Home > College of Education > Middle Grades and Secondary Education > Middle Grades Undergraduate TOC >Teacher Education Requirements
Teacher Education Requirements
The student must have:
____ a major leading to teacher certification.
____ earned at least 30 semester hours.
____ earned an overall GPA of 2.5 (for all course work) for all majors (except Communication Disorders, 3.0; Art Education, 2.75).
____ passed GACE I test (or exempted it).
Exemption scores are:
SAT - 1000
ACT - 43 (Math + English)
GRE - 1030 (Verbal + Quantitative)
____ passed the Regents' Test.
Exemption scores are:
Regent's Reading:
SAT - I Verbal scores of at least 510
ACT - Reading scores of at least 23
Regent's Essay:
AP English scores of at least 3
SAT II English Writing scores of at least 650
____have purchased Live Text and attended a COE orientation session for Live Text
____ successful completion of the appropriate "2999" course.
____ undergo criminal background check
____ purchase professional liability insurance.
Initial Certification Students
Students who have already earned a bachelor's degree and are interested in obtaining teacher certification must meet all of the requirements for admission to teacher education (listed above). These students must be admitted as an undergraduate student seeking a second degree although they may choose either a certification plan or the second degree program. Initial certification students must contact the Dean's Office for information and admission for teacher certification.