One strategy to improve your required course GPA is to re-take pre-professional required program courses. The most recent SU grade counts toward your GPA.
Pre-professional required program courses with grades lower than C must be repeated. Professional program courses also need a grade of C or higher. When overall GPA drops below 2.50 overall or 2.75 in pre-professional required program courses, classes may need to be repeated. Check with your assigned education advisor for more help.
I took MATH 155 and earned a low grade. Can I take the MATH 150 course for teachers and use that course as one of my math requirements?
PRAXIS I exams can be scheduled on a college campus (paper/pencil) or at a Prometric (Sylvan Learning Center) for on-line exams. Navigate to
www.ets.org for more PRAXIS information.
PRAXIS I score reports must be submitted to the Teacher Education office (TE 278) prior to preregistration in the semester preceding enrollment in professional education courses.
What are the MSDE equivalents to the PRAXIS I exam?
Learning Plus is an on-line tutorial that helps you prepare for PRAXIS I. Contact
Kimberly Clark-Shaw, Seidel School of Education Advising Coordinator for an account to get started.
Can I apply to the Professional Teacher Education Program if I have not passed PRAXIS I?
You may appeal the deadline for PRAXIS I score reports. However, PRAXIS I must be passed and the scores submitted to the Teacher Education office (TE 278) at least two weeks prior to the beginning of a semester. See your assigned education advisor for more information.
Applications to the program may be accepted when you have one science or one math pre-professional required program courses unfulfilled. A waiver can be requested during the Professional Teacher Education Program Application process. A math or a science course that is granted a waiver must be completed successfully within the first semester of being admitted to the Professional Teacher Education Program. Math Instruction, ELED 311 and Science Instruction, ELED 312 cannot be taken without fulfilling all math and science pre-professional requirements.
I was accepted provisionally to the program last semester, do I need to re-apply to the professional program?
As long as you successfully complete the waivered course and obtain at least a 2.75 in the required professional program courses you do not need to reapply. See your assigned academic education advisor for questions.
Foundations courses (EDUC 210, ECED 215, EDUC 304) and Methods Block A and B, and Internship C and D courses require a placement in schools.
Paul Gasior, Field Experience Coordinator, will provide you with a school placement. You must complete an on-line placement request for each semester that you are enrolled in a foundations, methods or internship course. Field requests are completed the semester before the placement is needed. Background affirmations are required at the beginning of each academic year and in the semester that you apply for internship.
Foundations course (EDUC 210, ECED 215 or EDUC 304) placements require 20 hours of observation time for each foundations course.
Methods Block A and B classes require 1/2 day per week in your assigned school.
Block C begins the first phase of your year-long internship.Block C placements require one full day per week in your assigned school. The one-hundred day calendar requirement includes both Block C and D.
Block D is the full-time internship semester. Block D placements require you to fulfill a minimum of 80 days in your assigned school.
E-mail your mentor when you receive the placement information and give them a few days to answer. If no response is received try one more e-mail, then call the school and leave a message for the mentor.
The Program Director will notify you of your program status if your GPA drops below the 2.75 requirement for professional program courses. For more information about program retention for your major see the major requirements for Elementary, Early Childhood, and Elementary/Early Childhood majors.
I earned a "D" in a required professional courses, can I re-take the course?
Required professional program courses can be repeated once. Program dismissal can occur if the repeated course grade is lower than C or if the required Professional Program GPA is lower than 2.75.
If you choose Spanish as a minor you can study for a semester in Spain.
If you choose Latin American Studies as a minor you can study for a
semester in Ecuador, to spend a semester abroad in China, Ecuador, or Estonia without a Spanish or Latin American Studies minor there are a number of classes you can take. Pre-professional required course electives including Literature, History (above HIST 103), Humanities, and Social Science can fulfill SU requirements while studying abroad. Discuss these options with your assigned education advisor early in your program if you are interested in studying abroad.
To spend a semester
abroad in China, Ecuador, or Estonia without a Spanish or Latin
American Studies minor there are a number of classes you can
take. Pre-professional required course electives including
Literature, History (above HIST 103), Humanities, and Social
Science can fulfill SU requirements while studying
abroad. Discuss these options with your assigned education
advisor early in your program if you are interested in studying
abroad.
Can I complete my directed teaching internship abroad?
You can spend up to 8 weeks of your 16 week internship abroad in either China or New Zealand. You should attend an interest meeting the semester before you want to intern abroad. You must fill out an application in the early part of the semester and attend an interview. Based on the recommendations of all of your methods instructors, the quality of the application, and your answers to interview questions, a decision will be made wither to allow you to represent Salisbury University in an internship abroad.
No, as long as your official transcript lists your AAT degree. You must send the official transcript to the SU Admissions office and drop off a copy of the your transcript to the Teacher Education (TE 278) office prior to the semester you are enrolling in professional program courses.
What is the difference between an AAT degree and an AA?
The AAT degree is an Associate Arts of Teaching degree. This allows you to automatically be granted admission to Professional Teacher Education Programs. An Associate of Arts degree does not allow automatic admission to Professional Teacher Education Programs. Up to sixty credits may be taken as long as the courses you transfer fulfill pre-professional program requirements for
Elementary,
Early Childhood and
Elementary/Early Childhood Education.
Will I be granted my AAT degree if I can't pass PRAXIS I?
