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Teacher Education Admissions Committee
Screens Licensure Candidates
The Teacher Education Admissions Committee (TEAC) is composed of eight six persons, four of whom are elected from the Committee on Teacher Education, with the Chair Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education or the Director of Graduate Teacher Education serving as chair and ex-officio membersmember. By virtue of the position, the field placement coordinator and the assistant director of the Graduate Teacher Education program in Lancaster are is automatically appointed to the committee. The function of the Teacher Education Admissions Committee is to admit applicants to : undergraduate teacher education , and student teaching , graduate teacher education, and M.A. candidacy on the basis of program criteria. TEAC also processes applications for Graduate Teacher Education candidates pursuing initial licensure.
TEAC usually meets six times a year to process candidates (October, December, March, May, July, and August.) Admission criteria for undergraduate programs are outlined in this handbook. Admission criteria for the graduate teacher education program are outlined in the graduate teacher education handbook. Students are invited to meet with academic advisors in their respective programs and their advisors within the teacher education program if their application is below criteria standards or if they wish to appeal a decision of TEAC.
Non-licensure graduate candidates: The Director of Graduate Teacher Education in Harrisonburg and the Director of Graduate Teacher Education in Lancaster collaboratively verify that applicants to the Graduate Teacher Education program and M.A. candidacy meet program criteria.
Assessment Committee
Monitors the Assessment System
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The Graduate Education and Action Research (GEAR) Committee manages, assesses and makes policy recommendations regarding the culminating action research process of the graduate teacher education Graduate Teacher Education program. In addition, this committee advises the graduate program on items under consideration. Recommendations are forwarded to the teacher education Teacher Education program and to the Committee on Teacher Education. The Director of Graduate Teacher Education in Harrisonburg and the Director of Graduate Teacher Education chairs in Lancaster co-chair the committee serving as an ex-officio member. The Assistant Director of the Lancaster EMU site serves as a standing member. Also, two members. Two EMU tenure-track education faculty and one Lancaster action research mentor will serve two-year terms. The remaining three members are appointed by COTE for a two-year term and may include program graduates, school representatives, and action research mentors. The committee meets several times a year and serves the additional purposes of evaluating and updating "A Guide to Action Research Project."
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