Teacher Education
For Graduate Programs
Division: Teacher Education Student Services
Building 85, Room 113
(850) 474-2945
College: Professional Studies

Graduate Teacher Education Programs
There are a variety of teacher education programs offered at the master's level. These programs are available for students who have a bachelor's degree that prepared them to teach in the state of Florida and for students without such preparation.

Graduate Programs of Study
          Alternative Education
          Career and Technical Studies
          Elementary Education
          Middle Level Education
          Primary Education
          Secondary Education
          Special Education

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 (Professional, Subject Area, and CLAST Examinations) 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 when the student completes 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.

Requirements for teacher education programs may change due to legislative mandates. Therefore, the actual program requirements may differ from those listed in the catalog. Candidates must inquire with the Chair of the Division of Teacher Education or with Teacher Education Student Services to obtain the most current program requirements.

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:

 
a.
have earned a minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 semester hours of coursework attempted in earning the bachelor's degree


or

b.
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

c.
have earned a graduate degree from an accredited institution.

3.
Meet the minimum University standards for admission to graduate studies.

4.
All students are required to take and pass all sections of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) regardless of whether they may have exempted by alternative means one or more portions of the CLAST. Students may present acceptable scores on the PRAXIS I: Academic Skills Test in lieu of the CLAST scores.

5.
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.).

6.
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.

Graduate candidates seeking initial certification will be admitted to Teacher Education when they meet all the requirements listed above.

Readmission to Teacher Education
Readmission into a teacher education program requires the student to meet standards for National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Florida Department of Education program approval requirements. NCATE and FDOE reviews are conducted every five years.

Therefore, readmitted students will be required to:
A.  complete the degree plan in effect at the time of readmission; and

B.
meet the requirements for admission to teacher education in effect at the time of readmission.

Coursework completed prior to readmission will be reviewed for compliance with current NCATE and FDOE requirements. Students will be required to retake courses not in compliance with these requirements.
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