Admission to Teacher Education/Graduate
Admission to Teacher Education is provisional. Provisional admission allows the unit to carefully monitor student progress through the teacher education program. Careful monitoring will ensure that academic and/or social skills deficits of preservice teachers can be identified in a timely manner so that appropriate interventions can be implemented. All students must take and pass the Florida Teacher Certification Examination (both Professional and Subject Area Examination) and be recommended by their major department before they will be placed for student teaching. Full admission to teacher education will be achieved by passing the tests and being certified in good standing in the college.

All students must complete the provisional admission to teacher education process as listed below by the end of the first semester of attendance at UWF. Those students who do not complete the provisional admission process by the end of the first semester may be denied further registration and an enrollment hold will be placed on any future enrollment in education courses. The hold may be removed by the student completing the admission process. Students must also maintain these standards to ensure the continuation of provisional admission and continued registration. Students who fail to meet these standards may be removed from teacher education.

Candidates seeking initial certification will be admitted to Teacher Education when they meet all the following requirements:

1. All students are required to submit acceptable scores on the GRE. Although applicants may be admitted to graduate programs on the basis of their GPA, GRE scores are nevertheless required for admission to Teacher Education.
   
2. Prospective candidates for Teacher Education must meet one of the following three criteria:
   1. have earned a minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 semester hours of coursework attempted in earning the Bachelor's degree
      -or-
   2. submit an acceptable GRE score; a minimum score of 1000 on the combined verbal and quantitative portions of the general aptitude test of the GRE is required if the undergraduate GPA is below 3.0.
      -or-
   3. have earned a graduate degree from an accredited institution.
3. Meet the minimum University standards for admission to graduate studies.
   
4. Submit two letters of recommendation, one from a person in a position to speak regarding the student's academic potential and one from a person in a position to speak regarding professional experience (e.g., employer, principal, supervising teacher, etc.).
   
5. At the time of application to the graduate program, all students are required to submit a letter of intent, stating why they want to be in a masters program, how their degree will enhance their future, and how they see themselves as a professional in five years.

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