claims Representatives in our National Catastrophe Center and Customer Care Center. 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