Option 7- Additional Information
This route is for initial certification only. Please review the information below. If you feel that you may be an eligible candidate through this route, please email Sharon Salsman.
Prior to receiving a one (1) year provisional certificate, the candidate shall meet the following:
- Possess a bachelor’s degree with a declared academic major in the area in which certification is sought or a graduate degree in a field related to the area in which certification is sought; and
- Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of two and seventy-five hundredths (2.75) on a four (4) point scale or a minimum grade point average of three (3) on a four (4) point scale on the last thirty (30) hours of credit completed, including undergraduate and graduate coursework from a nationally or regionally accredited postsecondary institution.
Prior to receiving your Professional Certificate, the teacher candidate shall meet the following program and certification requirements:
- A candidate seeking elementary teaching, the individual shall successfully complete the equivalent of a two hundred forty (240) hour institute, based on six (6) hour days for eight (8) weeks.1
- A candidate seeking middle and secondary teaching, the individual shall successfully complete the equivalent of a one hundred eighty (180) hour institute, based on six (6) hour days for six (6) weeks.
- Have a passing score on the academic content assessment(s) in the area in which certification is being sought as designated by the Education Professional Standards Board.
- Receive a recommendation from the approved Educator Preparation Provider/Institute.
