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Students who complete the Teacher Education licensure program receive an initial, two-year Provisional License from the State of Ohio. Within the first two years of teaching and upon successful passage of the Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessment, a five-year Professional License is earned. Wooster programs leading to teaching licensure are as follows:

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Apple Early Childhood: Pre-K-3 /ages 3-8

Apple Adolescent & Young Adult: Grades 7-12 /ages 12-21

    Chemistry
    Earth Sciences
    Life Sciences
    Physics
    Integrated Language Arts
    Integrated Mathematics
    Integrated Social Studies

Apple Multi-Age: Grades Pre-K-12/ages 3-21

    French
    German
    Music
    Spanish
    Visual Arts

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Students who are candidates for teaching licensure are responsible for knowing the requirements of their program and monitoring their progress toward fulfilling them.

Specific criteria for admission to and retention in Teacher Education are outlined in the publication entitled Teacher Education at The College of Wooster: A Supplement to the Catalogue. An overview of the requirements is provided below:

STEPS IN APPLICATION

POINT OF APPLICATION

ADMISSION

STATUS

REQUIREMENTS
ASSESSMENT

TOOLS

1:

Initial Application

Sometime in the last two weeks of the introductory course, Education 100:  Introduction to Education

Usually during the first semester of the first year or during the sophomore year

Provisional admission

Probationary

admission

Denied

admission

1.  Overall GPA of 2.500

2.  Successful completion of First Year Seminar

3.  Successful completion of CollegeÕs initial writing requirement

4.  C- or better on any Professional Education courses taken to date

5.  Satisfactory progress on the e-portfolio

6.  Completion of interview with faculty member from Education 100

7.  Final evaluation form from Education 100 with Òmeets expectationsÓ evident

8.  Experiences with diversity

9. Experiences technology

10.  Signed criminal background sheet

11.  Signed attendance policy

12.  Completed application packet and application to the program

13.  Evidence of satisfactory performance on oral communication skills rubric

Advising sheet to indicate successful progress of completion of requirements

Checklist used in

Interview

Faculty member

goes through

admission packet

Discussion at

Department meeting

Diversity & technology experiences noted on weekly time sheet

2.  Commitment and formal application

By the end of the junior year and/or after the completion of at least three professional education courses

Full admission

Provisional admission

Denied admission

1.  Overall GPA of 2.500

2. C- or better on any Professional Education courses taken to date

3. Satisfactory progress on the e-portfolio

4.  Philosophy statement specific to area of licensure

5. Final evaluation form from at least 3 methods courses with Òmeets expectationsÓ evident

6.  Completion of interview with an grade-appropriate faculty member

7. Experiences with diversity

8. Experiences with technology

9.  Signed criminal background sheet

10.  Signed attendance policy

11.  Completed application packet and application to the program

12.  Evidence of satisfactory performance on oral communication skills rubric

Interview

Faculty member

goes through

admission packet

Discussion at

Department meeting

Diversity & technology experiences noted on weekly time sheet

3.

Formal application for clinical/

student teaching placement

In the semester immediately prior to placement

Placement made

Placement held

Placement denied

1.  Full admission to the teacher Education Program

2.  Overall GPA of 2.500

3.  C- or better on any Professional Education courses taken to date

4. Signed criminal background sheet

5. Evidence of satisfactory performance on oral communication skills rubric

6.  Successful completion of the CollegeÕs ÒWÓ requirement

7. Successful completion of the CollegeÕs ÒQÓ requirement

8. Successful completion of the CollegeÕs ÒCÓ requirement

9. Satisfactory completion of the technology requirement

10.  Letter of recommendation from a member of the Department of Education

11.  At least three field evaluations with at least allÓ3ÕsÓ

12. Evidence of compliance with department of education attendance policy

13. Successful completion of the CollegeÕs foreign language requirement

14. Satisfactory progress on the e-portfolio

Database to track success and suggestions

Interview

Program evaluations

4.

Program Completion

At the end of the Teacher Education Program

Program completed

Program not completed

1.  Indication of license sought

2.  Successful completion of all Professional Education courses

3.  Successful completion of content area courses (applicable in AYA and Multi-Age programs)

4.  Overall GPA of 2.500

5.  Completion of at least a total of at least 32 courses

5.  Completion of at least  128 semester hours

6.  Passage of the Praxis II Principles and Learning and Teaching test (at appropriate grade levels) and Praxis II content area test(s) (within appropriate licensure areas)

7.  Completion of at least 200 field and in class hours

8.  Completion of at least 350 clinical hours and 15 in class hours in the clinical/student teaching

experience

9.  Successful completion of the e-portfolio

Final records audit

Conference form

Final program evaluation

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