Admission
Admission to the LT/TL Teacher Education Program
Admission to the Teacher Education Program is separate from admission to the School of Education. All students wishing to obtain teaching certification must apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program before enrolling in advanced professional education courses. Applicaton deadlines are February 7 for fall admission and October 10 for spring admission. Application forms can be found at the School of Education Web site. Admission to the Teacher Education Program is highly competitive and not all students meeting the minimum requirements may be admitted.
Note: Admission to the Teacher Education program does not guarantee licensure by the state of Indiana.
Students wishing to earn a license to teach at any developmental level (elementary, middle, or high school) must apply to the Teacher Education Program and be formally admitted before being authorized to enroll in any professional education courses. Since space is limited and admission is competitive, students interested in Teacher Education are urged to meet application deadlines (February 7 for fall admission and October 10 for spring admission). The application and supporting information are available from the School of Education home page on the Web at education.iupui.edu.
The standards for admission to the Teacher Education Program apply both to education majors and to majors in other schools who are seeking an initial teaching license. A student must
- Maintain a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.50.
- Complete required courses.
- Elementary majors
- Achieve a grade of C or higher in all courses.
- Complete a minimum of 51-60 credit hours of prerequisite coursework prior to beginning the Teacher Education Program. (Refer to the General Education section of this bulletin for a list of required prerequisite courses.) Prerequisite courses can be in progress at the time of application submission; however, they must be completed satisfactorily prior to beginning Block I.
- Secondary Majors
- Complete ENG W131 as well as a second writing course, COMM R110 or EDUC W200, with a C or higher before entering the program.
- Achieve a grade of C or higher in all general education and major courses.
- Achieve a 2.50 GPA in general education.
- Achieve a 2.50 GPA in major.
- Complete half of the major courses plus enough of the general education courses to equal no less than 60 credit hours. Fulfilling this requirement will leave no more thatn 6-9 clases outside of the blocks left to take. Prerequisite courses can be in progress at the time of application submission; however, they must be completed satisfactorily prior to beginning Block I.
- Secondary/all-grade Majors
- Achieve a 2.50 GPA in major.
- Consult an advisor in the student’s designated school for additional admission requirements.
- Elementary majors
- Demonstrate basic skills with one of the following:
- ACT with a score of at least 24 based on math, reading, grammar, and science
- SAT with a score of at least 1100 based on critical reading and math
- GRE with a score of at least 1100 based on verbal and quantitative
- Praxis I composite score of 527 based on reading, writing, and math. OR
Pass all three sections of Praxis I: reading, math and writing. - Anyone with a Master’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution is exempt.
- Complete a formal application. Applications for admission to the Teacher Education Program are due by February 7 for the following fall semester and by October 10 for the spring semester.