Teacher Education: All-Grade (PreK-12)

• Art Major, PreK-12 Teaching Endorsement

• English as a Second Language (ESL), PreK-12 Teaching Endorsement

• Spanish Language and Hispanic Studies Major, PreK-12 Teaching Endorsement

• Health and Physical Education, PreK-12 Teaching Endorsement

• Music Major, PreK-12 Teaching Endorsement

Contact: TBA
Degree: Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science depending on licensure area
Semester Hours: teacher education courses + academic major requirements (art, English as a second language, foreign language, health and physical education, or music)
Format: Face-to-face

Admission Requirements All students seeking licensure to teach shall make application for admission to teacher education and to student teaching. Application for admission to teacher education is made at the end of the fall semester of the sophomore year and application for admission to student teaching is made at the end of the fall semester of the junior year. Transfer students are required to attend an education department transfer orientation meeting their first semester on campus.

Entrance and exit requirements including cut-off test scores for all teacher education programs are found in the Teacher Education Handbook or www.emu.edu/education/test-scores.

An entry assessment in reading and writing is required for admission to the teacher education program. Students with qualifying Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) scores meet the requirement. The Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) is required for teacher licensure.

Admission to teacher education requires a 2.5 cumulative GPA  and a teacher education interview. Admission to student teaching requires a 2.7 cumulative GPA. In addition, students must have a C or better in all education courses (courses with ED prefix and content area methods courses) to be admitted to student teaching. Exit requirements include meeting the Virginia cut off score requirements for the Praxis Subject Assessment (consisting of subject area components); and an earned GPA of 2.7. Additionally, the Praxis Teaching Reading: Elementary assessment is required for early/primary education (PreK-3), and elementary education (PreK-6). Students may obtain an additional endorsement without completing an approved licensure program by passing the Praxis Subject Assessment in the content area (Biology, Chemistry, English, History and Social Science, Mathematics, Visual Arts, English as a Second Language, Health and Physical Education, Foreign Language, and Music) with the exception of PreK-3, PreK-6, and Special Education.

Students majoring in art, English as a second language, foreign language, health and physical education, and music are licensed for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and must complete the major in the content area in addition to licensure courses. Licensure requirements for all-grade programs (PreK-12) are listed within those sections.

Additional licensure requirement:

• PSYC 202 Developmental Psychology (3)