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Education Program Policies & Procedures
Below are
general Education program policies and procedures, followed by information
specific to each certification area.
All students need to know and
understand this information. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to
contact an advisor.
Policies
and Procedures for All Students
GPA and THEA Requirements
Students
must have a minimum Overall or 'Last 60' GPA of 2.75 to be admitted to the
Education program and must maintain
a minimum Overall or 'Last 60' GPA of
2.75 once admitted to the program.
The Education
program includes courses taken for college credit at other institutions
when calculating GPA for admission.
Submitting official transcripts from all
other colleges/universities attended will assist in the accurate calculation of
GPA.
Students
must successfully complete each Education course with a grade of 'C'
or better and must maintain a GPA of 2.75
in Education coursework to continue
in the program. Earning grades of 'D' or 'F' in Education courses or
allowing the
Education GPA to drop below 2.75 will prevent students from
taking further Education courses, other than to grade replace.
Additionally,
earning grades of 'Incomplete' in any Education courses will prevent students from continuing in the
program until
grades are assigned for the courses. Due to course sequencing,
students may have to wait one year before taking Education
courses again.
Students
must take the THEA exam and have scores equal to or higher than 270 Reading*, 230
Math and 220 Writing to be
admitted into the Education program. *Minimum
Reading score is 260 for EC-6 Bilingual certification students.
Probation, Dismissal and Suspension
Students on
academic probation at The University of Texas at Arlington will not be eligible
to be admitted to the Education
program.
Students
who have been suspended from The University of Texas at Arlington or any other
university or program for reasons
other than academic reasons may not be
admitted or readmitted to an educator preparation program in the College of
Education
and Health Professions.
Persons
dismissed from any position in any public school district at any time before
seeking admission to any College of
Education and Health Professions program/degree may not be eligible
to be admitted to the Education program. Additionally,
dismissal from any
position in any public school district at any time during the completion of a
degree/program while in the
College of Education and Health Professions may be grounds for dismissal
from the College.
Field Experience and Certification
Students must have all core, content and pre-Internship Education courses completed before beginning the Internship semester.
Students
must apply for Field Based
Experience/Student Teaching and submit the application to the
Office of Professional Development usually sometime between January 1 and
mid-March to complete the
Field Experience in the Fall
semester and somewhere between September 1 and mid-October for the Spring semester (MID-LEVEL
students have a different
deadline to apply for Field Experience. You
will get this date through the Mid-level Program Director in the first fall
semester of the program)
Partnerships
with specific school districts and schools have been established to host the
College of Education and Health
Professions student teachers. We work
closely with specific schools to build strong mentoring
relationships between
teachers and students, and therefore place all students in partner school
settings. Students are not
able to select the district or school for their
placement.
Criminal
History Background Checks are required for anyone participating in courses
requiring placement in any school district.
The inability to complete mandatory
field experience due to a background check can prevent students from passing
courses
and continuing in the program. Students with questions regarding
Criminal Record Checks should check online at the
State Board website for more
information.
Candidates must pass all appropriate state exams and apply for
appropriate state certifications with the State Board for Educator
Certification / Texas Education Agency within
six months of the completion of their student teaching, internship, or practicum
program. If a candidate
allows the six month period to
go by without passing all state exams and applying for certification, additional coursework and/or
state exams will
be required for recommendation for certification. Additional coursework will be determined by the appropriate
Program Director in consultation with the faculty.
Policies for Specific
Certification Areas
EC-6 Generalist
Students
will be allowed to
begin the certification coursework sequence when they have no more than 12 hours
of core/content
classes remaining.
Students
may only begin the
certification coursework sequence in the fall and cannot take classes out of the order listed on their
degree plan.
LIST courses and EDTC 4301 may be
taken in any semester, any sequence, as long as they are completed
before the
Internship semester.
EC-6
Bilingual and ESL Generalist
Students
will be allowed to
begin the certification coursework sequence when they have no more than 12 hours
of core/content
classes remaining.
Students
may only begin the certification coursework
sequence in the fall and cannot take classes out of the order listed
on their
degree plans. LIST courses and EDTC 4301 may be taken in any
semester, any sequence, as long as they are completed
before the Field Based
Experience semester.
BEEP 3381 may be taken prior to admission to the Education program.
Mid-Level
Students
will be allowed to
begin the certification coursework sequence when they have no more than 18 hours
of core/content
classes remaining.
Students
may only begin the
certification coursework sequence in the fall and cannot take classes out of the order listed on their
degree plan.
MID-LEVEL students have a
different deadline to apply for Field Experience. You will get this date
through the Mid-level Program Director
in the first fall semester of the
program)
Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.75 in each of their content areas. Please contact an advisor for more information.
Secondary/All-Level
Students must have all core, content and pre-Internship Education courses completed before beginning the Internship semester.
Students must work closely with their content advisor and an Education advisor.
Students
must submit a
Field
Experience
Approval Form from their content advisor prior to receiving clearance for
Internship.
This policy is not applicable to
All-Level Physical Education and All-Level Music students.
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