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Admission Requirements
I - ADMISSION TO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM
Students may be admitted to the Education Program after
they have earned 48 credits of study (60 credits for Music
Education). To be admitted to the Education Program, all students
must do the following:
- Pass the Praxis I series of the Professional Assessment for
Beginning Teachers. Praxis I is to be taken concurrently
with ED201. Postbaccalaureate students must also take the
content area Praxis II test.
- Achieve a B- or better in ED201, before progressing to
methods courses.
- Earn 3 credits in an English Composition course and 3
credits in an English Literature course with a C- or better.
- Earn 6 credits in two college level math courses: MA100
Structure of the Number System 1 and MA102 Structure of
the Number System 2 with a C- or better in both.
- Upon completion of the above, students will present evidence
of completion of these requirements to their
Education Advisor to apply for admission to the Program.
II - RETENTION IN THE EDUCATION PROGRAM
All students pursuing teacher certification will be
reviewed by the education faculty at the end of each semester.
To maintain standing in the Program, students must:
- Maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
Only courses with a C- or better will be accepted for certification.
- Pass the Program's Professional Rubric. Two failing grades
on this rubric may result in dismissal from the program.
III - ADMISSION TO STUDENT TEACHING
All students pursuing teacher certification will apply for
student teaching in ED432 Pre-Student Teaching Clinical Lab.
(Students in Art, Music, and Family and Consumer Sciences
apply in the semester prior to that in which they intend to student
teach.) In order to be approved for student teaching, all
students must have:
- Been admitted to the Education Program.
- Maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
- Passed the Program's Professional Rubric.
- Achieved a B- or better in ED432 Pre-Student Teaching
Clinical Lab. (Students in Art, Music, and Family and
Consumer Sciences must achieve a B- or better in their secondary
methods course, namely, Art - ED315; Music -
MU331; Family and Consumer Sciences - FC280/281.)
- Received the recommendation of both the education and
content area faculty.
- Pass Praxis I and Praxis II tests (and Fundamental Subject
test, if applicable).
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