1.6 Program Structure
- Rebecca Belz (Deactivated)
- Mary Hawley
The UNW Teacher Education Program is a preparation program that provides candidates with increasing opportunities to learn and demonstrate knowledge, skills and dispositions associated with success in the profession of teaching. There are three distinct transition points or gates in the system that provide checkpoints for assuring progress towards successful completion of all program requirements. The first transition point is at the point of admission to a teacher education program. At this point the student moves from pre-professional status to professional status as a teacher education candidate. The second transition point is at the point of admission to student teaching. At this point, the candidate moves to the status of student teacher candidate. The final transition point is after student teaching and prior to licensure recommendation when the candidate moves from student teacher status to licensure candidate status. Students must demonstrate successful completion of all required assessments at each transition point in order to move to the next level of the program. The transition points and the related required assessments are summarized in the chart below.
Summary of Candidate Data By Transition Point
ASSESSMENT CATEGORY | TRANSITION POINT 1 Admission to Teacher Education Candidate Status | TRANSITION POINT 2 Admission to Students Teacher Candidate Status | TRANSITION POINT 3 Admission to Licensure Candidate Status |
COURSES AND GRADES | Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 Completed EDU2215 or equivalent with a grade of “C” or above ENG1105 Composition I completed with minimum grade of “B-” or equivalent transfer course If minimum grade not met, remediation completed ENG2205 Critical Thinking and Writing completed with minimum grade of “C” Speech proficiency demonstrated by minimum grade of “B-” in SPE1075 or equivalent transfer course | Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 All courses in the major field passed with a minimum grade of “C” or above All minimum grades as defined in the University Catalog are met Successful completion of all Academic Progress Plans required by the Admission and Retention Committee All course Incompletes or any grades below “C” in the education core or grades below departmental standards within the major or minor removed | Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 All content courses passed with a minimum grade of “C” or above All minimum grades as defined in the University Catalog are met including student teaching grades and EDU4415 Education Ethics Successful completion of all Academic Progress Plans required by the Admission and Retention Committee |
DISPOSITIONS | Decision to Teach paper addressing personal “fit” with teaching Dispositional self-assessment Evaluation of Pre-Student Teaching Competencies-EDU2215 from cooperating teacher Interview Assessment from Admission and Retention Committee | Successful completion of all Professional Behavior Plans required by the Admission and Retention Committee | Successful completion of all Professional Behavior Plans required by the Admission and Retention Committee Dispositional self-assessment |
FIELD EXPERIENCE | Successful early field experience evaluation (Evaluation of Pre-Student Teaching Competencies-EDU2215L or equivalent transfer course) | Successful completion of all field experiences (EDU3209L, EDU3218/3248L, Methods experiences) | Positive recommendation from the student teaching cooperating teacher Positive recommendation from the student teaching university supervisor |
STANDARDS OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICE STANDARD 1 & CONTENT STANDARDS | Successful completion of Program Portfolio including Standard 1 Successful completion and presentation of Program Portfolio Standards 2-10 | ||
STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED BY PELSB | Qualifying ACT+Writing, or SAT scores, or meets the basic skills requirement, or Remediation/Retest Plan on File (School of Education Recommendation; Not Requirement | Required for Tier 3 license recommendation: Completion of all required standardized testing (Pedagogy & Content) | |
OTHER DATA | Completion of Application to a Teacher Education Program Open/Closed File Form on File Music Education candidates must first be admitted to the Music Education program through the Department of Music and Theatre | ||
ADMISSION AND RETENTION COMMITTEE | Successful completion of the ARC interview | Successful completion of the ARC interview | Successful completion of the ARC interview |