REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Any student in the College of Education desiring to major in one or more
of the certifiable teaching fields must meet the requirements for formal
admission into the Teacher Education Program. The student should begin
meeting these requirements prior to becoming a Junior. It is to the student's
advantage to fulfill the requirements as soon as possible since admission
to the Teacher Education Program is prerequisite to most of the foundations
and professional courses required in the teacher preparation curriculum.
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Completion of 45 semester hours applicable to the program. Application
should be made as soon as 45 hours have been completed.
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Formal application (orange card)should be made through one of the Teacher
Education Evaluators, 3464 Haley Center.
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Pass the basic admission examination. Check early about registration and
testing dates as there is a 3-month time period between registration and
receiving results. Information may be obtained from the receptionist in
3464 Haley Center.
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A minimum overall GPA of 2.5 is required of all students entering the College
of Education.
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Completion of 5 days pre-teaching. The log, teacher evaluation form, and
student's evaluation form are to be returned to the Teacher Education Services
Office. Pre-teaching should be arranged at the beginning of the school
year in a public school and must be in the student's major field. (See
expanded description of pre-teaching in the orientation manual.)
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Interview by members of department. This may be arranged only after completion
of all the above steps. The student must request that his/her file be prepared
by the Teacher Education Evaluator and sent to his/her advisor prior to
the interview.
There are six admission criteria (as above). The first five may be
accomplished in any order. The sixth (which is an interview with the appropriate
department) cannot be scheduled until all others have been met.
As soon as a student has completed forty-five semester hours of course
work, he/she should go to 3464 Haley Center to make formal application.
Students should pursue each of the criteria until they have all been accomplished.
When the first five items have been reported to the Teacher Education Evaluator
in charge of the admission procedure, the student must ask the Evaluator
to prepare his/her folder for the interview. Due to new State Department
regulations that require an evaluation at this time, at least two work
days should be allowed for the Evaluator to prepare the folder for an interview.
After the student has been interviewed, the committee sends the folder
and their recommendation back to the Evaluator. The student will receive
written notification of the decision about admission. The three possible
decisions are "admit", "reject", or "defer."
