Admission

A four phase process is utilized for progressing in the Teacher Certification Program; all requirements for each phase must be completed before advancing to the next phase. Aspiring Teacher Certification Program students work in the Exploratory Phase to be accepted as Pre-Candidates through specific introductory coursework and testing, explained below. To become fully admitted as Teacher Certification Program Candidates, students must fulfill further requirements, and then must apply for full admission to the Program. The final phase is student teaching, a full time, supervised, professional residency teaching in a school.

Four phases of program progression guide students in the undergraduate Teacher Certification Program:

1. Exploratory, 2. Pre-Candidate, 3. Candidate, and 4. Student Teaching. Specific coursework is included in each Phase. The Program includes undergraduate pre-requisites, professional preparation course sequence, Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) requirements, one semester of full time student teaching in a classroom.

Elementary (K-8) teaching majors include: Integrated Science, Language Arts, Mathematics and Social Studies.

Elementary minor: A minor in Elementary Education is also required for the Elementary program.

Secondary teaching majors now include: Art Education, Biology, English, Dance, History, Mathematics, Music, Political Science, and Social Studies.

Secondary minor: A teachable minor is required for the Secondary program except for Music and Visual Arts Education, which are group majors.  Available minors are Chemistry, English, French, History, Mathematics, Political Science, and Spanish