Transfer Student's Checklist To Complete EMU'S Teacher Education Program

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Fall Semester Sophomore or Junior Year:

____        Enroll in Exploring Teaching.

____        Maintain a 2.5 GPA and have a C or better in all education and methods courses (courses with an ED/EDS prefix, VACA 397/398; MUED 341/342, PE 401/402) and a 2.7 GPA to be admitted to student teaching.

____        Make plans to take the Virginia Communication Literacy Assessment (VCLA).

____        Complete the Virginia Communication Literacy Assessment (VCLA) with a minimum passing score of 470 and submit examinee score report to the teacher education program office.

                  *There are no exemptions as the VCLA is a Virginia state licensure requirement.

____        Declare a major and licensure area in education.

____        Complete a planned course of study with your advisor.

____        Apply for admission to teacher education by November 30 which includes the following requirements:

  • Maintain a 2.5 GPA and have a C or better in all education and methods courses (courses with an ED/EDS prefix, VACA 397/398; MUED 341/342, PE 401/402) and a 2.7 GPA to be admitted to student teaching.
  • Submit a completed teacher education application.
  • Demonstrate dispositions of responsibility, relationships, scholarship and inquiry, and reflective action as evidenced by academic, character, and teacher education recommendations.

____        Make arrangements for access to a vehicle to transport yourself to and from schools for each semester in which you have a field experience. You are responsible to arrange for your own transportation to all field experiences after ED 101.


Spring Semester Sophomore or Junior Year (all transfers):

____        Complete a teacher education interview – in February.

____        Admission to teacher education is required before registering for ED 341/2/3 Literacy Block or ED 351/361 General & Secondary Methods.

____        Make arrangements for access to a vehicle to transport yourself to and from schools for each semester in which you have a field experience. You are responsible to arrange for your own transportation to all field experiences after ED 101.

Fall Semester the Year Prior to Student Teaching:

____        Apply for admission to student teaching by November 30 if planning to student teach the following academic year which includes the following requirements:

  • Maintain at least a 2.7 GPA and have a C or better in all education and methods courses (courses with an ED/EDS prefix, VACA 397/398; MUED 341/342, PE 401/402).
  • Submit a completed student teaching application.
  • Meet all the criteria as outlined for admission to Teacher Education.
  • Demonstrate dispositions of responsibility, relationships, scholarship and inquiry, and reflective action as evidenced by academic, character, and teacher education recommendations.
  • Achieve a score of 2 or higher on designated criteria in the lesson plan rubric from designated program courses. Students are given the opportunity within two designated courses to master the criteria at least once.

(Designated courses: ED 331, 333, 351, and 385; PE 402; VACA 398; MUED 342)

  • Achieve a score of “Developing Towards Expectations” or higher on each of seven essential criterion in the Profile of Clinical Performance practicum evaluation from designated program courses. Students are given the opportunity within two designated courses to master the criteria at least once.

(Designated courses: ED 252, 331-333, 341-343, & 361; VACA 397-398; LING 460; MUED 341-342; PE 401-402).

____        Transfer students are expected to be in residence one full semester in addition to the above requirements before being admitted to student teaching.


Spring Semester the Year Prior to Student Teaching:

____        Meet individually with the Coordinator of Field Placements to discuss student teaching placements.

____        Complete the following requirements for admission to student teaching:

  • Write and submit an introductory letter and a resume by March 31. These will be given to each supervising teacher and placed in your permanent file.
  • Complete certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) including hands-on practice, and the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). The certification or training program shall be based on the current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator such as a program developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
  • Submit a negative Tuberculosis screening.


Senior Year

____        Participate in Opening School Experience. Spring student teachers participate the August prior to student teaching.

____        Take the Praxis Subject Assessment and the Teaching Reading: Elementary exam (if required) prior to the student teaching semester.  Health and Physical Education candidates may take their Praxis Subject Assessment in January of their student teaching semester.

____        Have enough credit hours to graduate (120 semester hours) and not exceed 18 hours (6-12 and PreK-12) or 24 hours (PreK-3 and PreK-6) of professional education hours.


Program Exit Requirements

____        Maintain at least a 2.7 GPA through graduation and have a C or better in all education and methods courses (courses with an ED/EDS prefix, VACA 397/398, MUED 341/342, PE 401/402).

____        Meet the following exit requirements before graduation:

  • Pass the Virginia state requirements for the Praxis Subject Assessment, VCLA, and Reading for Virginia Educators (if required).
  • Successfully complete student teaching as determined by the cooperating teacher in cooperation with the supervising teacher.
  • Successfully complete ED 411 Reflective Teaching Seminar with a passing score on each assignment.
  • Meet requirements for child abuse and neglect recognition & reporting curriculum guidelines of the Virginia Department of Education in Reflective Teaching Seminar and through: http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps/mandated_reporters/cwse5691/story.html.
  • Complete the dyslexia awareness training, provided by the Virginia Department of Education, on the indicators of dyslexia and the evidence-based interventions and accommodations for dyslexia: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching/licensure/dyslexia-module/story.html
  • Complete the behavior intervention and support training, provided by the Virginia Department of Education, on the use of restraint and seclusion: https://www.odu.edu/eps/programs/ciees/initiatives/restraint-and-seclusion.html
  • Apply for Virginia state licensure – directions and forms are distributed during the student teaching semester.

LICENSURE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED AFTER THE ABOVE EXIT REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFICE.