Advisor Dr. Lee Morganett          
Campus Office: HH 0026
E-mail:  lmorgane [at] ius [dot] edu (lmorgane@ius.edu)                  
Telephone: (812) 941-2217               
Fax: (812)941-2667

The Secondary Education Teacher Licensing Only Post Baccalaureate Program is presently available in Language Arts, Mathematics, Life Science, and Chemistry. The program is not available in Physical Science, Earth-Space Science, and Social Studies.

• Requirements for being admitted to and continuing in the Secondary Education Program
  

To be admitted to this Secondary Education Program (SEP), candidates must meet all of the requirements for Summative Decision Point I as listed below:

1. have a degree from a regionally accredited college or university with an appropriate major given the teaching license a candidate is seeking;
2. have an overall grade-point-average of at least 2.75 on the their undergraduate degree;
3. have at least a grade of 2.0 (C) in each course in the licensing area(s) and an overall average in each licensing area of at least 2.75;
4. have and provide passing scores (based on the Indiana standards) on Praxis I tests and the appropriate Praxis II tests based on the area of the teaching license being sought; and,
5. have submitted a completed application to the SEP with a copy of the official Praxis I and II scores including the breakdown scores. 

To be eligible to take the Educational Psychology block (i.e., EDUC-P312/EDUC-P313/EDUC-M303), candidates must meet the following requirements:

1. be admitted to the SEP at IUS;
2. have a grade of at least 2.0 (C) and a grade-point-average of at least 2.75 in the professional education coursework and in the coursework in all of their licensing areas;
3. have satisfactory recommendations from the EDUC-F200 and EDUC-W200 instructors and field experience teachers; and
4. be eligible for student teaching in the spring of the next academic year.

To be eligible to enroll in the General Methods/Reading methods block (i.e., EDUC-M 301/EDUC-M314/EDUC-M464), candidates must meet the Summative Decision Point II requirements. These requirements include:

1. have a grade of at least 2.0 (C) and a grade-point-average of at least 2.75 in the professional education coursework and in the coursework in all of their licensing areas;
2. have an overall grade-point-average of at least 2.75;
3. be eligible to do student teaching in the spring semester following EDUC-M 301/EDUC-M314/EDUC-M464;
4. have an acceptable portfolio; and
5. have acceptable recommendations from the instructors and field experience teachers in the EDUC-P312/EDUC-P313/EDUC-M303block.

To be eligible to enroll in Specific Methods (i.e., EDUC-M446 or EDUC-M452 or EDUC-M457) and Student Teaching (i.e., EDUC-M480), candidates must meet the following Summative Decision Point III requirements in addition to maintaining the grades and grade-point-averages listed above:

1. have a grade of at least 2.0 (C) and a grade-point-average of at least 2.75 in the professional education coursework and in the coursework in all of their licensing areas;
2. have acceptable recommendations from their EDUC-M 301/EDUC-M314/EDUC-M464 instructors and field experience teachers;

To be eligible to apply for a teaching license, candidates must meet all of the requirements for Summative Decision Point IV as listed below:

1. have completed and satisfactorily passed all coursework in professional education including specific methods and student teaching with no grade less than a 2.0 (C) and a grade-point-average of at least 2.75;
2. have an acceptable portfolio; and
3. have acceptable recommendations from the cooperating teacher and university supervisor.