Completed applications will be reviewed by the admissions committee and referred to the admissions interview. Admissions interviews will be scheduled once per semester.
Successful applicants will meet the following admissions requirements:
- Profess faith in Jesus Christ and live a consistent Christian lifestyle.
- Have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree program at a regionally-accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00.
- Have recent successful experience with K-12 students at the appropriate authorization age level, preferably in a school setting. If experience is lacking, the candidate may be denied acceptance or considered for Provisional Acceptance by fulfilling a 2 credit-hour practicum that would be arranged for the candidate to successfully complete before student teaching.
- If seeking secondary authorization: Demonstrate competency in a subject area. Candidates may demonstrate this in one of the following ways:
- Degree in subject or related field;
- Work experience in the field;
- 30 semester hours in content area.
- If seeking elementary authorization: Have completed a total of 30 semester hours in the following multiple subject areas:
- Math
- Science
- Humanities or English or Communications
- Social Sciences and History
- Fine Arts
- Human Performance
(Music experience and performance skills are additional admissions requirements for music teaching candidates. Applicants for music teaching licensure will be interviewed by music education faculty to determine content area expertise. The interview may include a performance audition.)