Admission to Teacher Education

While taking EDU 211: School and Society, you will begin the process of applying for admission to the Teacher Education Program. Should you decide not to pursue a teaching career, you may withdraw your application to the program at any time by notifying the Teacher Education Office (278-5853).

Application Process

Printer-friendly instructions may be downloaded as a pdf file. All other links on this page to forms and information sheets are also pdf files.

Instructions:

1. Declare the major and obtain an advisor in your major department. Go to Academic Advising, Duke 108 to officially declare a major.
2. Successfully complete EDU 211: School and Society.
3. Fill out and submit to the Teacher Education Office (Mooney 102) the following forms:
   1. Application form and Dispositions form
   2. Candidate for Professional Licensure (CPL) form

If you take EDU 211 in the fall semester, these forms are due October 15.
If you take EDU 211 in Winter Term or in the spring semester, these forms are due March 15.

4. Give reference forms to two of your teaching faculty. If you are a transfer student, professors from your previous school may serve as references. Ask professors to return reference forms to the Teacher Education Office according to the deadlines listed in #3. DO NOT GIVE A REFERENCE SHEET TO YOUR EDU 211 PROFESSOR. 
5. Meet the minimum qualifying admission scores on either the SAT (or ACT) or the Praxis I examinations. See testing requirements for specific score requirements.If required, have a Praxis I score report sent to the Teacher Education Office. (See Praxis Information Sheet for details.)
6. Have a grade point average of at least 2.50.
7. Achieve a passing score on the grammar competency examination (75%) or take EDU 271 Grammar for Educators and make a grade of C or better.
8. When requirements 1-7 have been met, your application file will be complete, and it will be sent to your major department for review. Should the department want to meet with you, you will be notified by the program coordinator. The department will make a recommendation to the Teacher Education Committee.
9. The Teacher Education Committee makes the final decision on all admissions to the Teacher Education program, and applicants will be notified of the Committee's decision at the end of the semester.
   • A Teacher Candidate may be fully admitted to the program.
   • A Teacher Candidate may be provisionally admitted. A provisional admission is based upon several factors, including, but not necessarily limited to concerns by faculty member(s), concerns by interviewer(s), concerns demonstrated through prior academic performance, etc. The reason(s) for provisional admission will be stated and a time frame for removal of provisional status will be indicated. If provisional status is not removed within the stated time frame, the applicant may be denied admission. In all cases of provisional admission, the Teacher Education Committee will review the application as appropriate for final determination.
   • A student may also be denied admission to the program by the Teacher Education Committee.
   • Questions or concerns regarding an applicant’s acceptance status may be directed to the Dean’s Office, School of Education, Mooney 102.
10. Attendance is required at the Teacher Education Induction Ceremony (held once in the fall and once in the spring).
11. Once a student has been admitted to Teacher Education, he/she may enroll in 300- and 400-level education (EDU) courses.